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Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell
Responsibility:
Colin Ryan

Include a new policy in Section 2.4.6 as follows

“2.4.6.ii Policy ES4(a): Limiting Incineration Capacity

It is the policy of the Council that no waste-to-energy incinerator or waste-to-energy thermal treatment relying on the combustion of waste be situated in the County”

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor R. Dowds
Responsibility:
Colin Ryan

That it is the policy of South Dublin County Council to insist that developers of apartment-style accommodation provide clear evidence of their intention to set up an effective Management Company once their development is complete.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Hannon
Responsibility:
Colin Ryan

Facilitate the development of a visitor centre/tourism amenity, based on the historical mills that were a feature of the area, at a suitable location on the Dodder at Tallaght.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Keating
Responsibility:
Colin Ryan

Motion also proposed by Cllrs G. O' Connell, W. Lavelle, E. Tuffy, & C. Jones.

Under Theme 4  ‘ A Protected Place’ under ‘Land Use Zoning’ insert the following land use table describing the above proposed new zoning.

Zoning Objective ‘I’ “TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE RIVER VALLEY AREAS, and provide greater protection than High Amenity Zoning”  
Use Classes Related to Zoning Objective  
Permitted in  Principle Open Space,  Restaurant,
Open for Consideration                                                                                   Agricultural Buildings, Bed & Breakfast, Boarding Kennels, Car Park,  Cemetery, Childcare Facilities, Community Centre, Cultural Use, Doctor/Dentist, Education, Guest House, Home Based Economic Activities, Place of Worship, Public Services, Restaurant, Rural Industry-Cottage, Rural Industry-Food,  Shop-Local, Traveller Accommodation.
Not Permitted Abattoir, Advertisements and Advertising Structures, Betting Office, Caravan Park, Cash & Carry/Wholesale Outlet, Dance Hall/Discotheque, Enterprise  Centre, Funeral Home, Health Centre, Heavy Vehicle Park, Hospital, Household Fuel Depot, Industry-General, Industry-light, Industry-Special, Motor Sales Outlet, Office-Based Industry, Offices less than 100m2, Offices 100m2-1,000m2, Offices over  1,000m2, Petrol Station, Primary Health Care Centre, Off Licence, Public House, Recreational Buildings-Commercial, Refuse Transfer Station, Recycling Facility, Retail Warehouse, Retirement Home, Science and Technology Based Enterprise, Scrap Yard, Service  Garage, Shop-Discount Food Store, Shop-Major Sales Outlet, Shop-Neighbourhood, Transport Depot, Warehousing, Caravan Park-Holiday, Garden Centre, Hotel/Motel, Industry-Extractive, Recreational Facility/Sports Club, Refuse Landfill/Tip, Residential Institution, Nursing Home, Veterinary Surgery,

 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell
Responsibility:
Colin Ryan

Replace policy 2.4.10.i Policy ES6:Waste Prevention and

Reduction with the following clarification:

2.4.10.i Policy ES6: Waste Prevention and Reduction

It is the policy of the Council to undertake waste prevention  in line with the principles of sustainable development in order to reduce waste arisings and decouple the environmental impacts of waste generation from economic growth.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor R. Dowds
Responsibility:
Colin Ryan

That it is the policy of South Dublin County Council to refuse permission to intended developers of accommodation which require Management Companies where they have a record of opening up previous developments which have not operated within the law in terms of Management Companies.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Hannon
Responsibility:
Colin Ryan

Amend SLO 122 to read, as follows:

“ To carry out a planning and housing study of the Brittas Village area, in consultation with local residents and local representatives, having regard to the implications of the proposed Natural Heritage Area designations on the area, with a view to the long term viability of the local community. This study to be completed in 2011”

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Keating
Responsibility:
Colin Ryan

Motion also proposed by Cllrs. G. O' Connell, W. Lavelle, E. Tuffy, & C. Jones.

In line with the requirement of 4.3.5.ii Policy LHA2:Views and Prospects and the policy expressed therein of the Council to:

“protect views and prospects of special amenity value or special interest. The County contains many scenic areas and vantage points from which views of great natural beauty may be obtained, over adjoining counties and the rural landscape in general. In addition to scenic views, the County also contains important “prospects” i.e. prominent landscapes or areas of special amenity value or special interest, which are visible from the surrounding area.”

- modify Table 4.3.1 ‘Prospects for which it is an Objective to Protect’ to include the following protected views:

Viewing Points Prospects
Blessington Road (in the vicinity of Tallaght) Kilakee Mountain, Cruagh Mountain
Blessington Road (Killinarden area) Sliabh na mBanog, Ballymorefinn Hill
Blessington Road (Killinarden area Knockannavea, Tallaght Hill
Belgard Road Cruagh, Kilakee Mountain, Mountpelier, Piperstown Hill, Kippure, Seefingan, Corrig Mountain, Seahan Ballinascorney Road
Ballinascorney Road Ballymorefinn Hill, Sliabh na mBanog, Seahan
Ballinascorney Road (across Kiltipper) Knockannavea
Eastern and Western sides of Glenasmole Valley Glenasmole Valley, hillsides of Sliabh na MBanog, Corrig Mountain, Ballymorefinn Hill, Seahan to the west, Killakee Mountain to the east.
Naas Road (Brownsbarn area) Saggart Hill, Verschoyle’s Hill
Naas Road (in the vicinity of the Redcow Roundabout) Kilakee Mountain, Cruagh
Naas Road Athgoe, verschoyle’s and Tallaght Hill
Garter Lane (Saggart) Knockannavea, Tallaght Hill
Rathcoole-Lucan Road (R120) (Between Newcastle and Naas Road, vicinity of Commons/Rathcreadan) Athgoe Hill
Rathcoole- Lucan Road (R120) (in the vicinity of Milltown) Verschoyle’s Hill, Knockannavea, Sliabh na mBanog
Scholarstown Interchange Knockannavea, Sliabh na mBanog, Piperstown and Mountpelier
N4(Between M50 roundabout and Woodies Junction) Liffey Valley
Lucan Rd (Between Woodies Junction and through Lucan Village, via Lucan Road,The Old Hill, Main Street, Lucan Road, to N4 underpass) Liffey Valley
N4 (Between Newcastle interchange and County Boundary with Kildare) Liffey Valley
Hermitage Golf Club View through and across the Liffey Valley looking east from the Clubhouse, as far as the spire and the pigeon house.
From Kings Hospital, the Hermitage Clinic lands, and public lands by the Hermitage Clinic Wren’s Nest Weir
From St Edmundsbury and adjacent lands in SDCC Anna Liffey Weir and Mill
From Waterstown Park Strawberry beds – downward to the Guinness Bridge and upwards to the M50 bridge
Correspondence
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Mary Maguire
Responsibility:
Community Directorate

Correspondence, dated 15th April 2010, from Carlow County Council calling for

a) Reversal of Carbon Tax

b) Transfer of administration of Home Energy & Warmer Homes Grants from SEI to LAs

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell
Responsibility:
Colin Ryan

Append the following clause to the end of the Policy ES8 on Waste Re-use of Recycling:

” except by sale or transfer to incineration“

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor S. Crowe
Responsibility:
Colin Ryan

Such circumstance should also emcompass a person such as a Registered General Nurse caring,nurturing and looking after the health and well being of an immediate elderly family member or relation in the community in a professional capacity that would otherwise require hospitalisation and should  be included for consideration in rural area zone H

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Hannon
Responsibility:
Colin Ryan

Facilitate the development of a cluster type residential housing development at an appropriate location within Brittas Village in an effort to satisfy local housing need for residents who do not have access to appropriate sites in the general Brittas area.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Keating
Responsibility:
Colin Ryan

Motion also proposed by Cllrs. G. O' Connell, W. Lavelle, E. Tuffy, & C. Jones.

In the Draft Development Planunder the section ‘Specific Local Objectives’, amend the objective entitled  ‘1. Liffey Valley Amenity’ so that the bullet point regarding public rights of way and footpaths reads as follows:

Provision of public rights of way and public footpaths in the Liffey Valley, without compromising or impairing habitats, biodiversity or the visual amenity of the landscape, or the riparian edge of the river.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell
Responsibility:
Colin Ryan

Include a new policy in Section 2.4.12.iiii. regarding Recycling of Packaging Waste

” 2.4.12.iii Policy ES8(a): Recycling of Packaging Waste

It is the policy of the Council, to ensure that the requirements of the Legislation in relation to the recycling of packaging waste be upheld through effective enforcement action”

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Gilligan
Responsibility:
Colin Ryan

that the following paragraph – “The capacity of public transport will be taken into account.  In general, minimum net densities of 50 dwellings per hectare, subject to appropriate design and amenity standards, will be applied to public transport corridors, with the highest densities located at rail stations/bus stops, and decreasing with distance from such nodes.” Is amended to read: “Th e capacity of public transport will be taken into account.  In general, minimum net densities of 25 dwellings per hectare, subject to appropriate design and amenity standards, will be applied to public transport corridors, with the highest densities located at rail stations/bus stops, and decreasing with distance from such nodes.”

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Hannon
Responsibility:
Colin Ryan

Draw up an action plan for the extension of the Dodder Valley Linear Park upstream from Oldbawn to Bohernabreena, such plan to identify required lands and negotiate their acquisition.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Keating
Responsibility:
Colin Ryan

Motion also proposed by Cllrs. G. O' Connell, W. Lavelle, E. Tuffy, & C. Jones.

In the Draft Development Planunder the section ‘Specific Local Objectives’ to the objective entitled: ‘6.River Liffey and Grand Canal – Strategy’ delete the phrase “for water based activity’ in order to widen the focus for tourism potential, and add the following: ‘without compromising the biodiversity and landscape of the area’ so the phrase in parenthesis reads as follows:

(including the promotion of Lucan as a tourist destination without compromising the biodiversity and landscape of the area).

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell
Responsibility:
Colin Ryan

Include a new policy in Section 2.4.12.iiii. regarding Recycling of Packaging Waste

2.4.12.iv Policy ES8(b): Organic Waste

The Council will cooperate with other agencies both public and private as appropriate, in viable schemes to manage the collection and biological treatment of organic waste produced within the County during the life of the current plan. 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Gilligan
Responsibility:
Colin Ryan
that the following paragraph – “In the development of such lands, average net densities at least in the range of 30-50 dwellings per hectare should prevail and the objective of retaining the open character of the lands achieved by concentrating increased densities in selected parts (up to 70 dwellings per hectare where appropriate).”  Is amended to read: “In the development of such lands, average net densities at least in the range of 15-25 dwellings per hectare should prevail and the objective of retaining the open character of the lands achieved by concentrating increased densities in selected parts (up to 35 dwellings per hectare where appropriate).”
Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Keating
Responsibility:
Colin Ryan

Motion also proposed by Cllrs. G. O' Connell, W. Lavelle, E. Tuffy, & C. Jones.

To zone the following lands as River Valley Zoning (I),in order to provide greater protection than High Amenity; and these lands in conjunction with the SAAO Lands (Lucan Bridge to Palmerstown) to be formally defined and refererred to as The Liffey Valley within the plan.

All of the lands in South Dublin County bounded by the river Liffey and, from the Kildare border: along the N4/M4The the Leixlip-Lucan Slip Road (R109) through Lucan Village and along the Lucan Hill Road, the Lucan Road from the Church Car Park to Woodies, the N4 onwards towards the M50. From the M50 and the old Lucan road, to the N4 and the border with Dublin City.