A rendering of what the development would look like on Mountjoy Street. Image: Durkan/DCC A rendering of what the development would look like on Mountjoy Street. Image: Durkan/DCC LOCALS IN DUBLIN’s north inner city have appealed to An Bord Pleanála seeking to prevent a co-living development which secured planning permission in June.
They were defended by then-Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy who said that such blocks offer an “exciting” choice to young workers and, while he previously said he was opposed to co-living developments, the new Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has said a review will be conducted into co-living.The planning application sought for development of the 0.15 hectare site comprising 16 Mountjoy Street, which sits on the corner of that street and St Mary’s Place North.
The planning officer said: “In most cases, the rooms are only 3 metres wide resulting in long and narrow bedrooms with a corridor covering an extensive part of the room with little usable space. She pointed to concerns raised by Eadaoin Kelly, a principal at St Mary’s Primary School which is right next to the development. In her submission to DCC, Kelly said: “The new building with its own large windows would mean that occupants would be clearly visible to children and vice versa. There are worrying implications for privacy, child protection and safeguarding with this closeness.”
#Open journalism No news is bad news Support The Journal Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to youShe and the other residents also raised the upcoming review of co-living by the government as further putting further doubt on such developments.
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