With the high volume of Strategic Housing Developments in Swords it can be difficult to track when you need to make a submission by. Here is a list of the applications and the dates you need to make a comment, observation or objection. You will need to pay €20 to make a submission. Ref (LA)…
The number of people homeless in Fingal has risen steadily over the first three months of the year, figures from Fingal County Council reveal. In a recent report to councillors, the Chief Executive of Fingal County Council outlined how the number of people presenting as homeless outstripped those who exited homelessness thorugh the council by…
But why are all these plans coming forward now? In recent weeks, plans have been published for no less than five huge residential developments. The developments, when built, will bring whole new areas to the town and bring a significant increase in population. With hundreds of apartment blocks, houses and duplexes all contained in these…
This huge development planned for the lands adjacent to the old Motorola factory had described in a national newspaper but the detail has now been made public. The developer is seeking permission for 621 residential units on the 14 hectare site. The new development, which will be called Holybanks, will be made up of 118…
A new Strategic Housing Development (SHD) for Fosterstown in Swords has been revealed today. It shows higher buildings and densities than were originally planned for the site under the 2019 masterplan. The original masterplan, developed by Fingal County Council, proposed up to 8 storeys in the eastern part of the site but this has been…
377 residential units in the form of houses, duplex units and apartment blocks, have been proposed for lands to the west of Millers Glen and border the Rathbeale Rd. The development is part of the wider Mooretown/Oldtown area which has had a Local Area Plan since 2011. The application describesthis development as the Oldtown SHD…
The landmark Lord Mayors pub will be demolished and replaced with an apartment block, as part of new plans for the site just published. The Strategic Housing Development (SHD) proposed for the site will see 149 apartments in four blocks developed on the site, as well as retail units and space for a creche. The…
624 residential units are being planned for a 35 acre site on the Glen Ellen Rd in Swords. The proposed Strategic Housing Development (SHD) has been lodged by Cairn Homes and will include 118 houses and 349 apartments an a site bordered by the Broadmeadown River to the north and the Glen Ellen Rd to…
Residents in Swords who are living in social housing could be getting good news soon as the council are hoping to retrofit as many as 50 homes this year. The Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme 2022 is still being finalised, and is currently being reviewed by the Department of Housing, but Fingal County Council have indicated…
Fingal Greens welcome the new Home Energy Upgrade Scheme launched by Minister Eamon Ryan yesterday (February 8th), in what is the biggest home insulation and retrofit scheme ever offered in the State. The scheme will include a new suite of measures that will make it easier for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades, from individual measures…