Monaghan County Council has scooped a national property award for its Dublin Street Regeneration Plan.

The council secured the Excellence in Planning Award at the KPMG Irish Independent Property Industry Excellence Awards.

The Plan outlines the development of a new public square, O'Duffy Place, linking Dublin Street to the Lower Courthouse car park. It is an opportunity for landowners and developers to realise the potential of Dublin Street, to improve the range and quality of offer in retail, hospitality and services.

Over 1,000 of Ireland's leading property professionals turned out at the Convention Centre Dublin on Thursday 08 November for the awards ceremony.

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The council beat off competition from Cork County Council, Cosgrave Developments, Cairn Plc and JNP Architects to claim the planning award.

Accepting the award on the night, Máire Cullinan, Executive Planner, said: "The Council recognised the need to address vacant and derelict backlands within the town centre and appointed the expertise of Sheridan Woods Architects and Urban Planners to consult the community and prepare a regeneration plan. An application has been submitted under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, which would see the infrastructure delivered to progress the regeneration of Dublin Street."

The other Property Industry Excellence category winners were: Bredagh Old School (Community Benefit Award), Henry J Lyons Architects (Design Project Award), Kore Insulation (Energy Efficiency Award), JLL (Commercial Agency of the Year), Savills (Residential Agency of the Year), Hibernia Reit (Property Investment/Fund Manager of the Year), Shannon Commercial Properties (Regional Excellence), BAM Facilities Management (Facilities Management), Mark, Andrew and Kelly Cosgrave – Dublin Loft Company (Emerging Talent) and SISK (Contractor of the Year), who also took the Overall Winner award.

(CM)