1. The scale of the development with the eight storey apartment block is huge and will dominate the landscape blocking the view from Dun Laoghaire over to Sandycove and vice versa, it is completely inappropriate for this area. The architect's response to concerns about height was that 8 stories is not high and he went on to give many examples of 27 storey waterside developments in the north of England. I didn't find this reassuring.

2. The 5 acre infill is extensive and very little thought appears to have been given to the hydrological consequences of an infill that size. It was presented as the only solution to the problem of coastal erosion in the area between the baths and the back of the East Pier. Of course this area has fallen into disrepair in the last few years because the Council has failed to maintain it. With an infill this size the area to maintain will increase and it too will fall into disrepair if neglected.

3. The public amenities and public space proposed were very attractive but had an unrealistic air to them. Questions about how this amenities would be funded once built went unanswered. The Council can hardly afford to maintain what it has now. There was also a lack of clarity on who exactly would own the land the new seawall and the water facilities.

4. Credibility. Recent developments in Dun Laoghaire such as the Pavilion promised public amenities which were never delivered. The childrens library was even demolished to make way for a new carpark with the promise of a new state of the art library. The carpark was built but the children of Dun laoghaire never got their library. The Council can not be trusted to force developers to deliver on their promises and are quite expert at discovering loopholes to let them get away with it.There is considerable doubt as to whether any amenities will ever be built

5.Precedent. At the moment the seafront has no residential or commercial developments, there is a worry that this will open the floodgates.

6. Privatisation of the Seafront. Much was made of the fact that a public-private partnership was the only way to fund this development and that the alternative is for the baths to continue to deteriorate. But local TD Eamonn Gilmore, the Labour Party's spokesman on the Environment, who is against this proposal is proposing a smaller scale public amenity funded by the development levy which has now been widened to include the provision of community and recreational amenities. Click here to read his full statement.

More information about the Public display of the plans here and here for the Save Our Seafront campaign of action