ESB declines transfer of Limerick site to land agency for development of up to 410 homes

ESB and Department of the Environment have 'not consented' to the transfer of the 5.3 hectare site on Rosbrien Road

Transfer of sites at Marina Generating Station in Cork, a site adjacent to an ESB substation in on the Grand Canal at Inchicore in Dublin, and land at Sean Mulvoy Road in Galway have not yet been agreed by the ESB. File picture: PA

The ESB has declined to allow the transfer of a Limerick site with the potential for the provision of 410 homes to the Land Development Agency (LDA), with no further sites set to transfer between the bodies in the foreseeable future.

The Department of the Environment recently informed the Government that both the ESB and itself “have not consented” to the transfer of the 5.3 hectare site on Rosbrien Road, with the withdrawal of the site likely to reignite accusations the LDA lacks sufficient powers to compel State bodies to comply with its housing remit.