Application for 13-storey tower cynical, say councillors

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2007 / April 12

Dublin city councillors have described as "cynical" and "insulting" plans for a 13-storey tower block in Phibsborough village, submitted before the new development plan for the area is drafted. The city council has received a planning application from builders Stateford Ltd for a new complex of more than 200 apartment at the former Old Mill bakery at Cross Guns Bridge beside the Royal Canal at Phibsborough in north Dublin. Most of the blocks in the development are between six and eight storeys high, but one block would reach 13 storeys, making it the tallest building in the area. The application has been made ahead of a new local area plan (LAP), that will govern all future development in Phibsborough and the surrounding area.

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