Press Release: Dún Laoghaire 6 December 2006

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Old Shell Garage site is inappropriate for high-rise building, says Green Party

Green Party TD Ciarán Cuffe has called on Dublin City Council and Dún Laoghaire Rathdown not to grant planning permission to O'Mahony Finnerty New Homes to construct a fourteen storey apartment building. The site which is on the border between the two local authorities requires planning permission from both local authorities.

Local Green Party TD, Ciarán Cuffe said, “The site is not designated as being suitable for a tall building in Dublin City Council’s Managing Intensification and Change – A Strategy for Dublin Building Height. Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council are currently conducting their own building height study and it would wrong to approve any such building prior to the publication of that report”

“If permission were granted for this development it would be the tallest building in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown. The old Shell Garage site on the Rock Road / Merrion Road is completely inappropriate location for a very tall apartment block”.

“The proposed apartment block is in very close proximity to two storey semi-detached houses in Trimleston and is completely out of character with surrounding communities”.

“The County does require higher density housing in some areas but skyscrapers lumped in among two storey residential communities is simply not good planning”, concluded Deputy Cuffe