An Bord Pleanála turns down Cairn Homes plans for ‘build to rent’ apartments in Blackrock and Dublin 18

by extremessd

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  1. # Planning refused for close to 900 homes in south Dublin

    # Cairn Homes proposals in Blackrock and Dublin 18 refused planning permission

    The authority turned down plans by [Cairn Homes](https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/cairn-homes/) for 355 “built to rent” (BTR) apartments for Cross Avenue, Blackrock. 

    >In a second planning blow to Cairn the appeals board has also refused planning permission for 534 “build to rent” apartments across eight blocks with one block up to 10 storeys high on a site at Winterbrook and Barrington Tower, Brennanstown Road, Dublin 18. The SHD scheme – which was also lodged in April 2022 – was made up of 30 studios, 135 one-bed units, 318 two-bed units and 51 three-bed units.

    FFS

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    That proposal faced local opposition with 24 submissions lodged, including one from local TD [Richard Boyd Barrett](https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/richard-boyd-barrett/) (People Before Profit-Solidarity) and party colleague Cllr Melisa Halpin, who stated the 10-storey proposal was located a mere 200m from an ancient 5,500 portal tomb.

    thanks RBB

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    The appeals board has refused planning permission to the Blackrock SHD scene after co-founder of the Blackrock, Hermitage and Galway Clinics, James M Sheehan claimed the plan “is grossly excessive”.

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    Mr Sheehan, from Cross Avenue, Blackrock, has stated that “the concept of build to rent for the apartments does not encourage a stable community as many renters are there on a short-term lease”.

    old rich man decides renters are scum.

  2. Enraging. 

    > The appeals board has refused planning permission for the so-called “built to rent” component of the Strategic Housing Development (SHD) scheme after concluding that the BTR units would result in an “over-proliferation” of BTR homes for the area.

    This is why one of the common defences of the planning system – “oh the frivolous objections don’t matter! planning isn’t rejected because of NIMBYs, there has to be a good reason!” – rings so hollow. 

    On what planet is there an “over-proliferation” of rental units in Blackrock. Or anywhere else. Rents must be plummeting so, with all that oversupply!

    Yet more evidence that local development plans are completely unfit for purpose. Operating in a parallel universe, obsessed with the problems that caused the last recession and totally incapable of addressing the problems that are causing the housing crisis right now. 

    This shit is turning me into a libertarian lmao

    And before anyone starts about “services”. Of course services are under strain in Blackrock. Services are under strain EVERYWHERE. 

    But the families who would live in those units are ALREADY going to the GP. The children are ALREADY attending school. Keeping them in inadequate, overpriced housing does not help the strain on services. 

    Building units does not make services worse. The people are already here and using the services! It just makes housing a little better. 

  4. Wouldn’t benefit anyone beyond a group of foreign investors looking to cash in on Irelands young people. Can pretty much guarantee it would have been €2500+ per month and upwards only reviews.

    We need housing yes, but we also need to discourage these despicable predatory type “investments”.

  5. Just wait till it comes out who Cairn where housing. I’m not saying they knew what their tenants were up to, how could they know even though the whole area knew and reported it multiple times, but the armed response unit knew.

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