ESB gets the green light for scheme in Georgian Dublin

A major new office and mixed commercial scheme in Georgian Dublin has been approved by An Bord Pleanála. It related to plans to demolish 20th-century buildings on the development site, a block incorporating parts of Fitzwilliam Street Lower and Mount Street Upper in Dublin 2, and which currently include ESB’s headquarters.

The decision was reached following an inspector’s report that recommended acceptance of the plans after a three-day hearing into the application last June.

ESB Commercial Properties’ plans were the subject of five third-party appeals, as well as the applicant’s own appeal against some of the conditions attached to permission granted last January.