The Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company is to re-examine proposals for the redevelopment of the Carlisle Pier after it decided this afternoon to withdraw preferred bidder status for the pier's redevelopment from the Urban Capital consortium.
The consortium failed to meet the timetable accompanying the winning design for the submission of an acceptable planning application to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council.
The consortium had been granted time extensions already, which it failed to meet.
The company wanted to continue with the project but the DLHC board said it could not indicate when it would submit an acceptable planning application.
The consortium led by Urban Capital was chosen by the DLHC board in March 2004 as the preferred bidder after a competition to redevelop the derelict site. The consortium included John Sisk & Son, Park Developments and hotelier and publican Hugh O'Regan.
The proposal, designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, featured a National Marine Life Centre as a central cultural component of the redeveloped pier and included a 127 bed-hotel, 229 apartments, retail, leisure uses and a floating stage.
The selected plan had caused some controversy in Dún Laoghaire.
The DLHC board said it now intended to examine all its options for the redevelopment of the Carlisle Pier including the construction of the winning design.
