Land planning policy at the limits to growth
Should there be a presumption against new development?
asks Brian Davey
planning
Environmental Pillar policy on Site Value Tax
The Environmental Pillar has added its weight to the growing push for a Site Value Tax in Ireland. Today (18 October) it released a policy on Site Value Tax, outlining the social, economic and environmental benefits that would be delivered by its implementation.
Press Reports on Site Value Tax in Ireland
Image: tlindenbaum via Flickr Aaron McKenna picked up our arguments for a Site Value Tax over a property tax in his article in The Journal. See extract below Efficient use A better property tax (or at least a less bad one) would be a site value based tax, such as that economist Ronan Lyons [...]
Proximity 2.0: Cutting transport costs and emissions through local integration
In this chapter from Fleeing Vesuvius, Emer O'Siochru describes how different activities should be situated beside each other to be more energy and carbon efficient. This flies in the face of current development planning which tends to focus on bringing similar activities closer together to reap the benefits of scale and agglomeration.
Report: Implementation of Site Value Tax in Ireland
The Smart Taxes Network has just submitted an Implementation Paper to the Irish Government which aims to provide policymakers with guidance on the implementation of Site Value Tax in Ireland, assessing actual and possible obstacles, and providing solutions. You can read a summary and download the full report here.…
Emer O’Siochru – Proximity Principle in Rural Planning and Development; integrating energy, food, soil fertility, carbon mitigation and shelter.
Emer O'Siochru believes that the proximity principle has to be turned on its head if communities are to become sustainable. She argued that, instead of bringing similar activities closer together to reap the benefits of scale and agglomeration, different activities should be beside each other to be more energy- and carbon-efficient. She wants new, low-carbon food, energy and shelter production systems to be integrated locally to transform and invigorate rural communities.
