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This Council promotes the restoration of at least one of the old flour mills on the Dodder for Educational and Tourism purpose.
Co-signed by Cllr. B. Leech and Cllr. K. Mahon.
That Figure 5.2 be amended to include Brittas as Level 5 enterprise
Co sponsor: Cllr. Dermot Richardson
That Maps No. 4/8 be amended such that lands at Moneenalion Commons at Baldonnell, currently zoned 'EP2' (enterprise) and proposed to be rezoned to 'RJ' (rural/agricultural) should instead retain an 'EE' (enterprise) zoning; and that a Specific Local Objective should further be applied to these lands as follows: "To require preparation of a site specific Flood Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategy, prepared by a qualified person(s), to be submitted with any proposal for development on these lands.
Co Sponsor: Cllr. Kenneth Egan
That the Development Plan acknowledges the importance of the remaining rural villages in the County and will develop Specific Local Objectives for all of these.
In relation to Brittas, a Specific Local Objective will ensure the future sustainability of the village and its community by acknowledging and providing for the following:
- It will acknowledge the importance of Brittas and its surrounding areas of outstanding natural beauty and strengthen and protect these areas.
- It will provide for the development of a sustainable community in the village by the provision of appropriate community, educational and employment related facilities.
- It will designate Brittas as a village in the Core Strategy.
- Support a plan led approach to the development of Brittas by defining a development boundary for the village.
- It will incorporate a written statement into the CDP that defines a development boundary, development objectives and land use zoning objectives for Brittas.
- It will provide for clusters of low density housing within the village area to arrest the current population decline and complement and support the educational and commercial life of that community.
- It will provide for well-designed retail, commercial and tourist and community developments which have regard to the character of the existing settlement.
- It will maximise the assets of the natural environment and seek to provide a suite of tourist related passive and active recreational activities and facilities.
That the Development Plan prioritises the objective of completing the re-alignmnet of the Knocklyon Road
Insert a new CI12 Objective 11 on p58
To develop specific plans to reclaim those parks that have been disproportionately affected by anti social-behaviour and vandalism through increasing the facilities available to the communities within the parks and in turn increasing the usage of the parks by local people
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> Continue to develop Sli na Slainte walking routes in consultation with community groups.
> New Walkways and Cycleways will be established on a legal and permanent basis and will be sign/posted/waymarked.
> Encourage, promote, provide and facilitate access to forestry and woodlands, including private forestry, in co-operation with Coillte, the Forest Service and other agencies, for walking routes (including long distance and looped walks), mountain trails, nature trails, mountain bike trails, bridle paths, hiking, orienteering and other non-noise generating recreational activities for the benefit of local people and tourists and take into account the Forest Service 2006 publication “Forest Recreation Guide for Owners and Managers”.
> Recognising the importance and potential of walking and cycling from a local as well as a tourism perspective, create, provide, promote, improve, develop, protect, sustain, support, enhance, encourage and facilitate the creation of a high quality dedicated network of cycling/walking routes and tourist trails(including looped walks, local walks, community walks and medium/long distance walks) and public/rural footpaths, in rural areas (including suitable linear lands along established rights of way, strategic green corridors and other off-road routes). Ensure that these routes are, where possible, free of vehicular traffic and are well-marked and maintained and are convenient, safe and pleasant. Enhance and extend existing routes, by utilising links from residential areas through parks and open spaces to facilitate a secure, safe green network and linking with Sli na Slainte and existing or new public rights of way, to provide access to scenic, mountain, lakeshore and river features and views of special interest, particularly where these have a historical association and to open up diverse landscape. Create more people friendly places,walking/cycling routes should be designed to incorporate current thinking and best practice from experience in other locations. Off-road walkways can be established by informal, formal agreements with landowners or by acquisition.
> Reserve land adjacent to river and canal banks and lakeshores to facilitate walking/cycling routes and other recreational activities and to act as buffer zones between new developments and river corridors and other water bodies.
> Recognizing the role played by natural amenities and landscape, as part of our heritage and as a major resource both for visitors and local people, provide, support, maintain, promote, encourage, protect, preserve, improve, safeguard, facilitate and enhance public access to our natural heritage including mountains, commonage and other hill land, moorlands, forests, rivers, lakes, valleys, 2000 Natura sites, nature reserves, other natural amenities and to the countryside generally by creating a meaningful network of access routes as the opportunity or need arises. Consider appropriate rural recreational and tourism related developments which would facilitate public access to sensitive landscapes. This will be done in co-operation with state agencies, other interested bodies and local community groups.
> Recognising the importance of archaeology and National Monuments as part of our heritage and inheritance, provide, promote, enhance, facilitate, encourage, support, and protect public access to archaeological sites National monuments, battlefields historic burial grounds and graveyards and sites of historic interest, in direct ownership, guardianship or control of the Council and/or the State or private ownership. Appropriate signage will be put in place. Information on access to sites will be made be available on the Council’s web-site.(Insert address).
> Protect, preserve, improve and maintain existing publicrights of way to archaeological sites and designate traditional walking routes as public rights of way and in other cases, routes will be acquired by agreement with landowners or by way of compulsory powers.
> Applications for new development for aggregate extraction, processing and associated processes, shall identify existing public rights of way and walking routes which may be impacted on are adjacent to the development site. They shall be kept free from development as Rights of Way/Walking Routes. Ensure that tourist, natural or recreational amenities will not be materially affected
> It is the policy of the Council to enter into immediate negotiations with the Forest Service to take over the management and/or ownership of Massy Woods.
> Encourage, promote, provide and facilitate access to forestry and woodlands, including private forestry, in co-operation with Coillte, the Forest Service and other agencies, for walking routes (including long distance and looped walks), mountain trails, nature trails, mountain bike trails, bridle paths, hiking, orienteering and other non-noise generating recreational activities for the benefit of local people and tourists and take into account the Forest Service 2006 publication “Forest Recreation Guide for Owners and Managers”.
Co-signed by Cllrs Paul Gogarty, Deirdre O'Donovan, Guss O'Connell, Dermot Richardson, Francis Timmons & Dermot Looney
That the manager considers amending the following 2.2.2 Policy 8 Residential Densities H8 Objective 5 That where a Local Area Plan is falling due or has not been implemented, that changes to density would be a criteria for the development of a new Local Area Plan
That the manager considers a specific objective to support Food Science as a core strategy under Section 4 of the Development Plan and publish supporting strategies and objectives in tandem with our Tourism Strategy (and with reference to ET Policy 1 Objective 8)
Significant investment is required over the course of this County Development plan to install a traffic alternative in the Ballycullen area from the Parklands area to the Oldcourt area. Residential estates of Beechdale, Oakdale and Ferncourt are currently suffering from large volumes in traffic which will only get worse as development takes place South of the Oldcourt Road. A viable alternative to these residential routes must be a priority in this area to facilitiate this future development.
Page 156 - 9.7.0 Sites of Geological Interest
Include an additional HCL Objective 2:
Encourage, promote, facilitate and support access and public rights of way to geological and geo-morphological features of heritage value and co-ordinate the continuing development of strategic walking routes, trails and other recreational activities in geo parks.
Co-signed by Cllrs Paul Gogarty, Deirdre O'Donovan, Guss O'Connell, Dermot Richardson, Francis Timmons, Liona O'Toole, Ronan McMahon & Dermot Looney
3.9.0 Sports Facilities & Centres - Additional Objective:
C17 Objective 7:
To promote and support Communities and Clubs in developing Minority Sports in the County by providing indoor and outdoor spaces for pursuing these activities.
That the Development Plan acknowledges the importance of enterprise in the county and actively encourage the availability for facilities to be managed by the council or an appointed enterprise board;
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That the requirement of enterprise centres in the main towns in the county will be reviewed.
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That the option of live to work enterprise centres be looked at as a condition of large residential developments
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That an allocation of enterprise facilities be made in a condition in all future grants of permission commercial developments.
Co-sponsored by Cllrs Guss O’Connell and Paul Gogarty
Economic Development and Tourism:
That the Development Plan acknowledges the importance of the remaining
rural villages in the County and will develop Specific Local Objectives for all of
these.
In relation to Brittas, a Specific Local Objective will ensure the future
sustainability of the village and its community by acknowledging and providing
for the following:
It will acknowledge the importance of Brittas and its surrounding areas
of outstanding natural beauty and strengthen and protect these areas.
It will provide for the development of a sustainable community in the
village by the provision of appropriate community, educational and
employment related facilities.
It will designate Brittas as a village in the Core Strategy.
It will support a plan led approach to the development of Brittas by
defining a development boundary for the village in consultation with
local residents and local representatives.
It will incorporate a written statement into the CDP that defines a
development boundary, development objectives and land use zoning
objectives for Brittas.
It will provide for clusters of low density housing within the village area
to arrest the current population decline and complement and support
the educational and commercial life of that community.
It will provide for well-designed retail, commercial and tourist and
community developments which have regard to the character of the
existing settlement.
It will maximise the assets of the natural environment and seek to
provide a suite of tourist related passive and active recreational
activities and facilities.
To provide a local sewerage scheme for Brittas and its expected
expansion.
To provide a public water supply for Brittas.
Co sponsored by Cllrs Louise Dunne, Dermot Richardson & Martina Genocky.
Telecomms Masts should be at least 100 metres from Housing and Schools.
Co-signed by Cllr. B. Leech and Cllr. K. Mahon.
It is an objective for the Council to prepare a Local Area Plan for Brittas
To amend Map No. 10 so as to include in the Urban Hierarchy (Figure 5.1) the district centre (level 4) included in the Ballycullen/Oldcourt LAP.
Page 153 – 9.4.0
The last sentence of the 1st paragraph should be deleted and replaced by:
Identify the existing public rights of way which give access to mountains, lakeshores, riverbanks or other places of natural beauty or recreational activity which the Council have maintained or repaired with a view to identifying public rights of way, endeavoring to verify and list the public rights of way and begin the formal process for designating rights of way under Section 14 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended).
Co-signed by Cllrs Paul Gogarty, Deirdre O'Donovan, Guss O'Connell, Dermot Richardson, Francis Timmons, Liona O'Toole, Ronan McMahon & Dermot Looney
Section 3.11.1 Primary and Post-Primary Facilities
Add to CI9 Objective 6 to read:
"To ensure schools are located so as to promote walking and cycling, including the provision of adequate secure bicycle storage in all schools."
Co signed by Cllr FN Duffy and Cllr P Gogarty.
Housing Policy 5 Traveller Accommodation
New Objective
H5 Objective 3:
To provide long term sustainable Traveller Accommodation developments, while ensuring proper provision of infrastructure.