The "monstrous construction" of five high rise office blocks on Simmonscourt Road by the RDS will have "devastating implications" for the area, according to local Fine Gael candidate in Dublin South-East Lucinda Creighton. Edel Morgan reports.
Ms Creighton has been urging locals to appeal planning permission granted by Dublin City Council for the scheme to An Bord Pleanála before today's deadline. "If residents miss the deadline they will have no recourse in the event of planning permission being granted."
A final decision by An Bord Pleanála is expected in late February.
Only those who lodged one of over 100 objections to Dublin City Council on foot of the planning application will be eligible to appeal and, according to Ms Creighton, residents are pooling their resources to pay the hefty €200 appeal fee. "This proposal, which was given the go-ahead in a surreptitious move by Dublin City Council just before Christmas, will have devastating implications in the area."
She lists parking, traffic and drainage problems in addition to the "negative aesthetic ramifications" as local concerns.
Ms Creighton also recently held a meeting for residents of the Serpentine/Tritonville area in protest at plans for the development of a major seven-storey complex on the site of AIB headquarters.
"On this occasion the proposed construction is absolutely oversized and was submitted to Dublin City Council without any consultation with residents. It will involve an extra 2,500 workers locating in AIB HQ, approximately 800 extra cars travelling down Serpentine Avenue every morning and evening."
A decision is expected this week on another Dublin 4 development, the 26-storey apartment and office tower on the former Bizquip site in Donnybrook in Dublin by a consortium headed by Denis O'Brien.
