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Dublin City Council Development Plan
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Council Briefs: Councillors Vote Again to Curtail Build-to-Rent Housing, and the Council Hands a Win to the Bookies
These were among the issues Dublin city councillors dealt with at a meeting Tuesday, as they move to put the finishing touches on the new city development plan for 2022–28.
Councillors Vote to Back a Policy to Seek to Ban Bookies at Street Level Citywide, but Council Managers Don’t Heed Them
Dublin city councillors voted for the policy to be in the next development plan. But that’s not what council managers put in the most recent draft.
Across the City, Residents Battle Plans to Demolish Their Community and Recreational Spaces
While the plans often are to develop urgently needed new housing, residents say existing community and recreational spaces are also needed.
Site at St Anne’s Park Should Be Rezoned to Make Building Homes on It Easier, Recommends Council Chief
Local councillors are proposing to rezone it for recreational use instead, so that the playing fields there can be opened back up and retained.
Here’s What the Draft City Development Plan Says About the Council’s Vision for Developing More Cultural Spaces
It is out for public consultation until 14 February. As of 1 February, there were five submissions online to the culture chapter.
Will Council’s Plans to Get More People Out of Cars and Onto Bikes and Buses Do Enough to Help Meet Climate Targets?
“It is important that we transition away from the private car and fossil fuel based mobility”, Dublin City Council’s draft development plan for 2022–28 says.
Council Seeks to Limit What Share of New Homes in Some City Neighbourhoods Can Be Studios and One-Beds
The move is based on research predicting a falling share of one-person households in the Liberties and the north inner-city.
As Council Officials Propose Residential Rezonings Across the City, Local Councillors Vote Many Down
Councillors said some sites are being used as open space, or green space, or parking – and they worry rezoning won’t get affordable homes built anyway.
Create a Way to Zone Land So Housing Built There Must Be Mostly Social and Affordable, Councillors Propose
Councillors from several parties have banded together to back the motion. Dublin City Council CEO Owen Keegan says that’s not what zoning is for.
Council Management Added More Than 200 Rezonings to Draft Plan for City, Without Telling Councillors
These included a change that would affect a proposal to build 657 homes near St Anne’s Park.
With sea levels set to rise, should the council allow new homes and offices along the coast?
Dublin City Council is in the midst of writing its new development plan, for 2022–2028, which will include what kind of building should be allowed where.
Council Briefs: Capping Student Housing, Oversight of Homeless Services, and More
At a recent meeting, Dublin City Councillors talked about the possibility of using the development plan to restrict “transient” kinds of housing.