Howth Peninsula must be considered as one single area due to a single access on and off The Peninsula at Sutton Cross.
The current number of residential units proposed for The Howth Peninsula contravene The County Development Plan by exceeding the original 498 Units by 551 so the total proposed units stand at 1049 increasing the population by approximately 2000.People are not yet ready to surrender car ownership and as parking provided in these units stands at 910 the overspill onto our village centre,seafront and and roads will ruin the way life is lived & experienced by locals,shop & restaurant owners and visitors.
Last weeks' slick Tetrarch Brochure landed on our doormats with the enticement of 150 affordable homes alleviating the toxic submission made to this development plan to have Howth Castle Lands rezoned for residential use....this is against SAAO guidelines.The adjacent Grace O'Malley Residents' Association collected over 4000 signatures opposing the zoning of this land for residential units...
Affordable housing is needed in Howth.In the CEO's Summary of last years' submisions it was noted that many people wanted a house not an apartment...(this is also true nationally) A house with a garden is a home.so please build affordable housing in appropriate scale,not dense apartments (..the CEO's Summary also noted people were not in favour of high apartment blocks which were out of character with their towns and villages' to rent on land zoned for residential development.Surprise surprise a house with their own 'green space' called a 'garden..' ...after 2 years of a pandemic do planners not realise this is what people need for their well-being?
We welcome the incentivising to upgrade derelict or empty houses to become lived-in homes.
Fingal have responsibilty for traffic at Sutton Cross yet have never addressed Local Groups' concerns.This is not responsible planning or traffic control.