Sustainable Villages

Viking House

Is there any more Sustainable Villages being built, I know about the one in Cloughjordan.

Is there one being built in Offaly?

boomshackala

Heard the Clockjordan one is held up because the dumb ass council wants them to put in social and affordable housing...anyone have any updates on this?

http://www.thevillage.ie/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

lostexpectation

ooh that interesting, social and affordable housing, hmm, the people doing this have to have alot of money to do this, its an experiment not something everybody could afford, I prefer to see a group of environmentalist buy up a cul de sac in the suburbs and show the way like that.

theres is suppose to a 20 percentage or something like that or a fee to get around it, god I would say they shoudln't have to do it, they are already doing enough for the area, but its interesting if has to apply to all other private developements it should apply to them...

boomshackala

Why should it apply to them...they are a non profit organization. Every person buys a site and pays a proportion of development of ameneties.

As we already are taxed to take care of those less fortunate I don't agree with it in the first place...but this takes the biscuit

lostexpectation

yes your right, non-profit is the answer to that question. end of

I don't know what the councillors motivation for blocking it on this is ?

but is sustainability affordable, it does show that the village is mere experiment, how would future projects deal with providing 'social housing'.

boomshackala

By buying into this type of thing there is an added incentive to make this type of thing work and co-operate when required..maybe I'm wrong but I suspect that when getting a house for free, there is not the same incentive to do this..