Re: Re: Carmelite Place – Part Deux

@lexington wrote:

🙂 Corbett Bros. are seeking to lodge an application for a 22-unit apartment development over basement car-park with CCC soon. The 3-storey development is destined for Carmelite Place, off the Western Road and is designed by James Leahy & Associates. The site was bought quietly earlier this year from vendor Dermot O’Keefe, who had previously sought permission for a 4-storey, 20-unit student apartment development over basement car-park (designed by PRC Architects) and was refused on appeal. As part of the project, the 6-terraced houses at Carmelite Place, and Carmelite Stores, will be demolished.

It’s a terrible indication of the state of our planning controls that 6 well built, decent family homes can be bought up, left to rot and demolished like this. I followed the previous application with interest. It was a substandard design for the location.
The fact remains though that there is no reason for demolition of these properties. The terrace as a whole represents a transition from the built up student accomodation area near college to the more permanent residential areas of Sunday’s Well. 😡

Incidently, i probably shouldn’t be saying this given my stance on their demolition BUT, if they were to be demolished I’m surprised AIB next door didnt come on board to develop a larger scale mixed use development with the bank on the ground floor.