Pádraig Collins
@padc92.bsky.social
Local Authority Planner, Planning Policy/Forward Planning🌆
Football Fan ⚽️
Cork, living in Dublin, formerly in London
Football Fan ⚽️
Cork, living in Dublin, formerly in London
The other issue is the substitution of consented studio apts to the smaller sqm, increasing unit numbers, which is good on paper, but if uplifts are significant across a proposal, the potential for additional people and need for services also increase, not taken account in original assessment
July 9, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The other issue is the substitution of consented studio apts to the smaller sqm, increasing unit numbers, which is good on paper, but if uplifts are significant across a proposal, the potential for additional people and need for services also increase, not taken account in original assessment
We’re not at the Permitted Development prior approval era of Office to Resi from the early 2010s in the UK leading to ‘Her flat is small – “if you open the door you hit the bed” – freezing in winter, boiling in summer, and prone to mould’ - www.theguardian.com/society/2020...
‘It's like an open prison’: the catastrophe of converting office blocks to homes
A policy designed to open up the planning system has left thousands in tiny flats, far from schools and shops. And with more deregulation coming, things will get worse
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:53 AM
We’re not at the Permitted Development prior approval era of Office to Resi from the early 2010s in the UK leading to ‘Her flat is small – “if you open the door you hit the bed” – freezing in winter, boiling in summer, and prone to mould’ - www.theguardian.com/society/2020...
He says ‘…much performance measurement was highly distortionary and often acted against the drive to deliver better quality development’. We now have a focus on viability and process with the new guidelines over design outcomes and quality, or at least an unintended consequence.
July 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
He says ‘…much performance measurement was highly distortionary and often acted against the drive to deliver better quality development’. We now have a focus on viability and process with the new guidelines over design outcomes and quality, or at least an unintended consequence.
This serves to undermine quality of accom and quality of build, not to mention quality of life. Matthew Carmona has been looking at this in the context of the UK for over 20 years. Measuring Quality in Planning, Managing the Performance Process (2004) speed of process over design or quality outcome
July 9, 2025 at 6:45 AM
This serves to undermine quality of accom and quality of build, not to mention quality of life. Matthew Carmona has been looking at this in the context of the UK for over 20 years. Measuring Quality in Planning, Managing the Performance Process (2004) speed of process over design or quality outcome
Whilst larger units are bigger in floor area, the smaller units, arguably those that need more space are being squeezed in addition to the removal of community space within proposals as well as a reduced provision of private open space in certain circumstances where their value would be negligible
July 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Whilst larger units are bigger in floor area, the smaller units, arguably those that need more space are being squeezed in addition to the removal of community space within proposals as well as a reduced provision of private open space in certain circumstances where their value would be negligible
In a strange departure for DHLGH, the Dept did not open consultation on these new section 28 guidelines. Whilst consultation is not required, it has been done in the past. The reason ‘commercially sensitive’ detail in new guidelines. The press release includes a comparison with the UK:
July 9, 2025 at 6:39 AM
In a strange departure for DHLGH, the Dept did not open consultation on these new section 28 guidelines. Whilst consultation is not required, it has been done in the past. The reason ‘commercially sensitive’ detail in new guidelines. The press release includes a comparison with the UK:
‘We hear stories about the shortage of housing and it has become a discussion on numbers..But if we only build numbers, what kind of society are we designing? We need a balanced approach where the placemaking is as important as the numbers so we have a society that functions well into the long term’
June 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
‘We hear stories about the shortage of housing and it has become a discussion on numbers..But if we only build numbers, what kind of society are we designing? We need a balanced approach where the placemaking is as important as the numbers so we have a society that functions well into the long term’
Do you have a full photo of the article you could post by any chance?
February 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Do you have a full photo of the article you could post by any chance?
The good thing about this is the proximity to existing transport links, with two LUAS stops in close proximity and a BusConnects route, as well as the Canal Cycle Route leading to town.
Will also be a big help to existing businesses in area!
Will also be a big help to existing businesses in area!
January 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The good thing about this is the proximity to existing transport links, with two LUAS stops in close proximity and a BusConnects route, as well as the Canal Cycle Route leading to town.
Will also be a big help to existing businesses in area!
Will also be a big help to existing businesses in area!
Is the blue light a sign that it needs to be replaced or does it serve another purpose? Heard a variety of theories
January 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Is the blue light a sign that it needs to be replaced or does it serve another purpose? Heard a variety of theories