The Board of Management in Trimbleston was successful in their Judicial Review in relation to the student accommodation development planned for the Vector Motors site. The decision to grant planning here has now been quashed by the High Court.
As you know, Imagine Dundrum are keeping us up to date on the situation regarding Hammerson’s proposal to develop this site. They expect an application to be lodged any day. The expectation is that the total number of units on this site will be somewhere in the region of 880, with buildings up to 16 storeys in height. You can find out more through this Imagine Dundrum newsletter and also on their website.
The Association made a submission in respect of the final public submission stage of the DLR County Development Plan 2022-2028. This stage is in relation to the proposed amendments made to the Draft Plan.
Imagine Dundrum are holding a webinar “A Changing Dundrum Village: Information and Inspiration” next Tuesday evening,16th November, 8pm – 9.15pm. With the imminent development of the old shopping centre site by Hammerson (The UK company that owns the site, and some of Dundrum Main Street, has plans to build 800+ apartments on the site. You can read about this here.), this will be an opportunity to find out more. The Chair for the evening will be Dr Alan Mee, UCD School of Architecture.
Register for the webinar here.
The agenda is as follows:
Imagine Dundrum is holding a webinar on Tuesday November 16th, 8pm.
A Changing Dundrum Village: information and inspiration
Please register in advance here.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
An Bord Pleanála have made their decision regarding the 698 bed, 8 block, 7 storey, 9 car park spaces, student accommodation SHD development for the Our Lady’s Grove site. They have granted full permission for the development. It is a very disappointing result, and a very poor planning decision. They acknowledge this development will materially contravene the DLR County Development Plan in 4 different ways – height, density, open space and Part V housing (the requirement for developments to provide a percentage of social housing to the Council. There will be no social housing, or funding in lieu provided to the Council for this development.).
The only option to potentially reverse this decision is by requesting leave to take a Judicial Review at the High Court. This review would only take legal, not planning, matters into account, and is a substantial undertaking.
If you would like to see the Inspector’s Report from An Bord Pleanála, you can find that here.
If you would like to see the Chief Executive’s Report from DLR County Council, dating from April, (which recommended refusal on various grounds), you can see that here.
If you have any comments regarding this development, or the SHD process in general, we would suggest you contact your local politician(s).
Trimbleston’s board of management has been granted leave to request a Judicial Review of the planning granted to the SHD proposed for the Vector Motors site. The case will be back in Court in June to set hearing dates etc.
The Association submitted a document in respect of the public consultation on the DLR Draft County Development Plan 2022-2028. You can read our submission here.
The Department of Education and Skills has withdrawn the planning application for the temporary buildings for the new Educate Together Secondary School on the IGB site. As mentioned before, an appeal was lodged in relation to this grant of permission. However the Department decided to withdraw the application altogether due to the Council’s conditions in relation to making the site open to the public during the temporary phase of the school. The new secondary school will stay in the Notre Dame buildings for now.
We made an observation on the appeal recently lodged against the planning permission granted for the temporary school buildings on the IGB site.