Dunboyne is a village to be preserved, protected and enhanced. The environment of Dunboyne is unique and inherited which the present community is obligated to sustain. Dunboyne wants development but not of the kind that will damage its historical characteristics, the quality of life of its community or the irretrievable loss of its environment. Development is not just about expansion and adding yet more material structures and substructures. Development must no longer be developer lead. Professional Planners and elected politicians are obliged by the dictates of democracy and the Euorpean Principle of subsidiarity to attend to the voice of the communities they represent - communities that are most affected by the decisions taken.

A planning decision that

• irretrievably destroys a village identity,
• permanently damages its landscaped environment,
• brings about a deterioration of the life-style of its people,
• can lead to the destruction of its traditional community life,
• inevitably increases traffic congestion and consequent pollution and
• ignores the will of the majority of its residents

IS

• bad planning,
• is bad decision making,
• is an abuse of the democratic process and
• is unacceptable.