Plans for 28-storey Dublin building rejected

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2005 / January 5

Dublin City Council has refused planning permission for one of the largest buildings ever proposed for Dublin city centre, a 28-storey apartment block in Dolphin's Barn. However, in its decision, the council said it was not opposed in principle to a building of such scale on the site, and that its main concerns were a series of adjacent buildings. The tower was one of 15 buildings in a major complex proposed for a site adjacent to the Coombe hospital. The site includes the old Player Wills factory premises, which would have comprised 120,000 square metres of retail, office and residential space. The proposal was put together by the National Association of Building Co-operatives (NABCO), and was to have included 20 per cent social housing and comprised 879 apartments and penthouses. The centre-piece of the plan was to be an 86-metre high apartment block, which would have dwarfed Liberty Hall, the tallest building in the city; and the Spire on O'Connell St, the tallest structure in Dublin.

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