Crèche Landing

Churchlands delivers on its promise… FEB23

atest press release from Cllr Derek Mitchell, issued on Friday, February 10th 2023…

New housing estates have to have a certain number of crèche spaces depending on their size.

However, developers in the Greystones area are leaving their construction until till last, and house buyers have to go elsewhere to get a place – which is diffficult, and adds to traffic congestion.

Glenheron in Greystones, built by Cairn, has been occupied for 5 years but the crèche has not yet been built, never mind opened.

The children there will be past the crèche stage by the time it is actually opened! This is not fair on parents who both have to head out to work to pay the big mortgages to buy the houses.

It must be made a condition of planning that crèches are opened at the beginning of developments.

This is a problem in many developments and I put down a motion for Greystones Municipal District which is now writing to the planners and the Minister for Housing to get this changed.