Cairn gets permission for 608 apartments at former RTÉ lands but tower refused

 An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission to Cairn Homes for a €345 million, 608-unit apartment scheme on former RTÉ lands at Donnybrook in Dublin 4. However, in a split decision the appeals board has refused permission for the 16-storey tower component of the scheme that was to include a 192-bedroom hotel and 80 apartments. The appeals board inspector Rónán O’Connor in the case had recommended that permission be granted for the entire development comprising 688 apartments and the hotel. However, the board order has explained that the proposed landmark building was located within an area not specifically designated for landmark/tall buildings, where there is a general presumption against such buildings. In relation to the specific siting and design of the 16-storey high tower, the board did not consider that the design proposed provides a compelling architectural and urban design rationale that would facilitate the consideration of exceptional circumstances.

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More than 100,000 planning permissions lay dormant at end-2022, including 50,000 in Dublin

 There were more than 100,000 dormant or non-activated planning permissions for homes in the State at the end of last year, more than 50,000 of which were in Dublin, a new study by the Department of Finance has found. The report, published as part of the department’s Economic Insights series, blamed the high number of uncommenced permissions on the “viability challenges” facing high-density developments or apartment schemes. The viability of these developments was being challenged by a combination of issues from input cost inflation, rising interest rates and “the prevalence of judicial reviews”, it said. The finding comes amid criticism of the State’s complex planning system and the high number of legal challenges it allows.

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Supreme Court to consider when developer can defend permission An Bord Pleanála no longer backs

The Supreme Court will consider the circumstances in which it is appropriate for a property developer to defend in court a planning permission An Bord Pleanála has decided should be quashed. The issue arises in a community group’s appeal against the High Court’s decision to allow Ardstone Homes Limited to step in to defend approval it received for the development of 241 apartments near the Dublin Mountains. The board, which was the respondent in the case, indicated in May 2022 that it would not oppose Ballyboden Tidy Town Group’s pursuit of an order overturning the July 2021 permission for the strategic housing scheme in Woodstown, Dublin.
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