Members of the public have been invited to forward their submissions to the Planning Authority of Meath County Council, for Stage 1 of their Development Plan review. The three-stage review process, which began in December 2016 will run for approximately another two years.
Today’s Irish Examiner article highlights the continuing debate on solar energy, and the need for specific planning guidelines for solar farms, such as the ones in the ‘Planning and Development Guidance Recommendations for Utility Scale Solar Photovoltaic Schemes in Ireland’ report compiled in November 2016 by FAC, and funded by the SEAI.
Dublin City Council is advancing proposals for the redevelopment of College Green as a pedestrian friendly civic space and Civic Plaza. This is a key objective of the Dublin City Development Plan 2016-2022, and part of the council’s overall policy to develop the city’s character by enhancing Dublin’s renowned streets, civic spaces and squares; and to create further new streets as part of the public realm. College Green/Dame Street is designated as a part of the Civic Spine of the City.
Future Analytics Consulting continues to advise extensively on change of use and development applications across the retail and restaurant space and has recently obtained planning permission to extend the independent Tex-Mex restaurant Mama’s Revenge to accommodate 20 additional patrons within the basement area of the protected structure.
As of the 12th of December 2016, at least 144 utility scale solar photovoltaic schemes have been submitted for planning permission in the Republic of Ireland. Some high level statistics on these applications are set out below:
Future Analytics Consulting has completed a research project, funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland under its Research Development and Demonstration...
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This week, FAC Associate Director, Richard Hamilton attended the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism’s World Congress 2016 – a global gathering that leveraged INTBAU’s influence to attract delegates and speakers from Australia, Asia, Europe and the USA to the headquarters of RIBA in Portland Place, London.
Minister Coveney officially published the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 last week, as part of Pillar 3 of ‘Rebuilding Ireland – An Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness’.
36 planning applications have been granted for utility scale solar photovoltaic schemes by Irish local authorities or An Bord Pleanála. In addition, another 64 which have an estimated 725 Megawatts (MW) of solar PV capacity been lodged or are under consideration or appeal. This has increased by almost 24% since the last snapshot of the sector taken at the beginning of October. The combined site area for this potential capacity is 1625.2 hectares.
Fergus Fahey, GIS and Research Analyst at FAC, is the winner of the IRLOGI Student Poster Competition for his research project ‘A Tale of Two Suburbs: A GIS Analysis of the 1911 Census for Rathmines and Pembroke’.