Retail warehouse freeze forces Blanchardstown rethink

Green Property will have to revise its entire strategy for further retail developments at the Blanchardstown Centre following…

Green Property will have to revise its entire strategy for further retail developments at the Blanchardstown Centre following last week's decision by An Bord Pleanalβ refusing permission for a further six retail warehousing units with a total space of over 162,000 sq ft.

Significantly the board cited what it called "an over-concentration of retail warehousing" in Blanchardstown and the danger that it would create serious traffic congestion as the two main reasons for refusing permission.

The refusal came only a week before Stephen Vernon of Green Property unveiled plans for the additional retail warehousing.