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<\/p>\nThe Council said the existing site layout plan submitted with the application does not accurately depict what is currently on site.\n<\/p>\n
The Council has invalidated the planning application lodged in April to allow Mr McGregor complete his large scale extension to his \u20ac3m Paddocks home near Straffan arising from a Council planner making a site visit earlier this month.<\/p>\n
In the letter to Mr McGregor, care of his architect, Tom O\u2019Loughlin in Kildare, the Council state that it wishes \u201cto advise that the application is invalid as it does not comply with the requirements of the regulations and, therefore, cannot be considered by the Planning Authority\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Council state that it was noted arising from the site visit on May 7 that the existing site layout plan submitted with the application does not accurately depict what is currently on site.<\/p>\n
The Council states that this includes an existing \u201csignificantly sized marquee type structure which appears to comprise a sports-related facility\u201d and its associated hard surfacing, outdoor shower\/toilet structure and connections and a security hut.<\/p>\n
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Conor McGregor. (Brian Lawless\/PA)<\/p>\n
Today’s News in 90 Seconds – Monday May 18 <\/p>\n
The Council stated that the site layout plan also does not accurately depict an existing internal road network; an accurate layout of the existing projecting decking area including access points to the River Liffey and its associated water-based activities and shipping containers and a site compound area within the site boundary.<\/p>\n
The letter states that \u201cthe applicant is required to ensure that the application documents, including but not limited to the plans and particulars, reflect what is existing on site\u201d.<\/p>\n
The letter states that \u201cif retention permission is required for any existing development on site, this should be considered as part of any future application, and the application documents should reflect same\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Council state that \u201cthe drawings submitted are misleading and incorrect, and information has been omitted. Therefore, the planning application is deemed invalid\u201d.<\/p>\n
In the planning application lodged with the council for the extension, architect for Mr McGregor, Tom O\u2018Loughlin pointed out that the application to all intents and purposes is the same that was granted planning permission by the Council in 2022.<\/p>\n
Mr McGregor has pressed ahead with the extension to his existing Paddocks home after An Coimisi\u00fan Plean\u00e1la delivered a knock-out blow in July off last year to plans by McGregor to demolish his five bedroom Paddocks home and replace it with a sprawling \u2018historic stately home\u2019 style house complete with a cinema, bar and two swimming pools.<\/p>\n
The home that Mr McGregor is partly demolishing covers 7,964 sq ft (739 sq metres) and the permitted extension is 13,131 sq ft (1,220 sq metres).<\/p>\n
The 2022 permission comprises alterations, including demolition works, as well as extensions to an existing dwelling and Mr O\u2019Loughlin of Kildare firm, O\u2019Loughlin Architects confirmed that the original planning permission \u201cis now in the process of being implemented\u201d.<\/p>\n
House plans show that the home contains a play-room, cinema room, a bar, a dining room, a family room and a butler\u2019s pantry.<\/p>\n
The permitted plan also includes building a partially sunken basement under the relocated tennis court to contain a car-park, gym and ancillary rooms.<\/p>\n
The current planning permission for the house extension will expire in early 2027 and the present application \u201cis a slightly modified version\u201d of the 2022 permission.<\/p>\n
In the new plans lodged on April 3rd, Mr O\u2019Loughlin told the Council that the application simply seeks permission to carry out and complete the development after the 2027 expiry date and \u201cis prompted by the fact that whilst the applicant’s obligations require his presence abroad, he would prefer to be on-hand to personally deal with any on-site issues which may arise\u201d.<\/p>\n
Mr O\u2019Loughlin states that as a year or so remains before the parent 2022 permission withers, it is still possible for Mr McGregor \u201cto complete this permitted development\u201d.<\/p>\n
He said that \u201calthough we forecast that substantial works are likely to have been completed before this expiry date, the present application seeks a greater degree of certainty, in order that plans can be made to complete the development in 2027 (and possibly into the year 2028), if the need arises\u201d.<\/p>\n
Mr O\u2019Loughlin states that in line with the 2022 planning permission, Mr McGregor has already demolished part of the existing dwelling on the land and has removed the tennis court from the property.<\/p>\n
McGregor paid out \u20ac3m for The Paddocks in 2019 and he paid out \u20ac1.65m in June 2022 for the adjacent No 5 Castledillon.<\/p>\n
In 2024, McGregor was ordered to pay Nikita Hand \u20ac250,000 in damages after a High Court jury found he had assaulted her in a Dublin hotel. Last July, he lost his appeal against the jury finding in favour of Hand.<\/p>\n
McGregor is due to return to action as a MMA fighter for the first time in five years in the Octagon when he faces Max Holloway in a welterweight bout at UFC 329 in Las Vegas on July 11th.<\/p>\n
The 37-year-old has not fought since breaking his leg in a defeat by Dustin Poirier in 2021.<\/p>\n
It is now open to Mr McGregor to lodge a new application which may include a retention application for some of the items listed by the Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Council said the existing site layout plan submitted with the application does not accurately depict what is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1714,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-455092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-conor-mcgregor","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}