DonabatePortrane.net

A big "THANK YOU!" from Donabate Portrane Community Council to our friends and supporters who kindly gave up their Saturday morning to deliver our leaflets. We are so grateful for such help and support. We are equally heartened by the reception we received on many doorsteps, and for the co...

Please visit our fundraiser https://gofund.me/b39283be to support. Last month, An Bord Pleanála took the shocking decision to grant planning permission to Aledo Developments Ltd for almost 1400 units on the Corballis lands. This was despite our solid expert-led objections and has led to widespread o...

Help our community fight this entirely unsuitable development at Corballis East, which will irreversibly destroy our peninsula.

We need your signature of support for our campaign.
Please add your concerns and frustrations on our form:

https://bit.ly/3gTvarg

Save Donabate from rampant developer-led planning We have set up a gofundme page to help us in our quest to protect and enhance our village. All your support is appreciated! The gofundme page can be found at the following URL: https://gofund.me/df17223c Donabate Portrane Community Council needs you...

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1600119950128344&id=113825392091148 Fingal County Council has confirmed that it is proceeding with the closed doors meeting tomorrow evening at 6pm in Donabate Library, despite the very serious concerns raised by DPCC. Read the leaflet you got in thro...

Donabate Portrane Community Council has welcomed the decision of An Bord Pleanála to refuse planning permission for works associated with a 1,000-house development on the peninsula. Aledo Donabate Limited had been granted permission by Fingal County Council for a development at Corballis to construc...

Fingal County Council is kicking off preparation of an Urban Framework Plan for village centre, but is refusing to permit the community to engage in a proper public consultation on this plan. Donabate Portrane Community Council is concerned that this framework plan is primarily about permitting more...

Open spaces in new estates are important to Fingal. They are places where residents of all ages can get outside. This is why open spaces are seen as such a high priority to the council. In fact, they are such a high priority that Fingal allows developers to buy their way out of providing open spaces...

The Department of Education has identified the need for 3 new primary schools for Donabate. This is based on the projected population growth of the area. The Donabate Local Area Plan specifies that the schools will be located in the following locations: 1. Corballis - east of the railway line 2. Bal...

In our last two posts, we discussed how Fingal has slashed the amount of infrastructure it will deliver in its new plan for Donabate. We then outlined how Fingal can’t even deliver on this slimmed down programme of much needed facilities for the area. Today we are going to identify the root cause of...

Yesterday we outlined the severity of the cutbacks that Fingal was allowed to make in the 2016 Donabate Local Area Plan. Road upgrades, Garda Station, extension of graveyard, shops in Ballymastone and Corballis all slashed from the plans. These projects will never be delivered. But did you know that...

A Local Area Plan is a legal document and is a public statement of planning policies. It is prepared in consultation with the local community and members of the public. It sets out a strategy for the Proper Planning and Sustainable Development of an area. After much negotiation the community achieve...

http://reddyarchitecture.com/project/ballymastone-masterplan-donabate-co-dublin/ The masterplan proposals for the lands at Ballymastone responds to the natural features and topography of the site which is situated in a rural setting to the east of Donabate village. Playing fields and schools comple...

THE decision that the next primary school to open in Donabate will be a Gaelscoil has been welcomed. Minister for Education Joe McHugh made the decision following an analysis of the availability of gaelscoileanna in a number of areas of Greater Dublin. The growing area of Donabate and Portrane alrea...

3931F109-70D2-4FEE-96D2-DF79A4E11C05.jpeg The granting of a licence to private coach operator Eirebus to operate direct services from Donabate to the city has been welcomed. Donabate Portrane Community Council initiated contact with Eirebus last year, in a bid to encourage it to apply for permissio...

A protest over the destruction of hedgerows on the New Road in Donabate was organised at short on Thursday evening. Those attending were livid over the bulldozing of the hedges during the sensitive nesting season. The protest was organised by Donabate Portrane Community Council. Donabate Portrane Co...

Donabate Portrane Community Council has been advised that Fingal County Council has completed the first stage of procurement in respect of engaging an Economic Operator to develop public and private housing on Council lands at Ballymastone, Donabate. Pre-qualification Questionnaire submissions were ...

Fingal County Council has received an application from MEIC LTD. for permission to temporarily close a section of Balcarrick/New Road, Donabate, Co. Dublin. This is to facilitate carriageway works for the Donabate Distributor Road Project. It is proposed that the road will be closed each night from ...

Donabate Portrane Community Council has called on residents in the area to attend its annual general meeting. The AGM will take place in Keelings, Donabate, at 8 pm on Thursday April 4 next. The community council aims to be a strong voice for the area. It is seeking members to join it, particularly ...

A public meeting in Donabate has endorsed a call for a temporary moratorium on new large-scale planning applications on the peninsula. Residents want the chronic infrastructural deficits dealt with before more large developments are granted permission. Donabate Portrane Community Council has propose...

Donabate Portrane Community Council is inviting all members of our community to a Public Meeting in the Parish Hall, Donabate, on February 26th at 8pm. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss a moratorium on the granting of planning permission by the local authority on multi-unit planning applicati...