Temple Bar scheme approved:Aztec Properties, controlled by Wexford-based Stafford Holdings, has been granted permission by Dublin City Council to redevelop the former ESB offices and showrooms at the entrance to Temple Bar on Fleet Street, Dublin 2.
The 1960s building, bought for €33 million, will be demolished for a six-storey block with two further storeys set back. The development will have 1,313sq m (14,133sq ft) of retail space in three units at street level and a further 1,299sq m (13,982sq ft) in the upper basement. Office space on floors one to seven will extend to 8,188sq m (88,135sq ft). The Fleet Street premises was one of a small number of ESB buildings excluded from the sale of its retail network to Bank of Scotland (Ireland).
Over 700 homes for D5 site
ADN Developments is to submit a planning application to Dublin City Council for a development of over 700 residential units on a 42-acre site at Coolock Lane off Oscar Traynor Road in Dublin 5. The proposal is for 715 residential units, nearly 13,000sq m (139,931sq ft) of commercial space and 2,000sq m (21,528sq ft) of community-related space. There would also be a park, two plazas, neighbourhood centre, playground, medical centre, 14 one-bed senior citizen dwellings, six pavilion blocks rising to eight storeys, and a stepped amphitheatre.
Bord rejects Cobh development
An Bord Pleanála has overturned planning permission for a residential, commercial and marina development at Connolly Street, Cobh, Co Cork. The proposal was for 150 apartments rising to six storeys, retail and office units, a 200-berth marina on the foreshore, a bar, restaurant, three shops, four office units and a roofed viewing platform. Three parties appealed permission for the scheme including Holy Ground Environs Action Group. They say the site, located on the northern side of Cork Harbour, is an important bird area and Holy Ground Strand is a well known place for bird watchers. They also point to traffic problems in the area.
An Bord Pleanála ruled the proposed land reclamation platform, which would accommodate the development, would "fail to integrate with the existing built pattern of Cobh by reason of its scale, form and extent". It also said the development would result in a visually and physically obtrusive form of development at this location.
