High-rise developments will be allowed in more areas as councillors are to be stripped of powers setting upper limits...
The more power taken from councillors, the better, in my view.The most contentious element of the plan will be a review of urban building heights by the end of the year. This will lift the cap on maximum heights to allow residential development to occur "where it makes sense".
Sources said an "arbitrary" cap of six storeys applied in Dublin, and that high-density development had failed to occur in areas such as the Docklands due to restrictive rules.
Planning regulations will be introduced setting out the context in which high-rise will be allowed.
But the minister can expect a backlash from councillors who set maximum heights as part of the development plan process, and who will state the case that their powers are being eroded.
"There's an arbitrary six-storey cap in Dublin City Council," one source said.
"We're not saying you can put high-rise on Merrion Square, but it could be appropriate in the Docklands."
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It's a nice looking building too so it would look great if he tripled the height of it.If councillors were stripped of powers regarding residential height that would be fantastic.
My first candidate would be the Connolly Station redevelopment. Everyone agrees this is a spot for tall buildings yet the residential element is only 6 storeys!
It's also probably why Ronan has not proceeded with the residential element of Spencer Dock yet, where he has pp for 6-7 storeys. If this goes through expect new planning from him in the new year.
Was thinking the same, imagine numerous planning permissions coming through for 5/6 high rises.This is potentially great news. I wonder will it see existing applications resubmitted with higher buildings e.g. city block 9, IGBS etc.? This could cause delays in construction in the short term but would be totally worth it in the long term.
They can complain, but they have no constitutional right as far as I can see and can be legislated over by the governmentI'm still skeptical that DCC will have their planning powers taken away from them. As we've seen with the Tara Street tower, it matters not a jot if the guidelines are changed, the planners can and will use other excuses like "over-development" or "casts a shadow" or anything else they can think of, even if the building meets height guidelines.
Galway can maintain its small town feel while building up the Docklands area surely. I don't think it will be an issue for Waterford, the economics are not there. It doesn't need high rise to satisfy demand, at least not over the next few decades. But yes would be great if it spurred high density residential in Cork and Limerick.Great news!! Dublin could have a high rise area build up around Capital Dock. Note that this is for all five cities. This a no brainer for Cork, Dublin and Limerick but I'm not sure about the other two. People seem to love the small town vibe of Galway and Waterford recently released there plans for their docklands. It had a limit of I think 5-7 with some areas for 50m
Elimination of height restrictions doesn't mean 20+ stories will be the norm. Local authorities can easily decide on a case by case which should have been the norm already. The market will determine building heights.Great news!! Dublin could have a high rise area build up around Capital Dock. Note that this is for all five cities. This a no brainer for Cork, Dublin and Limerick but I'm not sure about the other two. People seem to love the small town vibe of Galway and Waterford recently released there plans for their docklands. It had a limit of I think 5-7 with some areas for 50m
The real issue is DCC not even adhering to its own rules in the first place. The likes of the 88m tower for Tara St was permitted under DCC's own development plan and yet was still rejected by the Council for no rational reason.Excellent news potentially, we're obviously not suddenly going to see 40 storey towers popping up all over the city but even if it put an end to DCC's obligatory process of chopping a couple of storeys off every application it'd make a big difference in net gain of floor space.
Good news and fair play to them for taking action. However I think they should go even further, a decisive step would be for E Murphy to ask his department to look at state owned sites including those with Nama, when suitable sites are identified these should be fast tracked for development of high rise apartments, in the current climate there will be no objections from opposition parties and you would hope this would trigger private developers to follow suit.
You got that much right - though the State must directly build social housing as part of a multi-pronged approach to the crisis.It wouldn't be political parties objecting but the usual anti-progress mob like An Taisce, the Irish Times, etc.
I don't disagree. The private sector on its own cannot meet Ireland's housing needs. I just fear another Ballymun-type catastrophe if local authorities and/or the State were involved in building high-rise social housing.You got that much right - though the State must directly build social housing as part of a multi-pronged approach to the crisis.
