Designed by Heneghan Peng Architects

The Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company is to re-examine proposals for the redevelopment of the Carlisle Pier after it decided this afternoon to withdraw preferred bidder status for the pier's redevelopment from the Urban Capital consortium.

The consortium failed to meet the timetable accompanying the winning design for the submission of an acceptable planning application to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. The consortium was granted two further extensions of time, both of which it failed to meet and, while it wishes to continue with the project, is not in position to say when it will submit an acceptable planning application.

The consortium led by Urban Capital was chosen by the Harbour Company Board in March 2004 as the preferred bidder following a competition to redevelop the derelict Carlisle Pier site. The consortium included John Sisk & Son, Park Developments and hotelier and publican Hugh O'Regan. The proposal, designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, featured a National Marine Life Centre as a central cultural component of the redeveloped pier and included a 127 bed-hotel, 229 apartments, retail, leisure uses and a floating stage.

The selected plan had caused some controversy in Dún Laoghaire. The DLHC board said it now intended to examine all its options for the redevelopment of the Carlisle Pier including the construction of the winning design.