John Smith

Lobbying Organisation John Smith

Date published 16 May, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Development and Zoning

Period 1 Jan, 2018 to 30 Apr, 2018

Specific Details requirement for a masterplan to be prepared by the Council and be formally approved in advance of planning permission applications being considered

Intended results modification of the requirement to allow a masterplan that was prepared by the landowners themselves in conjunction with Council planners to be approved

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity john smith

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

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The absence of an approved masterplan means that lands that were zoned residential in the Fingal Development Plan adopted back in 2011 cannot get planning approval for houses to be built on them. This was highlighted to the local elected representatives and some key members of Dail Eireann. The landowners consulted with the planners in FCC on the preparation of a masterplan for the zoned lands and submitted this masterplan in mid 2017. They sought to have this masterplan approved by the Council, enabling planning applications to progress. This was the procedure that was followed by the Council in the past.

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.

Tom O'Leary Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Brian Dennehy Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Gráinne Maguire Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Barry Martin Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Tony Murphy Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Malachy Quinn Councillor (Fingal County Council)

David O'Connor Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Eoghan Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Darragh O'Brien TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)