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’.
An Bord Pleanála has upheld a decision to prohibit the letting of a two-bed property in Temple Bar, through the Airbnb property-sharing website. The board ruled that the use of a residential apartment for short-term holiday lettings constitutes a change of use, and therefore requires planning permission.
“Over the past two decades the concept of resilience, and more specifically urban resilience, has gained increasing attention within the urban planning and development arena.
Roscommon native Enda Duignan brought his extensive professional and commercial planning expertise to FAC just over a year ago, on his return from a four-year sojourn in Melbourne. While there, he worked with a planning consultancy specialising in securing planning approval for a variety of residential and commercial developments across Melbourne and the State of Victoria.
Minister for Housing Simon Coveney formally launched Pillar 2 of ‘Rebuilding Ireland – Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness‘ today; this follows the publication of the strategy in July (see rebuildingireland.ie).
We provide a range of services to private clients of all sizes throughout the regulatory planning process. Our experience helps present their case effectively and find solutions that surmount development blockages. Two recent examples in recent weeks highlight how FAC has helped overturn refusal decisions from Dublin City Council, adding value to development schemes for our clients.
FAC has been advising extensively on change of use and vacant properties in recent years, including across the retail and restaurant space and has just successfully obtained Planning Permission from Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council for Quigley’s Café, a family-owned business who currently have 15 cafés across the country.
Future Analytics Consulting has just completed an intensive phase of consultation as part of the Templeshannon Urban Renewal Development Plan process in association with our partners Arup and Sheridan Tierney Architects.