Developer Seán Dunne's high-rise plans for the site of the former Jurys and Berkeley Court hotels in Ballsbridge are to be put before a specially convened Dublin City Council meeting on Monday.
Mr Dunne's planning application, which includes a 37-storey tower, is likely to be rejected by the councillors, who represent the southeast area of the city, ahead of a final decision by city planners next month.
The southeast area committee in recent weeks rejected plans for a development on the neighbouring former UCD veterinary college site, now owned by developer Ray Grehan, which included a 15-storey tower. However, both Mr Grehan and Mr Dunne's application will now be jointly considered on Monday.
The council has already received 14 objections to Mr Dunne's application, which was made on August 31st. Mr Grehan's application, which was lodged two weeks previously, attracted more than 80 objections within the five-week submission deadline.
The majority of objections have related to the height and scale of both developments. The planning applications have come within months of the councillors' rejection of a new development plan for the Ballsbridge area which would have permitted a limited number of "landmark" high-rise buildings based on their architectural merit.
Local Sinn Féin representative and chairman of the council's planning committee Dáithí Doolan said he will be putting forward a proposal for rejection of the applications at Monday's meeting.
"I will be calling for rejection on the grounds that Dublin City Council does not have any binding study on high-rise and high density development. I will be calling on the council to embark upon the process of adopting a policy on high-rise and until such time as this is done applications such as Mr Dunne's should be rejected."
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