This week, University College Dublin (UCD) lodged a planning application seeking permission for the development of over 3,000 new student accommodation bedspaces. UCD is the first applicant to pursue planning permission through the new ‘Strategic Housing Development’ (SHD) planning application process. The SHD route is intended...
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FORA.ie last week published this video providing an interesting insight into the recently completed ‘Dorset Point’ Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) in Dublin 1.
On Friday, the new Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Eoghan Murphy, T.D. signed the Commencement Order and supporting Regulations to enable planning applications for large-scale housing developments of 100 units or more, and large-scale student accommodation projects, to be made directly to An Bord Pleanála.
Future Analytics Consulting’s Daniel Moody featured in the Dublin Inquirer yesterday, providing insights into the student accommodation market. The article can be found here.
An Irish Times article [Monday, 8 Aug 2016] 'Dublin to gain nearly 1,900 student housing places' outlined the immediate future for student accommodation in the...
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FAC has played a vital role in helping Global Student Accommodation achieve a grant of permission for a 571-bedspace student housing development in Dublin 7. The scheme also includes ground floor retail space and community facilities.