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Developer moves to block fast-track affordable home scheme in Dundrum

Mark Leonard of Centurion Homes appeals An Bord Pleanála decision allowing Land Development Agency to build 852 homes on former Central Mental Hospital site

The Land Development Agency is planning to build 852 homes on the former Central Mental Hospital site in Dundrum in south Dublin

A south Dublin property developer is seeking to block 852 homes the Land Development Agency (LDA) is planning to build on the former Central Mental Hospital site in Dundrum.

In legal papers filed last week, Mark Leonard, who is behind a company called Centurion Homes, has called for a stay on the development of the project, known as Dundrum Central.

Leonard’s solicitors, O’Donovan Baker LLP, filed for a judicial review last week against An Bord ...