SHAMED MMA fighter Conor McGregor says his colossal new family home will not be an eyesore.
The convicted rapist wants to knock down his five-bed Co Kildare pad and replace it with a six-bedroom, two storey house.
It will have a 19.6m indoor swimming pool, a 21m outdoor pool and a cinema.
The proposed 32,692 sq ft gaff at The Paddocks, Castledillon, Straffan will have a fully sunken basement to include car parking, a bar, games area, and ancillary rooms.
McGregor paid out €3m for The Paddocks in 2019 and planning documentation shows that McGregor’s staff are to be housed in a nearby home at No 5 Castledillon “which is now also in the full ownership of the applicant”.
Records with the Residential Property Price Register show that No 5 Castledillon was purchased for €1.65m in June 2022, increasing his landholding from 5.8 acres to 10 acres.
In response to the proposal for the new home, council planners wrote to the brute last July telling him that the design and scale of the proposed home did not comply with the Kildare County Development Plan.
Now, in response to the council’s further information request, a submission on behalf of McGregor doesn’t include any proposals to reduce the scale of the home but says the subject site “has the capacity to comfortably absorb the proposed dwelling without resulting in any undue impacts or disamenity to surrounding residents”.
The submission also states that the planned home “is largely screened from the view from the adjacent public road and neighbouring properties, any intermittent views are further obscured to the presence of existing and proposed supplementary planting”.
McGregor previously secured planning permission to partly demolish and extend and renovate The Paddocks.
The design statement says that by prioritising harmony with the rural landscape, the new house design adheres to guidelines on scale, massing and sustainability, ensuring integration into the surrounding environment.
It adds that it balances modern architectural innovation with respect for local elements, offering a dwelling that complements its setting while addressing future need.
The council is due to make a decision on the planning application later this month.
