There is a big dispute going on in Co. Kildare about communal land on housing estates being used for development. The argument has come about because of developers reapplying for planning permission on amenity open spaces left when estates were built. The worrying thing is that the council in Co. Meath actually granted permission to build on these spaces. They use the argument that the density of housing is increasing and the space is needed. This is a worrying trend. People buy houses specifically because green areas surround them and when it is taken away the quality of their surroundings is reduced as well as the value of the property. The council argue that the areas are just drinking dens and scrub land. It will be in everyone’s interest on new estates to know exactly whose names are on the deeds of the amenity areas around them. If it is seen to be the developers then maybe the residents need to get together and form a residents’ committee to transfer the deeds to. This will safeguard the areas on the estates for the future.
Environmental.
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