Plans to build a 28 storey hotel near Castleknock have been rejected by Fingal County Council over fears about the skyline.
In September Propotron Ltd applied for planning permission for a 459-bed hotel and office development on a 1.62 hectare site known as Junction 6, River Road, Castleknock.
The proposed development, at over 143 metres in height, if built would have been the tallest building in Ireland.
The developer had argued that development would be a “positive contribution” to the area, and that the site was suited to “more intensive development”.
Fingal County Council refused permission due to a number of reasons.
They said the proposed development by virtue of “bulk, mass, height, scale, design and physical dominence” would result in overdevelopment of the site.
They also said the issue of traffic impact had not been adequetly addressed and the proposed development would contravene the Fingal Development Plan 2017-23, would “give rise to traffic congestion in this area and endanger public safety by reason of traffic hazzard.”
Labour Councillor for Castleknock John Walsh, who opposed the planned development, welcomed the decision from Fingal County Council.
In a Twitter post following the announcement he said:
“Junction 6 development rejected – the hotel & office development with a maximum height of 28 storeys was emphatically rejected by Fingal Council planners.
“Ireland’s tallest building won’t be in D15 – the application had more in common with New York or Dubai than Blanchardstown.”