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Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor W. Carey, Councillor D. Ó Brádaigh
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

Chapter 8 - COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPEN SPACE - Policy 2 - Community Infrastructure Open Spaces (Page 215) COS 2 Objective 1: Amend From: To support the provision of a wide range of community facilities and to ensure that such facilities are provided in new communities in tandem with housing development, in accordance with the phasing requirements of Local Area Plans and Planning Schemes Amend To: To support the provision of a wide range of community facilities and to ensure that such facilities are provided in new and existing communities in tandem with housing development, with special consideration for period of review to adapt to the needs of an increasingly multi-cultured and diverse community in accordance with the phasing requirements of Local Area Plans and Planning Schemes

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor W. Carey, Councillor D. Ó Brádaigh
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

Chapter 7 - SUSTAINABLE MOVEMENT - Policy 6 - Traffic and Transport Management INSERT SLO : 'In recognising significant forecast for local population growth, to undertake a detailed traffic study that determines a programme of works that aims to alleviate the existing traffic 'bottle-neck' between Supervalu roundabout on the Newcastle Road, Lucan and the N4 junction.'

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor W. Carey, Councillor D. Ó Brádaigh
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

Chapter 7 - SUSTAINABLE MOVEMENT - Policy 4 - Strategic Road Network INSERT SLO : 'To plan and support the delivery of an underpass at Palmerstown Village as a practical solution to the traffic delays on the N4.'

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor W. Carey, Councillor D. Ó Brádaigh
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

Carey Chapter 7 - SUSTAINABLE MOVEMENT - Policy 3 - Public Transport - General (Page 193) SM3 Objective 1: Amend From: To achieve and monitor a transition to the County mode share targets of 20% Bus and 5% Rail Amend To: To achieve and monitor a transition to the County mode share targets of 23% Bus and 7% Rail

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor W. Carey, Councillor D. Ó Brádaigh
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

Chapter 7 - SUSTAINABLE MOVEMENT - Policy 1 - Transport & Movement (Page 182) Insert New Objective: To engage with the National Transport Authority and Irish Rail directly to facilitate and promote local public consultations in determining local service level needs, along existing and planned future network, with emphasis on areas of forecast population and housing growth as part of and during the phasing stages of the Clonburris and Adamstown SDZ's. Particular attention to DART, LUAS and Bus extension programmes, in addressing rail underutilisation and meeting forecast target increases for improved rail usage and carbon reduction in improving service levels to meet strategic objectives.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor W. Carey, Councillor D. Ó Brádaigh
Responsibility:
Stephen Willoughby

Chapter 6 - HOUSING (Page 160 Policy 2 - Supply of Housing) H2 Objective 1: Amend From: H2 Objective 1: To maximise the use of existing housing stock, facilitating and promoting upgrade/retrofit of existing stock reducing energy demand and addressing Climate Change. Amend To: To maximise the use of existing housing stock, facilitating and promoting upgrade/retrofit of existing stock reducing energy demand and addressing Climate Change, prioritising window and door replacement programme impacted by Covid 19, and in line with the Energy, Efficiency and Retrofitting Programme 2021-2030

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
Anne Hyland

Add the SIAC owned Limestone Quarry on the Monastery Road in Clondalkin to the list of Geological Sites for Protection. The quarries of Clondalkin were rejected for listing in the 2014 study, The Geological Heritage of South Dublin County, stating that there is virtually no quarry still in existence and that they have been filled in. This is not the case at all with the SIAC owned quarry which has 10 metre high cliffs and is used by SIAC Bituminous Products for manufacture and storage.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Ó Brádaigh
Responsibility:
Stephen Willoughby

Chapter 5 - QUALITY DESIGN & HEALTHY PLACEMAKING - Policy 7 - Adaptability and Inclusivity (Page 142) Insert New Objective: To support and facilitate local need for adequate numbers of accessible and affordable childcare facilities that promote the '10 Minute Town Concept' providing for services to meet local community need, whilst reducing car dependency and encouraging active travel.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

Add the bridge located in the SIAC Quarry on the Monastery Road in Clondalkin to the Register of Protected Structures. See attached photo.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor W. Carey, Councillor D. Ó Brádaigh
Responsibility:
Stephen Willoughby

Chapter 5 - QUALITY DESIGN & HEALTHY PLACEMAKING - Policy 3 - Neighbourhood Context (Page 136) QDP3 Objective 3: Amend From: To promote design standards and densities in village centres that are informed by the surrounding village and historic context and enhance the specific characteristics of each town or village in terms of design, scale form and external finishes. Amend To: To promote and adhere to design standards and densities in village centres that are informed by the surrounding village and historic context and enhance the specific characteristics of each town or village in terms of design, scale form and external finishes.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor W. Carey, Councillor D. Ó Brádaigh
Responsibility:
Stephen Willoughby

Chapter 5 - QUALITY DESIGN & HEALTHY PLACEMAKING - Policy 1- Successful and Sustainable Neighbourhoods (Page 133) Insert New Objective: To build residential neighbourhoods in a manner that aims to provide for adequate numbers of affordable homes in line with provisions set out in Goal 11 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the National Planning Framework and the Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy toward delivery of long-term sustainable communities.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor W. Carey, Councillor D. Ó Brádaigh
Responsibility:
Anne Hyland

Chapter 4 - GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE - Policy 6 - Human Health and Wellbeing (Page 116) Insert Objective To support the provision of outdoor public water drinking fountains along all new and future dedicated cycleways, promoting reusables and actively incentivising transition from single use plastic.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor W. Carey, Councillor D. Ó Brádaigh
Responsibility:
Anne Hyland

 Chapter 4 - GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE - Policy 2 - Biodiversity (Page 107) Insert New Objective To exploit the full potential of existing underutilised perimeter and border park spaces, to locate wildflower meadows that facilitate and enhance local area biodiversity in support of the National Pollinator Plan 2021 - 2025.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor W. Carey, Councillor D. Ó Brádaigh
Responsibility:
Stephen Willoughby

Chapter 2 - CORE STRATEGY AND SETTLEMENT STRATEGY - Policy 7 (Page 54) CS7 Objective 4: Amend From: To promote and facilitate development at the Strategic Development Zones at Adamstown and Clonburris, in accordance with their planning scheme and associated phasing requirements. Amend To: To promote and facilitate development at the Strategic Development Zones at Adamstown and Clonburris, in accordance with their planning scheme and associated phasing requirements, whilst adapting and facilitating emerging transport service level pattern needs.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell, Councillor P. Gogarty, Councillor L. O'Toole
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

Insert after renamed Policy 10 (or where appropriate in this section): NCBH 10 Objective 5: To develop Rathcoole Woodlands as part of a wider nature/walking trail from Saggart to Lugg Woods subject to the protection of its biodiversity and ecological value.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell, Councillor P. Gogarty, Councillor L. O'Toole
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

Insert after renamed Policy 10 (or where appropriate in this section): NCBH 10 Objective 4: To designate Rathcoole Woodlands as a space for Nature and Biodiversity in relevant sections of the Development Plan and to determine and establish a zone of protection around the perimeter of the Woodlands.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell, Councillor P. Gogarty, Councillor L. O'Toole
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

Insert after renamed Policy 10 (or where appropriate in this section): NCBH 10 Objective 5: To work in collaboration with the owners of lands along the perimeter of Rathcoole Woodlands for its protection and that of the wildlife using it and the ecological services it provides.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell, Councillor P. Gogarty, Councillor L. O'Toole
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

Cllr P. Gogarty, L. O'Toole, G. O'Connell Insert after renamed Policy 10 (or where appropriate in this section): NCBH 10 Objective 2: To protect and preserve Rathcoole Woodland for present and future generations by seeking: i. Its designation as a Nature Reserve ii. Obtaining a Special Amenity Area Order iii. To examine it for nomination as a candidate Special Area of Conservation or as a Natural Heritage Area

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell, Councillor P. Gogarty, Councillor L. O'Toole
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

Insert after renamed Policy 10 (or where appropriate in this section): NCBH 10 Objective 3: To extend the public owned lands containing Rathcoole Woodlands, either by direct purchase or land swap to incorporate the Woodland in adjacent land, the historical 170-year-old double-hedged passage to the west, and transitional zone from Woodland to managed parkland to the east.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell, Councillor P. Gogarty, Councillor L. O'Toole
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

Insert after NCBH Policy 9, a new policy named as Policy 10, renumbering all existing policies and related objectives afterwards, eg 11, 12 etc, this new Policy 10 to read as follows: NATURAL, CULTURAL AND BUILT HERITAGE (NCBH) Policy 10 Rathcoole Woodlands