{"id":1615,"date":"2021-06-14T17:49:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T16:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/rezoning-of-finglas-site-must-occur-as-part-of-development-plan\/"},"modified":"2021-06-14T17:49:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T16:49:04","slug":"rezoning-of-finglas-site-must-occur-as-part-of-development-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/rezoning-of-finglas-site-must-occur-as-part-of-development-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Rezoning of Finglas Site Must Occur As Part of Development Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>We can only assume efforts to fast-track this rezoning are an attempt to\u00a0push it through ahead of the SHD legislation lapsing at the end of the year<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The rezoning of a 106-acre site in Finglas should be deferred until next year when the new 2022-2028 development plan will be published, according to Social Democrats Councillor Cat O\u2019Driscoll.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr O\u2019Driscoll said the Social Democrats would therefore vote to reject the rezoning at a meeting of Dublin City Council tonight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been asked to consider the rezoning of this huge tract of land in isolation \u2013 completely divorced from the wider development plan, which will be under consideration in a matter of mere months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the rezoning were to be agreed tonight, development of the site would take place in the context of the current mandatory National Planning Guidelines \u00a0and the Strategic Housing Development (SHD) process which has allowed fast-track planning\u00a0and low planning standards,\u00a0without limits on height.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese guidelines and standards are contrary to many of the principles of our current City Development Plan, they have been roundly criticised by many members of Dublin City Council and they are not conducive to the good planning and development of local communities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Further, the SHD process is expiring at the end of this year and no one is yet sure what, if anything, will replace it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the new city development plan is in progress and will be published in 2022, we can only assume efforts to fast-track this rezoning are an attempt to\u00a0push it through ahead of the SHD legislation lapsing at the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on experience to date, SHD development of the site with high-rise apartments would ultimately\u00a0result in the block-purchase of these units by investment funds, thereby denying local people the opportunity to buy a home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsideration of this proposal &#8211; together with other identified industrial estates suitable for rezoning across the city &#8211; in the context of the wider Development Plan review process, would allow for the creation of a new zoning category\u00a0to cater for the appropriate use of such strategic sites.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis would ensure the protection of local enterprise; maximisation of local jobs; provision of high-quality, mixed tenure housing and appropriate\u00a0local amenities, infrastructure and services.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>14 June, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can only assume efforts to fast-track this rezoning are an attempt to\u00a0push it through ahead of the SHD legislation lapsing at the end of the year The rezoning of a 106-acre site in Finglas should be deferred until next year when the new 2022-2028 development plan will be published, according to Social Democrats Councillor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[387,6,402,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-councillors","category-general","category-paul-mulville","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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