Councillors appeal to An Bord Pleanála on Clonburris plan
By Brendan Grehan
A NUMBER of county councillors have put in appeals to An Bord Pleanála in relation to the Clonburris SDZ.
In one of his last acts as Mayor, councillor Paul Gogarty lodged an appeal.
Councillors Francis Timmons, Liona O'Toole and Guss O'Connell
He told The Echo: “In doing so, I’m calling for an oral hearing and paying the €270 fee before the July 16 deadline.
"It is now open for anyone to submit an observation for a more affordable €50.
"The deadline is four weeks after my appeal of June 28 or four weeks after any other full fee is made by a developer or third party by the original July 16 deadline.”
He added: “We look forward to working with like-minded citizens in Lucan and Clondalkin to try and make this plan – with decent motions torn to shreds by Sinn Fein, Labour and Social Democrats – into something that makes a real effort to build sustainable communities and tie in facilities and infrastructure alongside, as well as minimise the impact on existing residents.
"Whether people live in social, affordable or private housing, they have a right to live in proper communities rather than simply be plonked into units with nothing guaranteed in tandem.”
On Monday, Councillors Francis Timmons, Liona O’Toole and Guss O’Connell lodged a joint appeal to an An Bord Pleanála in relation to Clonburris SDZ.
Cllr Timmons told The Echo: “I, alongside my community alliance colleagues Cllr Liona O’Toole and Cllr Guss O’Connell, have submitted a 16-page Objection (Appeal) to An Bord Pleanála about the Clonburris SDZ.
“While I voted for the SDZ due to the housing crisis there were a number of issues I was not happy with and in my opinion were not good planning.
“I want us to learn from the bad planning of the past and not create more bad planning – we need sustainable new communities.
“Among my main issues where Transport, Parking, Phasing of the SDZ and a Garda Station. It will now be for An Bord Pleanála to decide how sustainable and how the plan works going forward.”
Last Month, councillors in South Dublin County Council voted by 24 to 9 to approve plans for the Clonburris SDZ which will be Dublin’s newest town.
The Clonburris SDZ will comprise of 8,500 houses, with at least 2,700 available for social and affordable housing.
It is located near Clondalkin, Liffey Valley, Lucan and Adamstown.
The site is made up of 280 hectares and is similar in size to Wexford town.
