Re-thinking urban housing: Low-rise, high-density communities redefine living

Viability has become such an issue for new housing development that it has put some developers off undertaking new projects in some parts of Dublin and forced the government to introduce Project Tosaigh to subsidise such schemes.

Even those developers who persist are concerned at the delays and expense involved when seeking planning permission for apartment projects because of objections and judicial reviews.

However, John Dobbin of Shay Cleary Architects believes that developers can address ...