The aim behind the blog is to chronicle all the happens of spatial planning in Ireland from a students perspective in the hope of somehow helping people understand planning in Ireland even a small bit better!
Monthly archive August, 2010

Kilkenny County Council – Proposed Alterations to the Record of Protected Structures

The announcement can be found at the following link along with the details: Proposed Additions and Deletions from the Record of Protected Structures Particulars of the proposed additions and deletions may be inspected at the Planning Office, Kilkenny County Council, County Hall, John Street, Kilkenny and at the Castlecomer, Thomastown, Callan and Newrath Area Offices...

Sean Dunne gets green light to rebuild Hume House

Writes Fiona Gartland of the Irish Times: DEVELOPER SEÁN Dunne has been granted planning permission to demolish and rebuild Hume House, a 1960s office block in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. An Bord Pleanála granted permission to Mountbrook Group, a company owned by Mr Dunne, for the development. Approval was granted with 16 conditions, including that external...

Planning for new children’s hospital set to be lodged

Paul Cullen writes: A PLANNING application for the new national children’s hospital on the Mater site in central Dublin is to be lodged later this month. The development team behind the new hospital confirmed yesterday that it was pushing forward with the project, despite renewed criticism in recent weeks from retired heart surgeon Maurice Neligan...

Transport plan would transform green

I can’t say I’m a major fan of the look of the new green with the lovely mature trees removed. But I suppose it is a necessary evil in order to get these much need projects off the ground. Maybe some new trees can be planted and it will look as fantastic as it does...