University College Dublin applies to fast-track provision of 3,000 student beds
An application for a €300 million on-campus accommodation complex for 3,000 more students at University College Dublin (UCD) has been submitted to An Bord Pleanála for “fast-track” planning approval.
The State’s largest university has become the first applicant to use the new Strategic Housing Development system which allows applications for schemes of more than 100 homes, or blocks of 200 student bed spaces, to be made directly to An Bord Pleanála, by-passing the local authority decision phase.
To date 17 developers have sought pre-application consultations with the planning board, most for large-scale housing schemes, but UCD is the only developer to make a formal application to the board …