Council to vote on delisting of Dublin buildings

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2004 / September 20 2004: Council to vote on delisting of Dublin buildings

Dublin City councillors are to vote next week on proposals to stop the city manager from removing some 500 listed buildings from the Record of Protected Structures (RPS). The management of the council is seeking to delist a number of mainly Victorian houses in the city on the grounds that they do not have "special significance" from an architectural, historic or artistic point of view. However, the Georgian Society of Ireland said delisting would leave them "hugely vulnerable" to destructive changes that could irrevocably damage the streetscape of the city. "These are good, solid, mainly Victorian houses, which add so much to the city. Once they are delisted they will become hugely vulnerable to planning applications for extensions, porches, removal of railings . . ." Ms Mary Bryan, chief executive of the society, said.

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