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1. The wording of most conditions has been not to sell or otherwise dispose of; the renting of a property is to otherwise dispose of as it prevents the owner having exclusive possession. The only justificastion for local need is exclusive possession or at least exclusive possession subject to say renting a room to help with the mortgage. The site farming industry is in full swing and Dick’s guidelines faciltated it greatly.
2. When in England or wherever these people provided a roof for themselves what is wrong with them providing a house for themselves in the same way as all other urban dwellers. If they are taking on a farm that is different and in any event they could apply under the agricultural worker provisions of the development plan should that be the case. I have been based in London for most of the year for the past 18 months; does that give me a right to ignore the fact that I grew up in Galway and Dublin cities unlike those who stayed around and become assume a London rural background?
3. That is not true
4. The guidelines reversed almost all the environmental provisions of the previous guidelines and for the first time made it acceptable to build in SACs they were regressive in the extreme from an environmental viewpoint and not one environmental, nature or planning organisation or body was anything other than scathing on them.
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1. I totally disagree with your point on local authorities not being able to enforce conditions; what happened if the revenue commissioners were not allowed to enforce the finance acts? Other than tribunals that is!!!
2. The problem are the guidelines as they override the development plan and clearly say that all classes of people with a link to the land can build anywhere. I.e. someone who left a farm in the Naul in 1950 can build a house on the ring of Kerry 50 years later.
3. Land has a use and if the use is ag it should stay ag unless it is zoned otherwise; many of my clients own industrial land some of it contaminated but due process must be observed prior to it becoming residential land. Why should it be any difference just because some crackpots like the IRDA scream loudly enough? I’d also look at the An Taisce appeal rate of 95% before you through insults around.
4 It has everything to do with it; look at the Galway water thread. FF have sacrificed the environment for short term votes and that is unforgivable.
Really you learn something every day!
Not personally unfortunately
But I have ability to put one your way for the guys who pay my fees!
Do you want a Deli?
I have a 900 sq foot one on the market with a €30k fit out allowance and three months rent free; for you i’ll make that 6 months!
yep, ‘get yourself a guinness man’ thats how it used be, best pay & conditions around for a long time.
It is an opportunity to sort out Victoria Quay for sure.
What concerns me is James’ St administrations buildings and assembled tourist circus.
The real fear here is that Diageo moves all production to Bremore and all admin to London other than local sales reps and a localisation marketing group of 5 or so people.
One cannot underestimate the positive influence Guinness has been since 1950; just compare this stretch with Cork or Prussia Sts.
You can legislate its called the planning system.
I’ve seen seriel applicants who have pushed local need through into double figures; some counties are a complete farce!!!!
Dick’s guide was just a further excuse for narrow interests to walk all over planners who had previously made an effort to plan in accordance with the development plans.
How many times was Dick turned over by the commission on environmental issues?
Three ESB plants to close by 2010
Thursday, 21 June 2007 12:55
The ESB has announced that it is to close the power generating stations at Great Island in Wexford, Poolbeg in Dublin and Tarbert in Kerry by 2010.The move is part of an agreement with the energy regulator to reduce the ESB’s dominant position in the marketplace.
The steam turbine at Marina in Cork is also to close but the larger gas turbine there will remain open. These plants currently generate 1300 megawatts of electricity.
AdvertisementIn exchange for closing the stations, the ESB will be allowed to construct a new station in Aghada, Cork Harbour with a capacity of 430 megawatts.
This will bring the ESB’s power generation share of the energy market to 27% by the year 2010 down from its current level of 44%
Around 300 staff will be affected but there will be no compulsory redundancies.
Unions at the company accept that, even without the regulator’s strategy, the plants are now out of date and would be due for closure.
They will be holding their fire for the real battle over the future of the ESB as set out in the Government’s White Paper.
It proposes transferring ownership of the national grid to a separate company, Eirgrid, and wants the networks section to operate on a not-for-profit basis.
Unions view this as asset stripping which reduces the value of the ESB by over €1 billion.
The incinerator is looking weaker every day; now where to put those stinking water works?
Could we decentralise them?
If planners are under resourced as it is what type of probability do you think there is that breaches would be actioned unless reported repeatidly by a vexatious neighbour?
I know of a case in another county under a similar rule where the applicant has been in New York since the time of the grant, came back to pay the builder and instruct a letting agent and has been home for a couple of weddings and one christmas.
Dick’s regs were always unsustainable in the face of scrutiny; I think I’ll brand Marlboro a health treatment and see if I get away with it as long!
If the greens have any metal now is the time to show it.
I agree they could have moulded the parapet intersection considerably better.
Critically the view from further down the Green will be ok by virtue of it being comparable in height to Hugenot House and an image taken from the Dawson St gate of the Green towards Baggot St where it is most exposed would illustrate that point.
On the whole I like the design and I think that the sort of maginot line style suits the Dept of Finance quite well!
alonso wrote:Dick Roche just signed the order to remove Tara from the Irish landscape.Anyway no government with the Fianna Fail Builder Party will deliver for the Irish environment, built or natural. A sad day for the Greens, who will be slaughtered by Kenny, Bruton, Hayes, Rabbitte, Shortall, Gilmore, etc etc as every single FF fuck up rebounds on them. Noel Dempsey got Transport]
Entirely premature
The dumping of Roche and Cullen aka the renault 4 is encouraging!
Dempsey did deals with Michael Smith in environment M3 aside he is not bad on environment. Once M3 is the last unjustified motorway we have entered better times!
Guys like Ryan and Cuffe are fairly cute operators and I’d have little doubt on their ability to handle the populist party.
Reraise this thread in 12 months for a verdict!!
Council blocks Dunne high-rise project
From The Irish IndependentTuesday, 12th June, 2007
PLANS by developer Sean Dunne to build Ireland’s first skyscraper in Dublin 4 have been dramatically shot down.Dublin city councillors last night rejected outright a local area plan (LAP) for Ballsbridge that would have given the Carlow businessman the go-ahead to build a 20-storey apartment complex on the Jury’s Hotel site.
Following a highly-charged debate where officials were accused of pandering to developers, all councillors bar one voted not to approve the plan, which called for ‘landmark’ buildings between 10 and 20 storeys to be allowed.
The decision will come as a bitter blow to developers, including Mr Dunne, Ray Grehan of Glenkerrin Homes and Bernard McNamara, who have spent millions acquiring land in the south Dublin suburb.
Upwards of €50m an acre have been spent acquiring some sites.
A spokesman for Mr Dunne’s Mountbrook Homes said last night that the company would “consider its options”.
“The site we have (Jury’s / Berkerley Court) now reverts to the zoning it had when we bought it. In the light of the rejection of the proposed rezoning, we will consider that going forward,” the spokesman said.
But planning sources said last night that the decision to reject the plan might not stop high-rise developments in the area.
A developer could still apply to build high-density tall buildings, and if a decision by the council to reject the application was appealed to An Bord Pleanala, the board might approve it given the area’s close proximity to the city centre and good public transport links.
The draft local area plan voted down last night proposed increasing the zonings in the area to facilitate intensive development, and would allow ‘district landmark’ buildings of up to 20 storeys be constructed – two-and-a-half times the height of the tallest buildings already in the area.
The plan was put out on public display for three months and there were 266 submissions from the public.
However, councillors were very vocal in their opposition, with not one councillor expressing support for the plan.
The Labour group said it would apply the party whip compelling all its councillors to reject the plan, with claims made that the LAP was drawn up to facilitate developers.
“On behalf of the Fine Gael group we reject this in full,” Cllr Gary Breen said.
“We’re being asked to sign a blank cheque. This is the planning process in reverse, we’re not responsible for the folly of a developer.”
Fianna Fail’s Michael Donnelly added there was ‘no option’ but to reject the plan given local opposition. His party colleague Deirdre Heney abstained from the vote.
It will be interesting to see the next move on this one!
It would also be interesting to learn who was ‘The Planning Source’
Both were protected once the use was tied
No-one talked about delisting the structure and fabric but a shoe shop or Ann Summers wouldn’t be the same would it?
It had additional listing added which features the current use being preserved.
Joydivision disagrees with me on the long term outcome but visionary support for the integrity of the structure by virtue of it continuing in its intended use was provided by Michael Connaghan, Oisin Quinn and every other councillor on DCC.
Thanks for confirming this
I am really hopeful that they will be able to do something attractive and in the process kick start Marlborough Street which to my mind is the worst performing street in Dublin on the basis of ambiance vis-a-vis the quality of some of the building stock and convenience to a main thoroughfare.
There was a horrible article about Bono in Metro this morning titled
‘Bono is no Geldof’
Well he didn’t expelled from School for having an interesting reading list.
This project is dead
