SEAN KENNY TD WELCOMES DECISION TO REFUSE TIME EXTENSION FOR DONAGHMEDE SHOPPING CENTRE MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK

Posted on January 10, 2012 4:15 PM   |   Permanent Link   

Dublin North East Labour TD Seán Kenny today welcomed the pre-Christmas decision by Dublin City Council planners (decision order P2866)to refuse planning permission for an extension to the controversial 2006 Donaghmede Shopping Centre development which had expired in 2011. The December 2011 decision to refuse was made on the grounds that the development does not now comply with Planning Flood Risk Management guidelines introduced in November 2009.

"As a Labour Councillor for Donaghmede in 2006 I strongly criticised the then planning decision by Dublin City Council to grant permission for a multi-storey car park as part a Shopping Centre refurbishment as a gross intrusion on the privacy of residents living adjacent to the shopping centre. The shopping centre development would also have greatly exacerbated the traffic gridlock problem in the vicinity of the Shopping Centre."
"I warned at the time that the scale and location of the multi-storey car park was such that it would result in overshadowing, and in an overpowering / overbearing impact on adjoining houses, particularly those on Newbrook Road. The provision of a basement level car park as well as three storeys above ground level would result in evening shadows extending towards the front boundaries of properties on Newbrook Road."

"I would warn residents that it may still be open to the Donaghmede Shopping Centre developer Lindat Limited to submit a new planning application."