Residents of a south Dublin suburb have decried plans by an exclusive tennis club to build a \u201ccolossal glowing orb\u201d they say will lower the value of their homes. <\/p>\n
The proposed air dome at the exclusive and long-standing Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Ranelagh, south Dublin has drawn strong criticism from nearby residents.<\/p>\n
Locals pleaded with planning officials to \u201cput yourselves in the shoes of the people who live on Appian Way and Winton Road\u201d after the club sought planning permission for a 10-metre-high white inflated \u201cairtent\u201d.<\/p>\n
The proposed dome would cover one of the club\u2019s courts from September to April every year, allowing members to play indoors during bad weather.<\/p>\n
In its application, the club said the predominantly white structure, which would have club branding in a \u201csubtle gold shade\u201d, would have minimal visual impact, \u201cparticularly from the nearby residential dwellings\u201d.<\/p>\n
Several residents have asked Dublin City Council to refuse the application.<\/p>\n
Among those to lodge an objection were Adrian and Meredith Morris, who asked planning officials to put themselves \u201cin the shoes\u201d of local residents.<\/p>\n
The pair argued the structure would \u201cdwarf\u201d surrounding properties, while the adjacent homes would be \u201cbombarded with light and noise pollution around the clock\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot only would this make the quality of life in the neighbourhood intolerable, but the property values of the adjacent homes will be reduced,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n
They claimed neighbours already tolerate noise and traffic from the \u201cprivate and exclusive club\u201d.<\/p>\n
Those hoping to join the Fitzwilliam on Winton Road must be proposed and seconded by two members.<\/p>\n
Attorney General Rossa Fanning, billionaire businessman Denis O\u2019Brien and Supreme Court judge S\u00e9amus Woulfe are among those who have held membership.<\/p>\n
Noting that the dome will sit directly adjacent to their three-level home, the Morrises said: \u201cNo amount of light or noise filtering curtains will protect us from the effects of this structure should it go forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
In its application, the club said \u201csilencers\u201d would be fitted to the inflation unit to \u201cmitigate against any risk of noise impact\u201d while mature trees will provide screening.<\/p>\n
Ken Cahill, who wrote on behalf of several residents living on Appian Way, said as \u201cavid tennis fans\u201d they were not opposed to the club upgrading its amenities.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, erecting a 10-metre-high, synthetic PVC monolith that will act as a colossal glowing orb throughout the dark winter months is contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
He argued the structure would be \u201cprofoundly jarring\u201d for residents and passersby.<\/p>\n
Cahill also claimed the acoustic report did not factor in human vocals, noting that tennis \u201cinherently involves shouting, loud grunting and occasional passionate or colourful language\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents of a south Dublin suburb have decried plans by an exclusive tennis club to build a \u201ccolossal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[10863,42,43,40,38,10864,41,39],"class_list":["post-501540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-bestof","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topix","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501540","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=501540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}