One of those articles which would sit equally believably in WWN or the Irish Times.
It costs just €20 to make a planning observation which means it’s very cheap for people to lodge spurious objections in my experience.
The problem isn’t with making planning observations, but rather the weight that is put on them by the planning system and the things that it takes into account.
If I owned a lovely wee detached house in Sandymount or some other nice Dublin suburb and someone wanted to build apartments nearby, just because it would house a lot of people in an area close to the city and public transport infrastructure, then I’d object too. At best it means more people around and increased property supply in the area, reducing the value of my asset. Most people don’t want change, they bought in a particular area and want it to stay the same.
The problem is planners giving any weight at all to concerns around lowered property values, and giving insufficient weight to the need for more housing over other concerns, and taking too local a view of issues (e.g. “more traffic” being accepted to reject housing when those people will still have to commute through a horribly congested city, just from further away).
If my mam was assaulted in the morning I’d have very strong views about what should happen to the person who did it – but that doesn’t mean I’d get to sit on a jury or pass sentence. We understand those impulses from people who are directly impacted, and the system doesn’t give them a controlling role or give undue weight to their concerns over larger social priorities (justice, public safety) where we know they won’t be aligned. Planning should be no different. The issue isn’t the people making the observations, but the system that considers their concerns as more important than the general goal of having enough housing for people.
Ha ha soooo true
Should quash the NIMBY and BANANA people
I don’t understand why WWN is always off by a beat or two. If they made an effort they’d be on time but they’re so full of contempt for comedy that any ol’ shite will do, as far as they’re concerned. They mostly just reup The Book of Kerryman Jokes but always pick the wrong moment to do it.
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One of those articles which would sit equally believably in WWN or the Irish Times.
It costs just €20 to make a planning observation which means it’s very cheap for people to lodge spurious objections in my experience.
The problem isn’t with making planning observations, but rather the weight that is put on them by the planning system and the things that it takes into account.
If I owned a lovely wee detached house in Sandymount or some other nice Dublin suburb and someone wanted to build apartments nearby, just because it would house a lot of people in an area close to the city and public transport infrastructure, then I’d object too. At best it means more people around and increased property supply in the area, reducing the value of my asset. Most people don’t want change, they bought in a particular area and want it to stay the same.
The problem is planners giving any weight at all to concerns around lowered property values, and giving insufficient weight to the need for more housing over other concerns, and taking too local a view of issues (e.g. “more traffic” being accepted to reject housing when those people will still have to commute through a horribly congested city, just from further away).
If my mam was assaulted in the morning I’d have very strong views about what should happen to the person who did it – but that doesn’t mean I’d get to sit on a jury or pass sentence. We understand those impulses from people who are directly impacted, and the system doesn’t give them a controlling role or give undue weight to their concerns over larger social priorities (justice, public safety) where we know they won’t be aligned. Planning should be no different. The issue isn’t the people making the observations, but the system that considers their concerns as more important than the general goal of having enough housing for people.
Ha ha soooo true
Should quash the NIMBY and BANANA people
I don’t understand why WWN is always off by a beat or two. If they made an effort they’d be on time but they’re so full of contempt for comedy that any ol’ shite will do, as far as they’re concerned. They mostly just reup The Book of Kerryman Jokes but always pick the wrong moment to do it.