Rezoning greenbelt land, rather than zoning a brownfield site and right beside a train station, is bad planning with negative consequences for all of us. @fingal.ie executive and a majority of councillors are getting it wrong. Thanks @michaellanigan.bsky.social for this detailed coverage.
In response to proposals to rezone green belt land, I have proposed instead changing the zoning of brownfield and disused sites currently zoned for employment to mixed use or residential. The zoning proposals will be discussed by the Council on Monday. davidhealy.com?p=1943
Congratulations to ace environmental lawyer Fred Logue on another great victory over the powers of darkness …
Today is your last chance to respond to the College Green Consultation!!
You have until midnight tonight to add your support for this vital public realm project
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Thanks to Claire Byrne of Newstalk for our discussion of parking cash out law, where employers who offer car parking must offer a cash alternative. Giving people this option leads to a 30% shift away from driving to work.
Podcast: pca.st/episode/c5d0...
More info: shoup.bol.ucla.edu/Parking%20Ca...
Head 12 Exemption from the Act of 2015 Provide that: Any function or exercise undertaken under this Act shall be exempt from the provisions of section 15 of the Act of 2015. Explanatory Note This Head provides that the provisions of section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 do not apply to any functions or exercises undertaken under this Bill.
An appalling proposal is hidden at the end of the Government’s Bill on the airport cap; it would exclude decisions under the legislation from the current obligation on almost all public bodies to consider their climate impact and to be consistent with climate objectives.
Architectural image adjusted to remove blue sky, happy people, showing leafless trees on an overcast winter day.
It still looks good after the antirender treatment! (antirender.com)
Thanks to my fellow councillors for agreeing unanimously that @fingal.ie should stop using X, especially mayor Tom O’Leary for taking the suspension of standing orders and John Smith for suggesting that approach.
As developer plans a new community with hundreds of drive-up homes, a councillor suggests another vision. “It’s not that the people who live there don’t have cars,” he says. “It’s that the neighbourhood is not a car park, and the car parking is on the edge.”
My submission on the application for 1350 housing units at Belcamp calls for design of a safe walkable neighbourhood, with shops and childcare, and good quality public transport including a reservation for light rail. davidhealy.com?p=1926
The Settlement Capacity Audit underestimates residential capacity by between 2,500 and 3,000 units, omitting 3 sites (Blanchardstown, Santry) with full permission (1511 units) and Kellystown (1000 to 1500 units) where the Council will seek approval this year for the access road
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Public meeting Climate Change John Gibbons discusses his book The Lie of the Land with Cllr. David Healy. Marine Hotel, Wed 4th Feb 1930 (photographs of John, the book cover, David, Green Party logo) david.healy@greenparty.ie; davidhealy.com
John Gibbons, author of The Lie of the Land: A Game Plan for Ireland in the Climate Crisis, will speak at a public meeting in the Marine Hotel, Sutton at 7.30pm on Wednesday 4th February.
Construction generates between 10 and 20 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, but cities can slash their climate impact by designing buildings in a more efficient way
A strange car parking rule is in @fingal.ie bye-laws which discriminates against people living in apartments rather than houses, not in any way connected to whether they have access to off-street parking. We've agreed to start the process of changing it.
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Subsequent to this article, I have put my queries formally to the Council Executive. davidhealy.com?p=1906 We seem to be failing to take account of some major residential planning permissions in exactly the right highly accessible locations.
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The Active Travel Unit of @fingal.ie runs “Second Spin”, in conjunction with @rediscoveryctr.bsky.social.
The scheme provides free, upcycled bikes to teenagers who have had theirs stolen. To apply: www.fingal.ie/news/fingal-...
If we're to turn the tide on nature loss, we're going to need a government that treats it with the level of priority that was given to holding on to the nitrates derogation
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Ireland's energy regulator finally published its data centre connection policy. It facilitates a new era of fossil growth to facilitate this enormous energy user.
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In the reconsideration of my appeal, the applicant produced a detailed demolition justification report. I welcome that and ask the Commission to apply expert analysis to it. I also ask ACP to require pedestrian permeability by condition, and to refuse the additional road again. davidhealy.com?p=1899
This will also be recorded and made available subsequently.
Join #BirdWatchIreland for an online webinar on the latest insights into the seabird population on Ireland’s Eye and the measures implemented to protect them.
📆: Wed, 10th Dec, 8
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A Zoom link will be shared on the afternoon of the 10th.
An Amoc shutdown later this century could see millions of Irish people become #climate migrants; this is something our politicians talking tough on cracking down on migration to Ireland should keep in mind, as I discuss in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social
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Shovel-ready Luas and Dart projects delayed “to free up funding for more roads”
The Government is delaying shovel-ready public transport projects such as Dart+ South West and Luas Finglas in order "to free up funding for more roads", the Green Party's transport spokesperson, Cllr Feljin Jose, has…
Essential reading on development, the environmental crisis and the rule of law in Ireland.
