Permission refused for Noel Smyth’s 12-storey Arnotts apartment plan

The authority concluded that the proposed development would, due to its excessive scale and height, appear visually incongruous on the skyline.The council also concluded that the proposed development, due to its excessive height and massing, would result in an inadequate standard of daylight and sunlight amenity within individual apartments.

The 22-page council planner’s report stated that the proposed development does not address a housing need for larger sized dwellings in the Liberties and the North Inner City while Council concerns over daylight and sunlight standards and visual impacts were not satisfactorily addressed by the applicant.

The 159 units proposed by Fitzwilliam Real Estate were comprised of 60 studios, 85 one-bedroom apartments and 14 two-bedroom units. The scheme would involve the construction of a 12-storey-over-basement element fronting Williams Lane, a five-storey element over the Arnotts multistorey car park and a two-storey element over the Arnotts store.Planning consultants for the scheme Tom Phillips & Associates contended that the proposed height and density of the scheme is fully supported by national planning policy.

Mr Smyth’s Fitzwilliam Real Estate also has plans before the council for a nine-storey, 245-bedroom hotel for the same site. The authority has sought additional information on the plans.

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