the conditions dont seem too harsh at all. mainly to do with cladding on stands, dodder walk, no through way for fans entering north terrace through existing route, only 3 concerts per year and the usual stuff on working hrs allowed during construction etc.
My opinion the stadiums capacity wont be big enough, surely they could have got it up to 60000 supporters or would that have been shot down by the planning people . ?
Most decent national soccer teams stadium are all over 50k now at least for capacity.
Am I right in that nobody had an inkling that the Inspector would be objecting to the whole thing?
Coming back to the 2 leeches who sold their houses (and by the way did they buy them before there was a great big stadium on the road), can the IRFU/FAI cancel now.
Apologies to those magnificant people at An Bord Pleanala. Take the rest of the week off!Originally Posted by fergalr
Together with all our hearts.
60k would have made more sense. There were issues regarding the North terrace end - sunlight being blocked from houses or some other nonsense.
Well done to all at An Bord Pleanala.
So when can we expect the court papers to be lodged by Thomas Davis demanding a Judicial Review on the basis that An Bord Pleanala disregarded the recomendation of their own inspector and granted planning permission...sure we can't have democratic decisons that allow executives/elected representitives of state bodies going around overturning decisions sure that would only lead to democracy , so no doubt TD will be first in to put a stop to that sort of thing !!
This is great news. Agree re the capacity being too small but there doesn't seem to be another option.
Just reading in the paper this morning that of the 50k, 10k will be for premium level and a further 1k will be box seats which just leaves 39k for regular paying customers, not much change from previous allocations so. Which would mean only 34k on sale to Irish fans when you take in away allocations of 5k. (probably covered months ago when plans announced but I'm a slow reader)
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
The corporates were already taking up a good chunk of the 34k at Old Lansdowne though, weren't they? Anyone got an idea of the numbers?
Fair play to the stadium committee - they really did a good job in the design to shoot down most problems before it got to this stage (e.g. the sunlight thing at the North Terrace - keeping this country's proud tradition of 3-sided grounds)
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Did anybody expect An Bord Pleanála not to grant planning permission with the week that's in it, the anniversary of one of their more famous ignore-the-advice football-ground pronouncements?
If history's repeating itself, though, it doesn't bode well for the other decision in Tallaght
NO.Would that be a valid reason for high court challenge? i.e. the Board overturning the inspectors report?
the inspector gives a recommendation to the Board and they take it into consideration along with the submissions of both parties, i.e. the applicant (IRFU/FAI) and the appelant(s). the inspectors report is merely just another submission allbeit his recommendation.
the system would not work at all if the report were to be the over-riding factor as there would be too much incentive to interfere with the inspector and influence his decision. the boards decision is final. it is a green light. there can only be an appeal if the process was not carried out in accordance with proper procedure. in such a high profile case this is extremely unlikely.
i presume that the objectors who sold their houses signed contracts (subject to planning permission being granted) on the sale to the IRFU which are binding. i presume it wasn't only a verbal agreement and therefore the IRFU cannot now just give them the fingers as someone above suggested!!
I'm sure they didn't spent €10m just so 2 people would drop their appeals anyway so the houses would have surely been bought anyway.
possibly. it has happened before though. i know of a development in galway where 1 house was bought (privately) for approximately 4 times its market value. the person who sold it then promptly dropped their appeal and the rest of the residents followed suit without knowing of the house purchase!! development got planning and person who sold house skipped out of town promptly leaving behind some very unhappy former neighbours!
anyway the purchase of the houses would have been done subject to planning. i'm sure that the IRFU are astute enough to realise that they had little/no use for the houses without gaining planning! however if the FAI had been running the show they would probably have just bought them anyway without covering their backsides!!
It appears the Inspector recommended to deny planning based on better options of the stadium - there was no mention of what or where these were.
Seen the old biddy on RTE news yesterday complaining about her sunlight being denied, living in the shadow of the East stand. From tv pictures she must have been 50-100m from the back of the stand so don't have any idea why she thought would be living in a shadow as theres already a stand there.
I would be surprised if there wasn't a high court challenge. It doesn't matter if valid or not as that just seems to be the way this country is.
For those who think the 50k capacity is too big, currenty we're sitting on the brink of mediocrety. If we don't finish at least third in this group then Croke Park will become a very hard place to sell out even for the bigger game, sure even Landsdowne Rd. will stuggle to be sold out. Don't forget we'll be taking on home friendlies again once we get back in there. For the larger 6 nations ties it will be way too small, but frankly, I don't care about rugby.
south terrace first to go....its actually started......its ACTUALLY happening.
It's ACTUALLY getting demolished you mean - they could have easily done that years ago. I'll save my celebrations for when they actually start buliding something.
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One step at a timeIt's ACTUALLY getting demolished you mean - they could have easily done that years ago. I'll save my celebrations for when they actually start buliding something.
Just got an e-mail from them.
DEMOLITION COMMENCES AT LANSDOWNE ROAD STADIUM
Demolition work has commenced on the Lansdowne Road Stadium. The work which commenced earlier this week will initially concentrate on the South Terrace. In all the demolition works will take seven months and are due for completion at the end of December this year. Construction of the new stadium will commence before the end of May.
Mr John O’Donoghue, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism visited Lansdowne Stadium earlier today (Thursday, 17 May) to view the demolition works. He was accompanied by Mr Philip Browne, chief executive, IRFU and Mr John Delaney, chief executive, FAI. Other members of the board of Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company were also present.
Demolition will go on in a number of different areas of the stadium during the rest of May. Works will include:
• Commencement demolition South Terrace
• ‘‘Soft strip’ of West Stand
• Removal of lower terrace from West Stand (this is a separate structure to the actual West Stand
• Removal of the roof of the West Stand
No demolition works on the West Stand will be undertaken that might interfere with the operation of the DART. Demolition of that part of the West Stand that overhangs the DART will only be undertaken during non-operating hours of the DART and by agreement with Iarnrod Eireann.
The ‘soft strip’ of the West Stand is mainly internal to that stand. It includes the removal of wood, partitioning, lights, etc, all of which will go for recycling.
The overall project is being managed by Project Management Group, Ireland’s largest project management firm. Initially there are two contracts involved in the demolition/construction. These are as follows:
• Demolition of existing stadium and construction of the podium over the railway
• Substructure/Foundations for the new stadium
These contracts have been awarded. The demolition/railway works contracts has been awarded to a joint venture company consisting of one of Ireland’s leading construction companies Michael McNamara & Company along with Somague one of Portugal’s leading construction companies specialising in stadia. They will be working with specialist demolition company DSM from the UK.
The foundations contract has been awarded to Ascon the largest civil engineering company in Ireland. Both companies are on site as the plan is to begin foundations construction almost simultaneously with the demolition.
The Main Contract for the construction of the new stadium is being tendered at the moment.
Overall Programme for Demolition of Existing Stadium and Construction of New Stadium
The following is the broad schedule of works involved in the demolition of the existing stadium and the construction of the new stadium. It is planned that the new stadium will be ready for matches in 2010.
Demolition and rail corridor contract: May 2007 to December 2007
Substructure contract: May 2007 to May 2008
Main stadium contract: July 2007 to October 2009
Structural steelwork contract: September 2007 to September 2009
Roofing and cladding contract: May 2008 to September 2009
Mechanical contract: February 2008 to October 2009
Electrical contract: March 2008 to October 2009
Pitch installation contract: April 2009 to October 2009
Commissioning: October 2008 to December 2009
Speaking at the stadium Minister O’Donoghue said that he was delighted that work had commenced and that the first steps had been taken on the road to a wonderful new stadium which would be a fitting home for Irish rugby and soccer.
Regards,
Claire Seale
LRSDC
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