Bord Pleanála says 25% of Poolbeg Glass Bottle site must be a mix of social and affordable housing

Glass Bottle Site. Image: Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland Glass Bottle Site. Image: Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland AN BORD PLEANÁLA has granted planning permission for housing on the Glass Bottle site, which will see 25% of the 3,500 apartments being a mix of social and affordable housing.Another 15% must be used for both social and affordable housing. Today’s decision will see that close to 900 social and affordable homes will be built on the site.

The draft Poolbeg Strategic Development Zone scheme set out the fast-tracking of planning for 3,500 homes in the new urban quarter on the Poolbeg peninsula in Dublin. However, Dublin City Council increased that number for this development in a vote in May 2017. Under the plans, more than 25% of the apartments would be used for social and affordable housing, meaning that 900 – almost a quarter – of the units would be social or affordable.

Today, An Bord Pleanála has finally ruled on the long running controversy, allowing for the provision of 900 social and affordable homes on the former Glass Bottle Company site at Poolbeg.

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