The plan by the timeshare club got the go-ahead at the latest meeting of the Development Applications Board.

But the application -- which will take the number of units at the club to 79 -- was issued subject to restrictions.

These include conditions relating to landscaping and the fencing off of protected trees during building work. In addition, a proposed wall must be in keeping with the surrounding area.

The new units will be built next to the existing club -- a separate development from plans for an area including Cemetery Hill Fort George Hill, which were branded "greedy and immoral'' by environmental group Save Open Spaces.

The group, however, raised no objection to building work in the immediate area of club buildings.

But TV mogul Bruce Gordon -- who recently bought impresario Robert Stigwood's sprawling Wreck Hill estate -- has been left all at sea after application to build a dock on his waterfront denied.

Mr. Gordon wanted to build a 37-foot four-inch wide dock -- but Planning watchdogs said the dock is too big and turned it down.

A spokesman for the Planning Department said that departmental policy meant that docks were allowed to be no larger than 16 feet wide.

The spokesman added: "Mr. Gordon has planning approval for a dock within the limits and he can build that whenever he likes.''