Pls Oppose: Blanchardstown Town Centre owners want to introduce parking charges. They have applied to Fingal Council for planning permission to install paid parking & barrier infrastructure.
The application (FW25A/0410E) was cynically described as a “mobility enhancement project” but in reality it’s a move by SVP
investment fund to squeeze retail workers, shoppers, the local community — as well as the centre’s public facility users — for every drop of profit.
This is a regressive, unfair measure and a betrayal of the local community who campaigned for a town centre to bring a focal point for the area. The centre’s 7000 car parking spaces will be commodified, replacing open access with barriers resulting in increased traffic congestion & pollution, reduced accessibility for all & especially elderly and disabled people to key resources like the Library, Post Office, Draoicht, credit union, banking, GP and medical facilities and Fingal Council offices.
The Centre’s retail workers are not well paid and are already suffering the Cost of Living crisis, alongside the rest of us, and will now be penalised further by an immensely wealthy corporation. It was estimated by Liffey Valley workers when introduced there that parking charges would cost them €600 a year.
The planning application if approved will also result in the felling of nearly 500 mature trees and erecting large LED signage, significantly damaging the environment & biodiversity in the area.
It will lead to congestion and overflow parking in neighbouring estates
We need to oppose this profit grab and enclosure of an open community resource.
JOIN the protest on Sat 15 Nov 1pm.

Location : Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, Blanchardstown Road South, Blanchardstown, Dublin