A planned luxury condo project on Ratchadamri Road had its environment impact assessment (EIA) report taken away by the Central Administrative Court which stopped the development cold, reports local media. The report was revoked because the court ruled the project didn’t comply with the building control law and related regulations.
The court decided to void the endorsement of the EIA report which had an environment impact assessment committee on building, land allocation, and community service completed by the National Environment Board. It was found that the condo did not comply with regulations for building control and city planning in regards to its calculation of the floor area ratio.
The Mahadlek Residence was set to be built upon a 1.3-rai plot of land on soi Mahadlekluang 2 in Bangkok’s Pathumwan district, according to The Bangkok Post. The condo was planned to hold 516 units and was in a prime location. The land was owned by the Office of the Privy Purse and is one of the few remaining plots on Ratchadamri Road.
However, the court found the narrow roads surrounding the land plot were not able to accommodate the construction of the high-rise building and decided to revoke its EIA report. Earlier this year, the Central Administrative Court suspended a construction licence given to the project to stop the building of the 41-storey condo project. In that ruling, the court decided the Office of the Privy Purse did not have the authority to seek a licence for the development of the luxury condo.
The lawsuit over the luxury condo was filed by a group of 23 people and 4 agencies including the committee on building, land allocation, and community service and the Office of Environment Policy and Planning. They felt they had been affected by the project, which was being developed by Thai Factory Development Plc (TFD), and wanted it stopped.
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