Council requests changes to proposed design of Moore Street site

Dublin City Council opposes demolition of Henry Street buildings and requests "a more restrained opening"

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Dublin City Council has given the UK property firm in charge of the redevelopment of the 5.5-acre plot between Moore Street and O’Connell Street, six months to revise its plans for the location.

The council is against its proposal for buildings on Henry Street to be demolished, and DCC also wants the height of the proposed new development to be reduced. The council has also asked that a proposed archway on Moore Street is instead replaced with a “more restrained opening”.

The Irish Times reports that property firm Hammerson is looking for permission to install a mixed retail, office and residential scheme on the  block previously known as the Carlton site, parts of which been derelict for over 40 years.

The first three applications for changes to the site were lodged with Dublin City Council last month, and already, the council has asked for revisions to be made to all three.

Hammerson had proposed a replacement building for number 41 Henry Street, while number 38 would be demolished for a passageway into the site.

However, the council responded that it was “concerned regarding the architectural quality of the proposed replacement structure to number 41 Henry Street and considers that the replacement building is not of exceptional quality so as to justify its demolition”.

The Department of Housing also opposed the demolition of number 38 in its own submission, describing it as “unnecessary”.

The council has asked Hammerson to consider a revised proposal that provides laneway access from number 38 at ground level only.

While the council accepted the principle of creating an opening into the site on Moore Street, it was concerned about the proposed redbrick archway and requested the applicant “consider a more restrained opening which is more in keeping with the surrounding streetscape and the existing buildings on the site”.

DCC also advised that a nine-storey block should be reduced to “respect the scale and context of the historic area and in particular the vista of O’Connell Street from Cathedral Street”.

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