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Developer challenges fire safety requirements for new city centre development
Summary
KC Capital Property Group Limited, developing a nine‑storey building on Cuffe Street, Dublin 2, has challenged a planning requirement that it must install certain fire safety measures. The developer argues that the conditions requiring a 120‑minute fire resistance for structural elements and a sprinkler system are only applicable to buildings 30 metres or taller, and that the proposed building is not that height. The developer appealed the Dublin City Council's decision to include these conditions to An Bord Pleanála, which dismissed the appeal and upheld the council's decision. KC Capital has now brought High Court judicial review proceedings, claiming the board's decision is unreasonable, irrational, contrary to fair procedures, and that it incorrectly concluded the building was 30 metres or more. The case was granted permission to proceed by Ms Justice Niamh Hyland on an ex‑parte basis and is scheduled to return to court in February.
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What: Report matter: Developer challenges fire safety requirements for new city centre development. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- 2023-12-12 Publication
Why: This is because the development is not 30m or more in height and such fire safety measures are only required in buildings above that height threshold, the developer submits. CNI source report
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