I would request that the change in zoning on the lands at Turvey Avenue from GE to Rural be upheld as outlined in The Draft Development Plan and approved by the CE.
The land in question is a parcel of land north of Turvey River that is a recognized flood plain. It was part of a folio of land south of the river. The land south of the river has a warehouse on it.
This parcel of land is a buffer between the warehouses and the Rural Cluster. This land has 5 failed planning applications on it. The land falls 2.5m from the side to the river bank. Its a flood plain. REDACTED over half a century and I know the history of this area. I have seen that parcel of land flooded. It is home to Foxes, badgers and bats and a hunting ground for pair buzzards in the area.
The parcel of land is landlocked and surrounded by folio 25103F (see attached) that is owned by Fingal County Council. So all the trees along the hedgerow are jointly owned and its up to FCC to make sure this is preserved preserve. As time passes there has been an increase of noise from the old Dublin Belfast road R132, we don’t need more noise pollution coming in this direction. There is a 3.5 ton traffic restriction on Turvey Avenue to try and keep the Heavy traffic away. Newbridge House is FCC jewel in the crown and is 1.5 km east of the Rural Cluster but nobody here can walk to it as there is no footpath. As a community we have to try and preserve what is left. There is an abundance of land zoned for GE south of Turvey River. Just look at the state of all the unfinished work around. Stone Crushers west of the cluster churning out stone and dust and noise. I am fully behind enterprise but I don’t think that destroying 3 acres of mature trees and wild habitat is a very wise thing to do.
In the interest of transparency. I would urge every councilor to listen to motion 474and 475 on the FCC pod cast on the 12th October 2022. REDACTED
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Councillers need to look at this parcel of land and see that its worth to the area. We are already subjected to an increase of traffic noise on the R132 .We don’t need this last strip of wild habitat destroyed .
Thank you for your time in reading this . Kieran Foley (REDACTED)
