When CIÉ sought planning permission on the new, finalised plans for the bus station the planning committee rejected it by a narrow majority. After an appeal the permission was granted, again by a narrow majority, with conditions that some stylistic changes were made. In this plan, an 8-story block was mounted on a 2-storey bus station podium at the rear of the site, but it was deemed too tall as regards fire safety, and that the tower would impact on the right to light of other buildings on Store Street. This resulted the lowering of the office block scheme.
