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A DUBLIN CITY City Council planner’s report has expressed “serious concern” about room sizes for residents in a 100-bed shared space plan for Donnybrook.
The seven-story proposal involves the demolition of the well-known Kiely’s pub in Donnybrook, Dublin 4.
115 objections have been filed against the contentious proposal, including objections from Dublin Mayor Hazel Chu, Chris Andrews TD, Senator Ivana Bacik and Cllr Dermot Lacey.
In his objection, Mayor Chu stated that the plan to build the plan “is excessively rushed and poses serious health problems” in the context of a dangerous pandemic.
Now, the council has suspended the plan after asking developers Westridge Real Estate to submit revised plans.
The city council has told developers it has “serious concerns regarding the height, volume, and scale of the proposed development and its resulting negative visual impact on the existing environment given that the site is adjacent to single-family cottages. plant north “.
As a result, the city council has asked the applicant to review the proposal for “a seven-story building of this scale at this location and consider a reduction in overall height.”
The case planner stated that the developers have described the site as a landmark site within the village of Donnybrook.
The report states that the council and objectors “have concerns regarding this statement and are not convinced that the site or development should be considered as such.”
The Town Hall planner’s report acknowledges that the rooms exceed the minimum size requirements, but “there is great concern regarding their size.”
The report notes that some rooms in the scheme “are all provided with what appears to be a sofa bed and will be as low as 2.5m wide in some of the units.”
Reports that the room size should be increased and “this is especially relevant during the current Covid 19 pandemic, where social distancing is now part of daily life.”
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Applicants have told city council that the plan “could be operational in two to three years, and then it is anticipated that there will be a renewed demand for shared accommodation within this period.”
However, the council planner’s report states that “the principle of shared life on a scale like this is cause for concern given the current pandemic situation.”
As part of its request for additional information, the City Council has asked the developer “to review the proposed bedrooms and in particular the width of the rooms and consider revisions to improve their usability since some are indicated with only 2.5 meters wide” .
The application will be “active” again once applicants have submitted their revised plans.
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