ABP approves third planning application for redevelopment of Moore Street

The controversial plans for the redevelopment of Moore Street and much of the surrounding area has received further planning permission from Dublin City Council.

The proposal, which includes the construction of 94 homes, several restaurants, cafes, and retail spaces, workspaces, a hotel, and a public gallery is being progressed by UK developer Hammerson.

In a statement following receiving approval, Hammerson said it was “pleased to receive this permission.”

“Dublin Central will be a landmark development for the city of Dublin,” it said.

“The initial two permissions comprise lands situated to the west of the site, including residential, hotel, workspace, shopping, dining and cultural uses as well as new street connections and a substantial public square.

“This latest permission relates to land situated between Moore Lane and Moore Street, and includes offices, cafés and restaurants at ground floor.

“We look forward to submitting a number of further applications for the remainder of the site while we continue to work with all stakeholders.”

The developer says that it’s plans “represents an opportunity to appropriately regenerate this historic part of Dublin.”

The Moore Street Preservation Trust, a group of local politicians and activists, who are calling for the preservation of Moore Street due to its links with the 1916 Rising has been critical of Hammerson’s proposal claiming that it does not go far enough in protecting it’s historic heritage.

In response to the local authority granting planning permission, spokesperson for the group, James Connolly Heron said that the decision was “deplorable.”

“The council planners have given the green light to the development of a six-storey office block that would totally dominate the historic 1916 terrace and turn O’Rahilly Parade into a cavern between two towering buildings,” he said.

“There is no mention in this grant of permission, nor in the previous two, that the consent of the Heritage Minister is required for any works adjacent to a national monument.

“Minister Darragh O’Brien has maintained a stony silence on all of this, despite the fact that he is directly responsible for the state-owned national monument 14-17 Moore Street,” he said.

“The Moore Street Preservation Trust will be appealing this decision to An Bord Pleanála.

“The outcome of our appeals against the grant of permission for the other two Hammerson applications – appeals which were outrageously refused oral hearings – are still awaited.

“Meanwhile An Bord Pleanála itself is mired in controversy over conflicts of unrest, further damaging already threadbare public confidence in the planning system.”