A brief update on some local issues from Cllr Michael O’Donovan
Local Developments:
A “freeze” by Government on spending Development Levies already collected by Fingal is putting some long promised works in danger. These monies (about €70 million) were collected from developers, but are in reality paid for by ordinary homeowners as part of the price of their house. To block the use of this money for necessary infrastructure is a betrayal of people who bought their homes and “bought into” a certain level of service. I have written to Minister Gormley requesting him to meet Fingal Councillors and officials and I’m waiting for a reply.
The Park-and-Ride system and traffic management system for Porters Gate is a possible casualty of this decision, but the reversal of the Clonsilla One-Way System is a more modest job and I am confident that, once it’s passed at Council, we can get it done.
Beechpark Estate Playground:
For those with younger children, the good news is that we hope to open the car park and playground in Beechpark on or about the 20th May. By then, we should also have exchanged the final legal documents to take ownership of the walled gardens. (Some long standing residents of Clonsilla tell me they remember buying plants and shrubs there in the mid 1970s). Restoring them will be more difficult.
Planning Matters:
Council planners have referred the proposals for an apartment development between Mount Symon and Porters Gate back to the developers with a number of requests including:-
Better protection for trees and hedgerows
Greater distance from the backs of existing houses
Additional landscapes
Traffic measures
Fewer units
More 3-bedroom units rather than 2-beds
Safer footpaths.
However, the Council planners have not asked the developers to lessen the height (up to 5 storeys) of the development. We may need to take this all the way to An Bord Pleannala .
If you wish to contact me on these or any other issues, feel free to phone 087-2207798 or e-mail michael.odonovan@fingalcoco.ie
Yours sincerely,
Cllr. Michael O’Donovan
Local Councillor – Clonsilla Area
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