After Bono, U2's Adam battles to have home revamped
By Andrew Phelan
Thursday December 04 2008
U2 bassist Adam Clayton has handed over new drawings to a council to
clarify his latest home renovation plans.
Planners had told the star to go back to the drawing board with
proposals for his south Dublin mansion.
He has now submitted the drawings they asked for detailing his new
plans, which show a larger storage area he wants to lay out in his
basement.
This would be alongside a new wine cellar and wine-tasting area he
wants to build under his house.
Mr Clayton sent in the plans ahead of the closing date following a
request for additional information by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County
Council officials.
According to the council, there had been "discrepancies" in Mr
Clayton's drawings for work he wants carried out on the house, which
is a protected structure.
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Danesmoate Demesne in Rathfarnham is the building in which U2 recorded
their landmark album The Joshua Tree.
It subsequently became home to Mr Clayton and underwent a series of
renovations. Now he is seeking to carry out changes to a plan that was
given the green light in 2002.
Mr Clayton first bought the mansion for just �?80,000 in 1987. He has
worked hard to transform it, applying to alter the estate manager's
lodge, sound-proof his recording studio and change the house frontage.
He wants to make more internal modifications and alterations to the
external steps and terraces of the protected heritage home.
Planners stated: "The applicant is advised that there are
discrepancies in the drawings submitted with respect to the proposed
basement as the plans submitted do not appear to correspond [with a
previous plan]."
The council asked the musician to submit revised floor plans, clearly
distinguishing walls he intends to retain and demolish.
The same council recently gave Bono the go-ahead to build a massive
extension to his south Dublin mansion.
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