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Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Higgins
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

That this Council’s signage strategy includes finger posts to mark all historical amenities across the county and that the Development Plan be created in accordance with this objective.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. O'Donovan
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

That the Council directs the Chief Executive to include a policy on the need for a swimming pool in the Rathfarnham area.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Gogarty
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

That this Council inserts a specific objective in the Development Plan to eliminate the need for management companies and instead ensure that developer levies cover estate maintenance of new developments that are granted permission under this Plan.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor F.N. Duffy
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

Carry out a feasibility study with respect to the demand for a public bike scheme in key urban areas in SDCC.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Higgins
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

That this Council supports the need for access to library services in areas and villages that do not currently have a library.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Donovan
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

That this Council directs the Chief executive to introduce a minimum specification for home security requirements for all new Residential development (including renovations)

co submitted by Cllr Colm Brophy

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. O'Donovan
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

That the Council directs the Chief Executive to include a policy on the Turner Glasshouses purchased by SDCC and their amenity and tourism potential.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Donovan
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

That this Council direct the Chief Executive to include an explicit new policy objective in the new Development Plan limiting the use of residential roads for deliveries in the early morning before 7am and night-time after 9pm to commercial premises, including where there is an approved loading bay.  The policy should also restrict Engines left running idle by delivery trucks.

Co-submitted by Cllr Colm Brophy and Cllr Emer Higgins 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Graham
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

That it is the policy of this Council to promote the Irish Language in tandem with the development of Gaeltacht regions in the County.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor W. Lavelle
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

School Planning

That this Council directs the Chief Executive to include a School Planning Strategy in the new Development Plan, to include the latest DES projections for school place demand, and based on these projections to allow the elected members to decide on the location for new schools, with sites to be reserved, as appropriate, in the Development Plan.

Co-sponsored by Cllr. Emer Higgins, Cllr. Paula Donovan, Cllr. Anne-Marie Dermody, Cllr. Colm Brophy

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Higgins
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

That this Council directs the CEO to ensure the County Development Plan prioritises the safety of pedestrians by ensuring road hedgerows are maintained and footpaths are useable.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Graham
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

It is the policy of this Council to implement a Social Clause or the principle of such for infill development across the County.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Foley
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

As part of future developments South of Oldcourt Road - a new secondary school should be included to cater for the current, and future, needs of the Firhouse, Ballycullen / Oldcourt areas. The difficulties experienced this year with primary schools - in this area - needs to be avoided in the future and provision in the development plan can means that these difficulties be avoided in the future.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Graham
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

It is the policy of this Council to use a Social Clause for any construction that is funded by public monies.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. O'Donovan
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

That the Council directs the Chief Executive to include a policy on the replacement of broken and dangerous footpaths in the Butterfield Avenue/Ballyroan area of Rathfarnham.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. O'Brien
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

The County Development Plan will promote health and fitness in our schools and any new schools been build should include green space and a sports hall in them and any schools that does not have a sports hall has one or a shared one provided.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Donovan
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

That this Council directs the Chief Executive to provide Cycle lanes on the roads approaching new developments and that as part of the road design plan, cycle lanes are built as the road to residential developments are being built.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor C. Brophy
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

That this Council directs the Chief Executive to identify an appropriate area(s) of public ground for provision of monuments and/or Gardens of Remembrance in commemoration of the 1916 rising, the War of Independence, the foundation of the State and other significant landmarks during the Decade of Commemoration

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

It shall be an objective of the 2016 - 2022 County Development Plan to restore the former Mill Buildings in Mill Lane Palmerstown for use as residential units.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor W. Lavelle
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

Mount Bellew, Lucan

That this Council directs the Chief Executive to strategically review the zoning of the lands at Mount Bellew Way, between Lucan Educate Together NS and Fforster Square, with a view to identifying the most effective and sustainable future land-use to meet the needs of the local community.