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09/08/2013
Clarence Hotel To Fight DCC Over Planning Refusal
A proposed €150 million improvement plan of the Clarence Hotel was been refused planning permission by Dublin City Council (DCC).
It is understood that the Clarence Partnership had applied to extend planning permission granted to them in 2007 for a "new and enlarged hotel".
The planned extension was then shelved in 2009 due to "economic circumstances beyond the control of the partnership".
In March this year the group then applied to have the original planning permission extended to allow the work to begin.
However, DCC refused the new application saying that an 8-storey extension to the hotel exceeded the maximum height permissible at the location.
The Clarence Partnership took the case to the High Court seeking leave to appeal the councils decision, claiming that regulations currently restrict residential developments to six-storeys and office developments to seven.
The group maintain that the redevelopment plan did not curtail the height of a hotel but claimed that the council's planning officer had considered that a hotel was akin to a commercial development.
The High Court granted leave to the Clarence Partnership to appeal DCC's decision.
(MH/CD)
It is understood that the Clarence Partnership had applied to extend planning permission granted to them in 2007 for a "new and enlarged hotel".
The planned extension was then shelved in 2009 due to "economic circumstances beyond the control of the partnership".
In March this year the group then applied to have the original planning permission extended to allow the work to begin.
However, DCC refused the new application saying that an 8-storey extension to the hotel exceeded the maximum height permissible at the location.
The Clarence Partnership took the case to the High Court seeking leave to appeal the councils decision, claiming that regulations currently restrict residential developments to six-storeys and office developments to seven.
The group maintain that the redevelopment plan did not curtail the height of a hotel but claimed that the council's planning officer had considered that a hotel was akin to a commercial development.
The High Court granted leave to the Clarence Partnership to appeal DCC's decision.
(MH/CD)
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