[PR] Notice of Proposed Draft Local Area Plan for Ballsbridge

Victor

Includes a suggestion for Luas to Ballsbrisge and Belfield.

http://www.dublincity.ie/press_news/news/notice_of_proposed_draft_local_area_plan_for_ballsbridge.asp

Notice of Proposed Draft Local Area Plan for Ballsbridge

Planning and Development Acts 2000-2006 (Section 20)
Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 20 (3) of the Planning and Development Acts 2000-2006 that Dublin City Council, being the Planning Authority for Dublin City, proposes to make a Local Area Plan for Ballsbridge:

A copy of the proposed Draft Local Area Plan will be available for inspection at the Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8 from Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays) between the hours of 9.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. from Tuesday 30th January 2007 to Tuesday 13th March 2007 (both dates inclusive). A public display, during the same period, will also be held in the Pembroke Library, Anglesea Road, Ballsbridge during the Library’s normal opening hours which are as follows:

Monday and Tuesday - 1.00pm – 8.00pm
Wednesday and Thursday - 10.00am – 5.00pm
Friday and Saturday - 10.00am - 1.00pm, 1.45pm – 5.00pm

Written submissions or observations in relation to the proposed draft local area plan made to the Planning Authority within the above said period will be taken into consideration before the making of a decision on the Draft Plan. Such submissions or observations should be addressed to:

Tom Vaughan, Planning Department, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8 or by email to planning@dublincity.ie before 4.30pm on Tuesday 13th March 2007

A public information meeting to present the Ballsbridge Proposed Draft Local Area Plan will be held at 7.30pm on Thursday 1st February 2007 in the Merrion Room, Royal Dublin Society, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

Comment Sheet (633bytes) Environmental Study for The Ballsbridge Draft Local Area Plan

Ballsbridge Environmental Report part 1 (776kb)
Ballsbridge Environmental Report part 2 (2.09 mb)

Draft final Report for Ballsbridge Local Area Plan will be available below for download. Please be aware that due to the size of the documents it may take extra time to download.

Ballsbridge Draft LAP Report-Welcome Text and Contents.pdf (4.22MB)
Ballsbridge Draft LAP Report-01Introduction.pdf (4.95Mb)
Ballsbridge Draft LAP Report-02Conservation.pdf (6.05Mb)
Ballsbridge Draft LAP Report-03Community.pdf (6.25Mb)
Ballsbridge Draft LAP Report-04Movement.pdf (11.3Mb)
Ballsbridge Draft LAP Report-05Infrastructure.pdf (13.0Mb)
Ballsbridge Draft LAP Report-06Urban Design.pdf (10.5Mb)
Ballsbridge Draft LAP Report-07Consolidation and Land use.pdf (4.91Mb)
Ballsbridge Draft LAP Report-AppendixA.pdf (881kb)
Ballsbridge Draft LAP Report-AppendixB.pdf (1.49Mb)

bico

Is there any detail on the " golden triangle" and proposed tower on the Jury's site ?

Victor

Re-zoning of 9 sites at Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

http://www.thepost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=IRELAND-qqqm=news-qqqid=24306-qqqx=1.asp

AIB objects to public access plans for its Bank centre
10 June 2007 By Neil Callanan

AIB has warned Dublin City Council that unregulated public access across its Bankcentre headquarters, could have ‘‘a significant negative impact on security in the site’’.

The council wants to allow pedestrians to walk through the site in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, as part of its local area plan (LAP) for the area.

The bank has sent the local authority a threat and risk assessment report that was carried out by security consultant RMI on behalf of the bank.

As part of its submission, AIB said the idea of opening the campus to pedestrians was ‘‘a matter of serious concern and must be mitigated, otherwise AIB risks the public opprobrium of enhancing the opportunity for criminals to execute crimes’’.

It said plans for a new walking route between the junction of Pembroke and Merrion Roads at one end and Serpentine Avenue at the other would pass through the centre of the Bankcentre campus which was ‘‘inconsistent with its designation as a secure campus’’.

‘‘Our client is justifiably confused and very concerned as to how the draft LAP includes proposals for unregulated public access into and across the campus,” planning consultant RPS wrote on AIB’s behalf.

AIB has said that two parts of the site have been designated for public spaces and that these spaces must be provided as a condition of planning permission for the redevelopment of the other land at the site.

Tomorrow night, councillors will discuss the LAP in detail, including plans by property mogul Sean Dunne to redevelop Jurys Ballsbridge and adjoining sites with high-rise offices and apartment blocks.

http://home.eircom.net/content/unison/national/10552244?view=Eircomnet&cat=National

Billion euro hotel deal by glamorous queen Bernie
From The Irish IndependentSunday, 10th June, 2007
MAEVE SHEEHAN

JURYS Inns, the budget wing of the famous hotel chain, was sold for more than €1bn yesterday by the glamorous Bernie Gallagher, for the Doyle family.

Bernie is a daughter of legendary hotelier PV Doyle.

The sale will recoup some of the fortune spent during the family's high-priced battle with developer Sean Dunne.

The Doyle family announced yesterday that the 20 no-frills hotels that comprise Jurys Inns will be sold to Quinlan Private, a company owned by tax inspector turned property mogul Derek Quinlan for €1.165bn.

The Inns, which were put up for auction more than two months ago, were the latest in a string of the company's prize assets that have been sold off in a bid to protect the legacy of the late PV Doyle.

The sale means all that remains of what was once the Jurys Doyle Hotels group are 12 hotels, including the upmarket Westbury in central Dublin.

Bernie Gallagher and her sisters who control Jurys Doyle Hotels now plan to reinvest the sizeable profits from the Jurys Inns deal to turn those hotels into luxury world-class establishments.

Ms Gallagher and her sisters, Anne Roche and Eileen Monahan, together with their husbands and children, made the company private two years ago to fend off the unwelcome approaches from property speculators eyeing the valuable Dublin sites on which the hotels sat.

They were determined not to allow the hotels their father had helped to build be destroyed for apartments and office blocks. The buy-up was led by Ms Gallagher and her entrepreneur husband John.

The jewel in the crown was the Jurys Ballsbridge site, and the neighbouring Berkeley Court Hotel, which attracted the attention of rival property developers Sean Dunne and Liam Carroll.

When the prospect of the break-up of the Jurys Doyle Hotel Group was signalled in 2005, the developers moved in for the kill. Although the firm had made profits of €45m, the company chairman, Richard Hooper, suggested that the Ballsbridge hotels might have to be sold because they weren't performing as well as expected.

The aggressive approach came from Sean Dunne, the gregarious high-profile developer, married to onetime socialite Gayle Killilea. He mounted an unsuccessful bid to take over the company completely, but came away with the valuable Jurys Hotel, for which he paid €260m, and the Berkeley Court, which cost him €119m.

Dunne's plans for the two sites, which include a 32-storey tower, shopping malls and apartments, are at the mercy of Dublin City Council, which will decide this week whether the area should be rezoned. Council officials have already indicated that they support rezoning in Ballsbridge, which could pave the way for high-density buildings, despite massive objections from 14 local residents groups and councillors.

Mr Dunne's approach forced the Doyle family to make their own counter-bid for the hotel group, which they eventually took over for €1.6bn. Having won the company back, the family also inherited debts of more than €385m.

Bernie Gallagher, who heads JDH Acquisitions, and her husband steered through the strategic review led by consultants Merrill Lynch. The fruits of that review were recommendations to sell off more of the company's assets in order to focus on its high-end hotels.

The Burlington, in another prime Dublin 4 location, was put on the market in January and sold to developer Bernard McNamara. In March, the Jurys Inns were put up and the process ended with the announcement yesterday that the Doyle family had accepted the €1.165bn bid tendered by Derek Quinlan, one of the richest property developers in Ireland.

Mr Quinlan has added the latest acquisition to a string of international property coups, including buying London's best-known hotel, the Savoy, and Claridges. It has also secured numerous hotels around the world, including a string of Marriot Hotels for more than €1bn.

He beat off competition from Swiss private equity firm Lydian Capital Partners. His firm, which syndicates its deals among wealthy Irish businessmen, lawyers and consultants, bought the company on behalf of investors.

Pauline Bradley, the Quinlan Private Director who led this transaction, said yesterday: "This is an attractive business with enormous growth opportunities which we are delighted to acquire. It is a hugely interesting opportunity for our investors."