Goodman family firm lodges plans for new Nassau Street/Kildare Street office scheme
A planned report, drawn up by Stephen Ward Town Planning & Development Consultants, lodged with the scheme states that the proposed development comprising the preservation of Nos 47 and 48 Kildare Street and demolition of No 1 Nassau Street"is first and foremost a conservation project".
The current site includes the Kildare Street Hotel incorporating the JP Mooney pub and the new scheme will have a cumulative gross floor area of 1,950sq.m in area, of which 1,310sq.m is accommodated within existing buildings, and 640sq.m is new build predominantly at 1 Nassau Street and to the rear of No 47 and 48 Kildare Street.
The Council refused after the Department of Culture and Heritage urged a re-think on the scheme and over 35 others lodged submission voice strong concerns over the proposal. The planning report states that"collectively, the proposal will greatly ameliorate and enhance sections of historic streetscape along Kildare Street and Nassau Street which have been heavily compromised by restoring architectural and visual coherence".