Car-less Development

tried to argue this in the town centre of a laois town… failed miserably…

I taking a risky stab at it but I remember a development in Hanbury Lane dublin 8 yellowish brick 4 or so stories… But I cannot remember what is down the very small lane.

Swan Mews, off Morehamton Road D4, by Clery and Hall (mid-70s?). Also there have been a number of mews developments which pretend to have off street parking but where the garage has been discreetly converted to better use.

@what? wrote:

Does anybody know of any residential developments (thinking groups of houses not apartment blocks) that have no off-street parking around Dublin City?

Im trying to look for some precedents.

thanks.

it contradicts the development plan so I doubt you’ll find any

This does raise the interesting issue of whether ‘off-street’ parking should be universally required. Who develops development plans, if not planners? Why do ‘traffic’ (i.e. motorised transport) issues so dominate development plans? Why is there no access off single-carriageway, non-distributor roads?What happened to townscape, community, enclosure? The number of developments featuring culs-de-sac, houses with their backs to the road bounded by cheap fencing, and acres of ‘leftover’ space are all down to the roads engineers. How do they get away with it?

the people form there own planning body…

http://www.architecturefoundation.ie/2009/01/07/public-engagement-helena-rivera/

@what? wrote:

Does anybody know of any residential developments (thinking groups of houses not apartment blocks) that have no off-street parking around Dublin City?

Im trying to look for some precedents.

thanks.

There is a block of 11 small 1/2 bed apartments for ’empty nesters’ built in Dunlaoghaire /Monkstown Farm at the junction of Oliver Plunkett Road/Mounttown road that have no off street parking, they are for people who hand back their council houses and is the only exception I would be aware of and obviously for a very specifc demographic.

As stated by others it would contravene every Dev Plan in the country. Even heritage towns like Kinsale have strict compulsory provision for off street parking. I would be stumped to think of anywhere else- maybe the Green Building , Temple Lane in Temple Bar, D2- but that was more of an experimental development in the early 90s, -maybe it even has parking allocated somewhere in the vicinity?

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