RTÉ HAS been granted planning permission by An Bord Pleanála for a phased €350 million redevelopment of the northern half of its Montrose campus in Donnybrook, Dublin, over a period of 10 years.
The board’s decision, which is subject to 23 conditions, was based on its consideration of the Dublin City Development Plan as well as “the established use of the site, the pattern of development in the vicinity and the design and layout” of the scheme.
However, plans to sell the southern part of the 31-acre site have been constrained by a condition that the use of buildings to be retained “shall be restricted to use by RTÉ staff only and shall not be sold or leased separately” unless permission is granted.
Objectors to the proposed development included An Taisce, the German embassy, billionaire financier Dermot Desmond, who has a house on nearby Ailesbury Road, and several other local residents, who claimed that it would be out of scale.
The planning board ruled that it would be “an acceptable form of development at this location, within the setting of the protected structures and the architectural quality of the campus” and that it would not seriously injure the amenities of the area.
RTÉ said it was pleased to learn of the board’s decision to approve what the national broadcaster calls its “Project 2025” plan for the “long-term modernisation” of its production facilities in Donnybrook, which originally date from 1962.
“The securing of planning permission is an important milestone in a project which commenced in 2002 and which aims to ensure that RTÉ is properly equipped to meet its obligations in a digital age,” the station said.
It made no reference to funding.
Designed by Scott Tallon Walker, the new broadcasting complex would extend to more than 63,500sq m (683,500sq ft) above basement level in buildings ranging from nearly 11m to 36m in height – the equivalent of nine storeys.
They would house television and radio studios, multi-purpose spaces, newsrooms, orchestra, office accommodation and associated facilities, sound stages, set storage areas, broadcasting technology suites, workshops, a creche and parking for 820 cars.
It would involve demolishing the remnants of a walled garden, the existing radio building, a squat multistorey car park to the rear, a single storey creche, a sound stage-library building, a set storage building and an outdoor set used by Fair City.
The board has also specified that a full architectural and photographic survey of the Radio Centre be carried out prior to commencement of development, with a copy to be lodged in the Irish Architectural Archive.
Its decision related to revised plans submitted by the architects during the course of the appeal.
Irish Times
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Saturday, 27 November 2010
Monday, 20 September 2010
Public hearing opens into RTE's €350m site overhaul
A WEEK-long public hearing into plans by RTE to redevelop its 31-acre Montrose campus in Dublin 4 opens today.
Objections from businessman Dermot Desmond, the German Embassy and An Taisce are expected to dominate the hearing which takes place in the Stillorgan Park Hotel.
The public hearing comes after Dublin City Council approved a €350m plan to redevelop the site last April. The so-called 'Project 2025' will result in the razing of the television building and radio centre, to make way for a new complex to be built over a 15-year period.
But 10 parties have objected, including the German embassy, which has raised security issues with RTE.
An Taisce also says the buildings should not be demolished because they include protected structures of national importance.
Mr Desmond, whose home adjoins the campus, said he was entitled to be "protected from insensitive and inappropriate development".
His rights were not considered by the broadcaster, he said, and his home would be overshadowed if the plans were approved.
RTE will begin giving evidence today, followed by residents' groups. The National Roads Authority will outline concerns about traffic on Wednesday and Thursday, and Mr Desmond's legal team is expected to make its submission on Friday.
If approved, the project would see the gradual replacement of most of the current 1960s and 1970s buildings on the Donnybrook site with a purpose-built 500,000 square foot (46,500 square metre) complex designed for the digital and high-definition age.
It will begin with construction of new high-definition digital TV and digital radio studios, including a new 'Late Late Show' studio that can hold 800 people -- twice the capacity of the current studio.
When complete, the complex will have production areas, rehearsal and performance spaces and staff offices.
An auditorium for the RTE orchestras, which will be available to local groups, is also planned, along with a new entrance from the Stillorgan dual-carriageway.
The building will rise to six storeys on the Stillorgan dual-carriageway side.
The development is being planned because RTE must invest in new digital broadcast production and transmission facilities. But it says housing these new technologies in the current buildings is not feasible because they were built in the 1960s and are unsuitable.
Paul Melia
Irish Independent
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Objections from businessman Dermot Desmond, the German Embassy and An Taisce are expected to dominate the hearing which takes place in the Stillorgan Park Hotel.
The public hearing comes after Dublin City Council approved a €350m plan to redevelop the site last April. The so-called 'Project 2025' will result in the razing of the television building and radio centre, to make way for a new complex to be built over a 15-year period.
But 10 parties have objected, including the German embassy, which has raised security issues with RTE.
An Taisce also says the buildings should not be demolished because they include protected structures of national importance.
Mr Desmond, whose home adjoins the campus, said he was entitled to be "protected from insensitive and inappropriate development".
His rights were not considered by the broadcaster, he said, and his home would be overshadowed if the plans were approved.
RTE will begin giving evidence today, followed by residents' groups. The National Roads Authority will outline concerns about traffic on Wednesday and Thursday, and Mr Desmond's legal team is expected to make its submission on Friday.
If approved, the project would see the gradual replacement of most of the current 1960s and 1970s buildings on the Donnybrook site with a purpose-built 500,000 square foot (46,500 square metre) complex designed for the digital and high-definition age.
It will begin with construction of new high-definition digital TV and digital radio studios, including a new 'Late Late Show' studio that can hold 800 people -- twice the capacity of the current studio.
When complete, the complex will have production areas, rehearsal and performance spaces and staff offices.
An auditorium for the RTE orchestras, which will be available to local groups, is also planned, along with a new entrance from the Stillorgan dual-carriageway.
The building will rise to six storeys on the Stillorgan dual-carriageway side.
The development is being planned because RTE must invest in new digital broadcast production and transmission facilities. But it says housing these new technologies in the current buildings is not feasible because they were built in the 1960s and are unsuitable.
Paul Melia
Irish Independent
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Sunday, 30 May 2010
Desmond seeks to screen RTE's latest production
IT’S A CASE of “not in my back garden” – quite literally – for Dermot Desmond who is against RTÉ’s proposal to redevelop its campus at Montrose and is asking An Bord Pleanála for an oral hearing.
Desmond is well known for objecting to developments in the D4 area but this time he’s not just reprising his self-appointed role as guardian of the D4 status quo.
The garden of his home on Ailesbury Road is located northeast of RTÉ’s grounds, but also happens to abut the RTÉ campus.
The national broadcaster intends to demolish and rebuild the 1960s and 1970s broadcasting facilities on half of the 16-acre site, doing away with most of the original design by Scott Tallon Walker.
Desmond says the RTÉ parkland is enjoyed “by many thousands of people who pass and repass along the Stillorgan dual carriageway and who live within the immediate vicinity”.
In a 16-page appeal, Desmond says his Victorian house is a protected structure “and as an adjoining occupier I am entitled to be protected from insensitive and inappropriate development”.
One of the proposed buildings is 50 metres from his back garden and he says he is worried about noise, disruption and dust during construction – and that affected residents haven’t been consulted. He says it’s not just the RTÉ building but the entire grounds that are protected – not to mention his own house.
Desmond is one of eight appellants to the development. The others are An Taisce, Brian and Orla Murphy, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Eugene and Eva O’Reilly and others, Ailesbury Apartments Management Ltd, Brendan and Sharon Mullin, and Michael McKillen and M McKillen.
Irish Times
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Desmond is well known for objecting to developments in the D4 area but this time he’s not just reprising his self-appointed role as guardian of the D4 status quo.
The garden of his home on Ailesbury Road is located northeast of RTÉ’s grounds, but also happens to abut the RTÉ campus.
The national broadcaster intends to demolish and rebuild the 1960s and 1970s broadcasting facilities on half of the 16-acre site, doing away with most of the original design by Scott Tallon Walker.
Desmond says the RTÉ parkland is enjoyed “by many thousands of people who pass and repass along the Stillorgan dual carriageway and who live within the immediate vicinity”.
In a 16-page appeal, Desmond says his Victorian house is a protected structure “and as an adjoining occupier I am entitled to be protected from insensitive and inappropriate development”.
One of the proposed buildings is 50 metres from his back garden and he says he is worried about noise, disruption and dust during construction – and that affected residents haven’t been consulted. He says it’s not just the RTÉ building but the entire grounds that are protected – not to mention his own house.
Desmond is one of eight appellants to the development. The others are An Taisce, Brian and Orla Murphy, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Eugene and Eva O’Reilly and others, Ailesbury Apartments Management Ltd, Brendan and Sharon Mullin, and Michael McKillen and M McKillen.
Irish Times
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Tuesday, 20 April 2010
RTE gets green light for €350m Montrose overhaul
RTE has been given the green light to redevelop its Dublin 4 campus and build a €350m state-of-the-art complex designed for the digital and high-definition age.
Dublin City Council has granted planning permission for building works on the 31-acre Montrose site, which will result in the demolition of the television building and radio centre.
The broadcaster plans to redevelop the campus over a 10- to 15-year period, removing most of the 1960s and 1970s buildings and replacing them with a new 46,500 sq m complex.
The so-called 'Project 2025' has been on the drawing board since 2002 and will be carried out over five phases, assuming An Bord Pleanala does not overturn the decision.
The development is needed because RTE must invest in new digital broadcast production and transmission facilities, but it says it cannot house the new technologies in the existing buildings because they are unsuitable.
Interested parties now have four weeks to raise any objections with An Bord Pleanala, which can then review the planning permission.
The Ailesbury Road Residents' Association is among the objectors that could decide to send the decision to the planning appeals board.
Concerns have been raised about the impact the development would have on the privacy and amenity of local residents.
Yesterday's planning permission includes a number of conditions that address some of those concerns, such as an instruction to lower the height of a new wall on the Stillorgan dual carriageway.
Construction traffic has also been banned from entering the work site through the plush Ailesbury Road and Ailesbury Close, and must instead use the N11.
RTE also has to meet a number of architectural conditions, and work on the site must finish at 6pm on weekdays and 2pm on Saturdays, with no work on Sundays or public holidays, barring "exceptional circumstances".
If approved, work will first begin on new high-definition digital TV and radio studios, including a new studio for the 'The Late Late Show' which will be able to hold 800 people-- twice the capacity of the existing facility.
"Some of those studios are creaking already, but the work mightn't begin until this time next year, depending on the planning process," one RTE source said.
The project will be financed through cash reserves and bank loans, and the cash-strapped national broadcaster has insisted licence-fee income will not be used.
Auditorium
The full plans for the Montrose redevelopment include an auditorium for RTE's orchestras and local groups, as well as new production areas, rehearsal areas, performance spaces and staff offices.
RTE is also considering letting some of its new space on the commercial market, though it has ruled out selling any of the development.
Buildings will rise to a maximum of six storeys on the Stillorgan dual carriageway side of the site, where a new entrance is also planned.
When the construction site is in full flow, it is expected that it will employ around 670 workers.
"RTE welcomes the decision as an important step in its plans to ensure Irish licence fee payers continue to receive the best quality TV, radio and online services over the next 20-30 years," RTE's spokesman said yesterday.
Paul Melia and Laura Noonan
Irish Independent
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Dublin City Council has granted planning permission for building works on the 31-acre Montrose site, which will result in the demolition of the television building and radio centre.
The broadcaster plans to redevelop the campus over a 10- to 15-year period, removing most of the 1960s and 1970s buildings and replacing them with a new 46,500 sq m complex.
The so-called 'Project 2025' has been on the drawing board since 2002 and will be carried out over five phases, assuming An Bord Pleanala does not overturn the decision.
The development is needed because RTE must invest in new digital broadcast production and transmission facilities, but it says it cannot house the new technologies in the existing buildings because they are unsuitable.
Interested parties now have four weeks to raise any objections with An Bord Pleanala, which can then review the planning permission.
The Ailesbury Road Residents' Association is among the objectors that could decide to send the decision to the planning appeals board.
Concerns have been raised about the impact the development would have on the privacy and amenity of local residents.
Yesterday's planning permission includes a number of conditions that address some of those concerns, such as an instruction to lower the height of a new wall on the Stillorgan dual carriageway.
Construction traffic has also been banned from entering the work site through the plush Ailesbury Road and Ailesbury Close, and must instead use the N11.
RTE also has to meet a number of architectural conditions, and work on the site must finish at 6pm on weekdays and 2pm on Saturdays, with no work on Sundays or public holidays, barring "exceptional circumstances".
If approved, work will first begin on new high-definition digital TV and radio studios, including a new studio for the 'The Late Late Show' which will be able to hold 800 people-- twice the capacity of the existing facility.
"Some of those studios are creaking already, but the work mightn't begin until this time next year, depending on the planning process," one RTE source said.
The project will be financed through cash reserves and bank loans, and the cash-strapped national broadcaster has insisted licence-fee income will not be used.
Auditorium
The full plans for the Montrose redevelopment include an auditorium for RTE's orchestras and local groups, as well as new production areas, rehearsal areas, performance spaces and staff offices.
RTE is also considering letting some of its new space on the commercial market, though it has ruled out selling any of the development.
Buildings will rise to a maximum of six storeys on the Stillorgan dual carriageway side of the site, where a new entrance is also planned.
When the construction site is in full flow, it is expected that it will employ around 670 workers.
"RTE welcomes the decision as an important step in its plans to ensure Irish licence fee payers continue to receive the best quality TV, radio and online services over the next 20-30 years," RTE's spokesman said yesterday.
Paul Melia and Laura Noonan
Irish Independent
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Sunday, 15 November 2009
D4 residents object to RTE development plans
The residents' association on Ailesbury Road, where billionaire Dermot Desmond and developer Bernard McNamara have homes, are objecting to RTE's redevelopment plans for its Donnybrook headquarters.
In a submission to Dublin City Council, the association said it objects "most strongly" to RTE's ambitious plans to replace its existing facilities at the 32-acre site on a phased basis over a 10- to 15-year period. The '2025 Project' would see the demolition of the current television centre, radio centre, sports club, library and multi-storey car park to make way for new facilities housed in three blocks totally 103,553 square metres in size space. The blocks would vary in height from 19.5 metres to 36 metres. RTE has also applied for the rezoning of the site to allow for more intensive development.
The residents' association says it objects to the "massive scale" of the proposal saying that it is "inappropriate" for the surrounding residential area. "Even the smallest of the three blocks rises to 19 metres in height. In addition, it is proposed that several large satellite dishes be mounted on the rooftops of these blocks, further despoiling the skyline," association chairman Patrick Gavin writes. The association is also concerned about new access points to the site and the proposal to provide 800 parking spaces saying this "guarantees a worsening of traffic flow" on the already congested N11.
The height of the proposal has also inspired objections from a number of individual residents on Ailesbury Road, Nutley Road and Seaview Terrace, which one of the proposed buildings will back onto, as well as the Nutley and Ailesbury Court Residents' Associations.
The German embassy, which owns a building on Seaview Terrace, has also made a submission requesting that all security regulations in relation to the project are double checked with their Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Berlin. A spokesman said that this was standard practice for the embassy.
Sunday Tribune
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In a submission to Dublin City Council, the association said it objects "most strongly" to RTE's ambitious plans to replace its existing facilities at the 32-acre site on a phased basis over a 10- to 15-year period. The '2025 Project' would see the demolition of the current television centre, radio centre, sports club, library and multi-storey car park to make way for new facilities housed in three blocks totally 103,553 square metres in size space. The blocks would vary in height from 19.5 metres to 36 metres. RTE has also applied for the rezoning of the site to allow for more intensive development.
The residents' association says it objects to the "massive scale" of the proposal saying that it is "inappropriate" for the surrounding residential area. "Even the smallest of the three blocks rises to 19 metres in height. In addition, it is proposed that several large satellite dishes be mounted on the rooftops of these blocks, further despoiling the skyline," association chairman Patrick Gavin writes. The association is also concerned about new access points to the site and the proposal to provide 800 parking spaces saying this "guarantees a worsening of traffic flow" on the already congested N11.
The height of the proposal has also inspired objections from a number of individual residents on Ailesbury Road, Nutley Road and Seaview Terrace, which one of the proposed buildings will back onto, as well as the Nutley and Ailesbury Court Residents' Associations.
The German embassy, which owns a building on Seaview Terrace, has also made a submission requesting that all security regulations in relation to the project are double checked with their Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Berlin. A spokesman said that this was standard practice for the embassy.
Sunday Tribune
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