{"id":2011,"date":"2026-07-31T16:06:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/?p=2011"},"modified":"2026-07-31T16:06:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:06:22","slug":"observation-on-proposed-dunsink-local-area-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/?p=2011","title":{"rendered":"Observation on proposed Dunsink Local Area Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have made an<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FIN-C973-696-Transport-oriented-development-meaningful-assessment-of-alternatives-31-07-2026-04-30pm.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FIN-C973-696-Transport-oriented-development-meaningful-assessment-of-alternatives-31-07-2026-04-30pm.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> observation<\/a> on the draft Dunsink Local Area Plan. It&#8217;s main points: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Luas should be delivered along with housing, not after.<\/li><li>The proposal to delay the light rail line until long after extensive housing is provided is contrary to the principles of Transport-oriented Development and inconsistent with the Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy. <\/li><li>The assessment of alternatives in the Strategic Environmental Assessment is not meaningful and does not comply with the requirements of the SEA Directive.<\/li><li>The proposals in the draft LAP as regards car parking present opportunities for significant economic savings for residents and for major improvements in welfare and the public realm.<\/li><li>The proposed combined light rail and cycle\/pedestrian bridge over the M50, consistent with the relevant provisions of the Fingal Development Plan, is very welcome.<\/li><li>The alteration of River Road to a quietway with no through motor traffic requires minimal initial investment and should be implemented as part of, or before, phase 1 of the LAP. <\/li><li>The land to the west of the Navan Road train station is ideally suited for transport-oriented development and the zoning shoul be changed to the mixed use Metro Rail Economic Corridor to provide housing as well as employment.<\/li><li>The land to the east of the station includes a large area of wetland. The wetland area should have the development zoning removed from it.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Full details <a href=\"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FIN-C973-696-Transport-oriented-development-meaningful-assessment-of-alternatives-31-07-2026-04-30pm.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FIN-C973-696-Transport-oriented-development-meaningful-assessment-of-alternatives-31-07-2026-04-30pm.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have made an observation on the draft Dunsink Local Area Plan. It&#8217;s main points: Luas should be delivered along with housing, not after. The proposal to delay the light rail line until long after extensive housing is provided is contrary to the principles of Transport-oriented Development and inconsistent with the Regional Spatial and Economic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2012,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011\/revisions\/2012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}