Major Dublin student accommodation scheme gets the green light
An Bord Pleanála has granted planning for a major student accommodation scheme on the Naas Road, Dublin 12, which will bring much-needed student housing to the city.
Designed HKR Architects for Hollybrook Homes, the Gowan House development will provide 899 purpose-built student rooms (including 44 accessible units and 24 studios) across buildings varying in height from thirteen to ten storeys. The masterplan includes shared community and cultural space, retail space and an attractive public realm on the River Camac.
An Bord Pleanála overturned a previous refusal by Dublin City Council at Gowan House because student residential was not an appropriate use on the site and the mass of the proposal was inappropriately large …