Area lacks infrastructure for 144 build-to-rent apartments
An artist impression of Orchard Gate

Area lacks infrastructure for 144 build-to-rent apartments

PLANS for 144 build-to-rent apartments in Palmerstown, will only make profits for private developers at the expense of renters, according to David Gardiner, Workers’ Party representative in Palmerstown-Fonthill.

AAI Palmerstown Limited intend to apply to An Bord Pleanála for permission for a strategic housing development at units 64 and 65, Cherry Orchard Industrial Estate.

Mr Gardiner says Palmerstown lacks the infrastructure to support the Orchard Gate proposal, located beside Palmerstown Manor.

“This plan is the third of its kind to be proposed for the area in recent years, none of which have offered any real solutions to already-existing problems in Palmerstown.

“There is already a huge traffic problem in the area, particularly along Kennelsfort Road. Just like the approved Vincent Byrne development and the proposed Silver Granite development, the proposed location in this plan is also along Kennelsfort Road. Where are the plans to deal with the hundreds of extra cars that the plan could bring.  Similarly, what impact will these developments have on access to schools, to childcare and to doctors?”

Gardner says another built-to-rent scheme containing one and two bed units, will be ideal for landlords “to squeeze as much money as possible from single people and young couples, but also from the state through the likes of the Housing Assistance Payment.

“The cost of rent will probably be in line with the sky-high Dublin rental market, meaning that it will be unaffordable to many people anyway. Make no mistake, developments like these won’t solve the housing crisis; they are the housing crisis. Ultimately, only mixed-income publicly-owned housing will solve the housing crisis.”

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