ABP granted permission for houses on land on which no vacant sites levy paid since 2017

 The Old Bakery Site at Cross Guns Bridge in Phibsborough, Dublin Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

An Bord Pleanála granted permission for a strategic housing development (SHD)  in Dublin, on a property which has been on the vacant sites register since 2017, with no levy having yet been paid.

The planning authority granted planning for a SHD in May 2021, approved by then deputy chair Paul Hyde, for 205 build-to-rent apartments at the €7.2 million-valued Old Bakery Site in Phibsborough.