Office block proposal refused over €4.5bn Dart plan

A decision to refuse planning permission for a large-scale office block in Dublin as it could jeopardise plans for the €4.5bn Dart underground has been branded unreasonable and unnecessary by the developer.

Rails Investment, a Maltese-registered firm which wants to build the five-storey building at the rear of Pearse St railway station, has appealed the decision to An Bord Pleanála.

Planning permission for the development was refused by Dublin City Council in November on the basis the proposed building on Sandwith St could interfere with the site of a proposed metro station for Pearse St.