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Revised plan will satisfy no one

Archiseek / Ireland / News / 1999 / August 07 1999: Revised plan will satisfy no one

The decision yesterday to grant permission for the largest planning application in the history of the State represents an unsatisfactory compromise between the proposals for six million square feet of development and the local community's demand for affordable housing, jobs and development on a human scale.

Giving the green light to the National Conference Centre is to be welcomed, but this building is only part of a massive development that will eventually cover a 52-acre site in Dublin's Docklands. In the drawings submitted, the proposal looks more like Detroit of the 1960s than Dublin of the 1990s.

Sean Carey, Dublin Corporation's Assistant City Manager in charge of Planning, decided to scale down the proposal by 25pc from 6m square feet to 4.6m in his decision. While this is a good thing, the surrounding residential communities will still cause concern. There will be high-rise blocks 180 feet tall. These will overshadow and overlook the surrounding houses.

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