Tallaght Community Council (TCC)

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

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Tallaght Community Council have reviewed the latest, the 8th SHD for the Tallaght Town Centre LAP (TTCLAP) area for a staggering 1104 apartments on a 4.99 hectare (0.0499 square km, 12.33 acres) site in Cookstown (www.cookstowncastleshd.com), with the highest proposed block is 11 storeys high. Cookstown Castle Proposes a Density Twice that of the Densest Borough of Central London Assuming a low average occupancy of 1.75 people per apartment, this represents a density of 40,270 people per sqm km. This could in fact be higher. The densest borough in central London is Islington and Tower Hamlets at just over 16,000 people per sqm km. This proposed density is more than twice the highest in London - Let that density sink in. Based on the information available to us, the current planning approvals in central Tallaght include, • 3,055 Apts in the planning pipeline for the TTCLAP area across several planning applications, at varying stages of the planning cycle. • 39% of those are 1 beds and 8

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.