Conor McGregor’s plan for 6-bedroom mega mansion hits huge stumbling block days after civil rape case verdict
CONOR McGregor’s dream mega-mansion could be heading down the pan - as it’s still caught up in a planning row over loo waste.
The UFC superstar was last week found liable to have assaulted a woman - Nikita Hand - at the Beacon Hotel in Dublin in December 2018.
And underfire McGregor, 36, faces more bad news in his homeland as plans to construct a six-bedroom luxury home remain at a standoff.
The plans for the pad in rural Straffan, County Kildare, include two giant basements - one directly under the property with an indoor swimming pool, cinema, gym, sauna, jacuzzi and treatment room - plus one independent of the house with a games room, bar and car park.
McGregor was initially granted planning permission by Kildare County Council to partly demolish and extend the original home in 2021.
The demolition started, but then McGregor changed his mind and demanded the whole of the present house be torn down to meet his “growing family needs and wishes".
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But the mega-compound he wants to build will be five times the size and the council complained earlier about his plans and raised several issues over sewage disposal.
The council also states that the site for the property’s wastewater treatment system is “unsuitable”.
The new house will be 3073 sq metres compared to the existing 605.
The stand-alone basement alone will be 746 sq metres - nearly ten times the size of an average three-bed house in the UK.
McGregor’s application has now ground to a halt in the last four months after the council raised a series of issues.
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If additional information is not provided by January, then the application will be withdrawn and the current house will remain looking like a complete wreck.
The council has raised seven points which need answering - mostly to do with sewage disposal.
The council have said that the “location for the proposed Waste Water Treatment System appears to be unsuitable” - and they’ve told McGregor’s team, Tyler Owens Architects, to consult with the Environmental Protection Agency to find a “more suitable location”.
It also wants the exact location of nearby streams and ditches and for his team to produce a Site Suitability Report.
They’re also asking for mitigating reasons for such a huge development stating that the “design and scale of the proposed replacement dwellings by virtue of its proposed length, massing and scale in relation to surrounding rural development is inconsistent”.
McGregor also purchased the property next door in 2022 which he has “no intended works for” and it will “remain as a house for our client's staff and/or guest house”, states the design statement.
According to that doc, the existing pad’s bathroom, kitchen, breakfast room, and utility room have already been demolished.
McGregor was last week found liable to have assaulted Nikita Hand at a hotel in Dublin in December 2018.
The star was accused of "raping and battering" Ms Hand, an accusation he's vehemently denied.
But McGregor has vowed to appeal the High Court’s decision and expressed his "regret" over "mistakes" made.
In a statement on social media on Monday, the fighter wrote: "People want to hear from me, I needed time. I know I made mistakes.
“I should never have stepped out on the woman I love the most in the world. That’s all on me.
"I have instructed my legal team to appeal the decision.
"I can’t go back and I will move forward. I am beyond grateful to my family, friends and supporters all over the world who have stayed by my side.
"That’s it. No more. Getting back to the gym - the fight game awaits!"
The Irish star previously told the court he had consensual sex with Ms Hand, 35, in a penthouse at the Beacon Hotel, which was rejected by the jury.
Each day McGregor arrived with his partner Dee Devlin by his side.
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The jury found that McGregor did assault mum-of-one Ms Hand on a Christmas night out.
The former two-weight UFC world champ has been ordered to pay her £206,000 (€250,000) in damages.
