Plans for co-living scheme at protected modernist building rejected
Nine-storey development would have negative impact on Hendron’s Building in Broadstone
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Plans for a co-living scheme at the Hendron’s Building, a modernist protected structure in Broadstone, Dublin, have been refused by An Bord Pleanála.
Western Way Developments Ltd wanted to build a 280-bed shared accommodation scheme in blocks up to nine storeys high incorporating the 1940s Hendron’s factory.
The former industrial building on Western Way is one of the few modernist buildings on the city’s Record of Protected Structures.
Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien in late November announced a de facto ban on new co-living developments where shared kitchen and living facilities serve multiple en suite rooms. However, the ban was not signed into law until December 22nd, and in the intervening period the developers lodged their application with the board.