Provvidenza per 500 nuove case nella città di Mayo respinte dal regolatore di pianificazione ‘| Connaught Telegraph
Provision for 500 new houses in Mayo town rejected by planning regulator’
di Serotonin85
Provvidenza per 500 nuove case nella città di Mayo respinte dal regolatore di pianificazione ‘| Connaught Telegraph
Provision for 500 new houses in Mayo town rejected by planning regulator’
di Serotonin85
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Seems about right!
We need to build loads of new houses, we don’t *want* to build loads of new houses.
Seems they already have enough zoned land (problem looks to be getting someone to develop it) and that the areas that they proposed to rezone were unsuitably far from the existing settlements, which would result in more urban sprawl and unsustainable transport demands. Alarmingly, even some areas were located in flood zones. Seems like there are still many councillors who never got the memo on how plan sustainable settlements.
https://consult.mayo.ie/en/system/files/materials/4680/Proposed%20draft%20Direction%20Ballina%20LAP%202024-2030.pdf
The planning system is simply broken. County councils are making an absolute mess of things.
For example in Tipperary they’re pretty much stopping all new rural development by doubling requirements, asking for 160m sight lines either side of an entrance to a house. Unless your house is going to be on a main road (which they won’t grant for other reasons) you’re never going to have a site along 320 meters of straight road. It’s insane. I don’t know if the county council added this policy out of pure ignorance or some way to get around national planning requirements.
As someone who bought a house in a flood zone, this is probably good they were rejected. ( I didn’t know it was a flood zone until it flooded, only some of the estate flooded but all our insurance went up as a result)
As someone who owns a house, this is fantastic news. The less houses that get built because they’re, *check notes* too far from other amenities in the local community and *flicks page* would cause additional transport issues, the better.
There’s no point in moving a family of four out of a hotel into their own house if there’s no bus, sure. There’s literally no other way to solve getting from point A to point B in this country.
> “We need to return power and decision-making to councillors, who, being on the ground and in the community, know best.
Rejected because they are trying to build on a flood plain. Thank god for the OPR! Politicians and zoning don’t mix well.