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Friends of Balscadden Beach established |
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Written by davidhea
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Oct 02, 2008 at 04:29 PM |
Last night a group met in St. Columbanus Hall and formed a Friends of Balscadden Beach, aiming to restore this wonderful swimming beach to at least a degree of its former glory. It will be doing a clean-up on Saturday 11th October at 12noon. It's next meeting will be on 5th November at 8pm in St. Columbanus Hall, Main St., Howth.
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An Bord Pleanála refuses Edros site application |
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Written by davidhea
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Oct 02, 2008 at 03:50 PM |
An Bord Pleanála has refused permission for the Edros proposal approved by Fingal County Council through material contravention. The full Inspector's report is here.
I have extracted the reasons for the Board's decision below.
As you can note from other recent postings, I was increasingly concerned about the direction that the provision of community facilties was going in (in particular distance from centres of population and no consideration of swimming pool). This decision now puts that entire process back to the drawing board as the available funding is now back to the original €700,000. The Board's decisions and reasons mean that the Edros site is now confirmed as an amenity site. It will be up to the Council, the community and the landowner to consider how to give it a real amenity value.
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Letter to Glenkerrin Homes re Techcrete proposal |
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Written by davidhea
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Sep 17, 2008 at 12:00 AM |
Following the presentation from Fingal planners, Glenkerring Homes who own the Techcrete and Teelings sections of the overall site asked to meet the local councillors. They presented their scheme and we made comments. I attach a follow-up email I sent to them.
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Comments on draft Howth Urban Centre Strategy |
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Written by davidhea
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Sep 16, 2008 at 02:22 PM |
In line with the requirements of the County Development Plan, a draft Urban Centre Strategy has been prepared for Howth. My comments on it are below. It will be discussed at the Area Cttee. meeting in Baldoyle at 3pm on 18th September and I have supplied these comments in advance.
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Comments on Techcrete site proposal |
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Written by davidhea
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Sep 10, 2008 at 08:20 PM |
As Techcrete is moving to Balbriggan, a large development site with mixed-use zoning is coming up for development. In approving the material contravention for the Edros site, the Council agreed that the privately owned Techcrete and Teelings sites would be developed in an integrated fashion with the Council-owned depot and Baltray Park sites, and that the proposed community facilities would be sited at the most suitable part of the overall site.
Last week the Planning Department called a special area cttee. meeting to discuss the proposals. I attach my comments on the Techcrete site proposal, as sent to Planning Department of Fingal County Council as a result of the meeting.
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Extracts from Constitutions in relation to sustainable development |
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Written by davidhea
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Aug 15, 2008 at 01:31 PM |
The most interesting from an incomplete 2007 survey.
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Written by davidhea
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Jul 14, 2008 at 04:36 PM |
Proposal for Fingal Cycling Forum as agreed at Transportation SPC July 2007. We have had no progress yet on this.
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Dublin Airport putting business before people |
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Written by davidhea
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Jul 04, 2008 at 04:56 PM |
Dublin Airport putting business before people
-as application lodged to increase early morning and night time flights
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Party Fingal Cllr David Healy has accused Dublin Airport Authority of
putting business before people following the announcement that they are
going back to An Bord Pleánala to seek an increase in the number of
early morning and night time flights. In granting permission for a new
runway at Dublin Airport, An Bord Pleanála restricted the use of the
runways to minimise noise impacts on local residents and stipulated a
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Objection to planning application beside Evora Terrace, Dunbo Hill, Evora Park |
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Written by davidhea
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Jul 04, 2008 at 04:54 PM |
I have objected to a planning application beside Evora Terrace, Dunbo Hill and Evora Park which seeks to use Evora Terrace as a construction access and would thereby put the stability of the houses there at risk.
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Written by davidhea
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Mar 27, 2008 at 06:35 PM |
The Affordable Homes Partnership is trying to get the Brickfields site rezoned for housing. When they came to talk to the councillors in November at an informal meeting, I pointed out that their proposals would not be acceptable to local residents and suggested the go away and think things through more thoroughly, including
a) providing some of the badly needed community facilities for which the site is zoned,and
b) not drawing major traffic through existing residential areas.
They have asked to meet us again, but have clearly not taken our previous comments on board. My reply to the email asking for the meeting is below.
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Examiner article on allotments |
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Written by davidhea
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Feb 19, 2008 at 08:24 PM |
The Examiner ran a detailed article on allotments today, including a number of comments I made in an interview with them during the week. The article demonstrates that the sharp rise in interest on the Northside is matched across the city and the country.
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Traffic Calming at Baily Green Road |
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Written by davidhea
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Feb 12, 2008 at 10:55 AM |
Following a survey of residents, the Area Committee has approved the provision of speed cushions as traffic calming measures on Baily Green Road in Howth.
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Objection to Porto Fino development(Church St./Harbour Rd.) |
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Written by davidhea
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Feb 12, 2008 at 09:55 AM |
A copy of my objection submitted in December to the above planning application.
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Material Contravention for Edros site approved |
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Written by davidhea
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Jan 14, 2008 at 06:49 PM |
Today, the Council voted by 20 votes to 3 to approve the material contravention for the Edros site. I and my Green colleagues supported the proposal, as did the other two Howth ward Councillors. The proposal enables the development of residential housing and a café on this amenity-zoned site. Normally I would not accept that an amenity site could be used for residential development. However, in this instance an alternative site for a major new community facility has been identified and €2million is to be paid by the developer towards the construction of a new community facility on that site.
The agreed site is as part of the overall site at Baltray between
Baltray Park and the Techcrete/Teelings site, including the City
Council-owned depot. The City Council has committed to transfer the
depot site and that gives sufficient space for a major community
facility. However, the Planning Department is committed to working
with the Techcrete site developer to incorporate the community facility
into the overall development in the most appropriate manner. This will
mean maximising accessibility from the Dart station and the town of
Howth and also taking advantage of the potential for a link across the
railway line to Baltray beach.
The Edros site was the site of a community facility which operated from the 1970s until the 1990s, when it became insolvent and was sold to a private developer to pay its creditors. Since then it has lain derelict.
Until Friday I felt that the plans for community facilities were not sufficiently advanced to enable Councillors to support the proposed Edros material contravention. I have been communicating this to Council officials for about a year, including by objection to the planning file and up to last Friday fully expected to be opposing the material contravention vote today.
I do appreciate that some Howth residents are unhappy about the design of the proposal. I have never seen this as the main objection. I do feel the design is of a high architectural quality and I'm hopeful that it will work out well.
The other consideration raised today was a suggestion that the €2million was not enough of a contribution. This hadn't been put to me before and on balance I think it's probably correct - we probably should have sought more money for the community facilities. However, €2 million was an increase on what was previously on offer and on balance I think our decision was a good one.
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Objection to Stapolin Phase 5 development |
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Written by davidhea
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Jan 08, 2008 at 06:56 PM |
I have objected to Phase 5 of the Stapolin development which is much higher than provided for in the Area Plan and severed from the new Millennium Park. The parking levels will lead to traffic generation which will block all roads in the area. These are consistent complaints in relation to recent phases of this development and all of the above complaints are breaches of the County Development Plan.
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