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To: Dublin City Councillors
Communities not Investors! - Reject the Rezoning of the Jamestown Road Site
Reject the rezoning of the site bounded by Jamestown Road and McKee Avenue from Z6 "Employment and Enterprise" to Z14 "Strategic Development and Regeneration Zone"
Why is this important?
The rezoning of the Jamestown Road site by DCC would be a disaster for our local community. It could also prove to be a disaster for those who may one day live in the proposed development.
Notwithstanding the complete lack of appropriate, face to face local consultation on the redevelopment, there are a number of serious issues emerging around the redevelopment.
This development will mean that already overburdened local infrastructure will come under severe strain – detailed proposals on mitigating the negative impact on roads, waste water management and public transport (Finglas Luas project not yet funded or guaranteed) are all missing from the existing proposals. This is despite a significant number of planning observations made by local residents, and a report from Irish Water, expressing concern at the state of the area’s drainage infrastructure.
This development also fails to provide much needed community facilities, green spaces and guarantees on local employment that would be lost from the site. Although sites for proposed schools have been identified, there are no plans to build or open any additional schools. With a greatly increased local population, there are also likely to be issues with scarcity of childcare facilities, GP care and other essential services.
On top of all of these issues, the proposed development will do little to address the shortage of social and affordable housing in Dublin North West. The development is likely to be a Strategic Housing Development, where the bulk of units developed will be built-to-rent, owned by private investors, including the “Boutique Investment and Project Management” company, Emaoifrob LTD (offices in Ireland and Canada). Social units (10% under Part V of the planning act) could be leased, rather than owned by the council at the end of the lease period, or they may be located off site, at another development, as has been the case with other SHDs developed in Dublin in recent years.
We are not opposed to new homes, we want to see quality public and genuinely affordable housing in our area, but it must be built sustainably, with the community in mind. For Finglas to grow and thrive, it will take a different model of planning, to the developer-led process that this site is following.
We call on all DCC Councillors to reject this proposed Rezoning.
Notwithstanding the complete lack of appropriate, face to face local consultation on the redevelopment, there are a number of serious issues emerging around the redevelopment.
This development will mean that already overburdened local infrastructure will come under severe strain – detailed proposals on mitigating the negative impact on roads, waste water management and public transport (Finglas Luas project not yet funded or guaranteed) are all missing from the existing proposals. This is despite a significant number of planning observations made by local residents, and a report from Irish Water, expressing concern at the state of the area’s drainage infrastructure.
This development also fails to provide much needed community facilities, green spaces and guarantees on local employment that would be lost from the site. Although sites for proposed schools have been identified, there are no plans to build or open any additional schools. With a greatly increased local population, there are also likely to be issues with scarcity of childcare facilities, GP care and other essential services.
On top of all of these issues, the proposed development will do little to address the shortage of social and affordable housing in Dublin North West. The development is likely to be a Strategic Housing Development, where the bulk of units developed will be built-to-rent, owned by private investors, including the “Boutique Investment and Project Management” company, Emaoifrob LTD (offices in Ireland and Canada). Social units (10% under Part V of the planning act) could be leased, rather than owned by the council at the end of the lease period, or they may be located off site, at another development, as has been the case with other SHDs developed in Dublin in recent years.
We are not opposed to new homes, we want to see quality public and genuinely affordable housing in our area, but it must be built sustainably, with the community in mind. For Finglas to grow and thrive, it will take a different model of planning, to the developer-led process that this site is following.
We call on all DCC Councillors to reject this proposed Rezoning.