City council to unveil strategy for high-rise buildings

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2008 / January 3

A new strategy which will govern the future of all high-rise and high-density development in Dublin will be released to the public by Dublin City Council next month. The plan, Maximising the City's Potential: A Strategy for Height and Intensification, will reveal the areas of the city which the council has earmarked as suitable for intensive development and where it envisages high-rise and "landmark" buildings should be sighted. The plan will also give a guideline to the generally acceptable heights for different areas or types of development. The strategy will be reflected in plans being developed by the council for local communities and urban villages such as the Phibsborough Local Area Plan which will come before councillors early next month, the redrafted Ballsbridge plan, and the urban village planned for the Poolbeg area. Inner city projects such as the major retail and mixed use complex planned for the site of the old Carlton cinema, and the regeneration of the old markets area adjacent to Smithfield, will also be guided by the plan.

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