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"To ask the CEO to present a report from his Housing Department on actions proposed, following their attendance at the meeting in the Council on 10 January 2020 with a delegation from Croi Ro Naofa GAA Club, Killinarden, Tallaght, in respect of ongoing serious difficulties at their Pitches and will he make a statement?"
Tallaght LAP Special Meeting
Re. 3.3 Poddle uplift
That the return of Poddle waterway to the surface be prioritised given the benefits in terms of sense of place, heritage and the environment.
Tallaght LAP Special meeting
Re. 3.2 The Centre
That the Landbridge outlined in the 2006 - 2011 and the 2011 - 2018 plans be reinstated.
This Council call on the Manager to remove the new height band for The Centre, and retain the heights set out in the Draft Tallaght Town Centre LAP, as the 4 to 6 story heights already sit higher than the adjoining landmark buildings, due to the elevated nature of the area.
Tallaght LAP Special Meeting
Re. 2.6.2- Set-back
That the approach of set-back with space for a green corridor on Airton Rd be replicated in the village zone, Greenhills and for the N81 frontage due to the highly visible arterial route it is.
That this Council calls on the Manager to clarify if Dublin Fire Brigade and the Tallaght District Fire Officer has been consulted regarding the higher buildings being proposed in the Draft Tallaght Town Centre Local Area Plan and the capacity of the Fire Services, from the local Fire Station, to deal with fires in the higher apartment units.
Tallaght LAP Special Meeting
Re. 2.2.1 Access and Movement:
That a formal connector route with pedestrian and cycle lanes and effective signage links the Luas terminus and the start of the Dublin Mountain Way in Sean Walsh Park.
Cookstown industrial estate
The CEO's report of 12/12/19 proposed that the 30% x 3-bedroom apartments, which was part of the first draft, should be dropped until a Housing Needs and Demand Assessment is carried out and matched to apartment size. The report does not say when this assessment will be completed which we believe will result in the 30% strategy being dropped on a permanent basis. I'm sure the planners had a solid basis for their 30% and it can be modified via the HNDA if needs be.
I propose that the original 30% plan be reinstated,
"To ask the Chief Executive for an updated estimate for the following to be housed by South Dublin County Council:
- 1. A family unit
- 2. Single person
- 3. A couple with no children?"
That this Area Committee calls on the Chief Executive to install a litter bin at each bus stop in areas of black spots of littering.
That this Council calls on the Manager to ensure that a formal connector route is regarded in the Tallaght Town Centre Local Area Plan, to include pedestrian and cycle lanes, with effective signage, between the new Transport Hub, the LUAS terminus and the start of the Dublin Mountain Way at Sean Walsh Park.
Special Council Meeting to Consider the Draft Tallaght Town Centre Local Area Plan
That the council makes every effort to ensure that the shop frontages in Tallaght village reflect the historic nature of the village and that the plan includes measures that not only discourages modern, gaudy, bright, signage but enforces existing signage regulations in areas of conservation and if they don’t exist ensure that they are introduced and enforced.
That this Council call on the CE to ensure that there are no assumption of bus frequencies in the Tallaght Town Centre Local Area Plan that could trigger higher additional heights in areas such as the Greenhills Road until the Bus Connects consultation and final routes are published and operational
Special Council Meeting to Consider the Draft Tallaght Town Centre Local Area Plan
Giving the fact that Cookstown Industrials estate has served the Tallaght area well over that past 40 years that the CEO clarifies future plans for the Cookstown industrial estate - whether or not it is to continue into the future as a focal point for the attraction of business into Tallaght or is it to be completely replaced by residential development and amenity - and if so to clarify what focal points will replace it for the attraction of business in the vicinity of Tallaght.
Special Council Meeting to Consider the Draft Tallaght Town Centre Local Area Plan
That the council takes every step to ensure that high rise apartment dwellings are located in a appropriate context; that the highest fire safety regulations are enforced and that conditions are set down by planners when granting planning permission to ensure that the highest possible security arrangements are in place for residents and to ensure the conditions are also enforced around the establishment of management companies in these complexes so as to ensure that future residents can live both securely and in the knowledge that they are living in a complex that will be managed professionally and within their financial means going forward
Cookstown industrial estate
Proposed building heights be limited to 10 storey at most and also proposed that some apartment blocks as low as 4.5 storey.
Special Council Meeting to Consider the Draft Tallaght Town Centre Local Area Plan
That given the densities envisaged in the LAP, particularly in the context of high rise developments what steps is the council taking to ensure an appropriate level of amenity space that reflects the high population density of such developments.
Special Council Meeting to Consider the Draft Tallaght Town Centre Local Area Plan
That the council recognises in setting out a new LAP for the central core of Tallaght that there has been a strong and long tradition of attracting business to the central core area – Irish Biscuits/ Packard Electric/ Gallagher’s and that the council sets out in the LAP how it sets out to carry out this long tradition taking into account that the nature of business has changed and so the focus will be on services, technology and pharmaceutical related businesses to ensure that people choose to live in the central core area of Tallaght may do so and may also have access to their workplace without the necessity to use a car.
Special Council Meeting to Consider the Draft Tallaght Town Centre Local Area Plan
Given that the LAP envisages significantly increased population densities what steps have the council taken to ensure that the village core can cope with the services and social provisions that such population densities require.
Special Council Meeting to Consider the Draft Tallaght Town Centre Local Area Plan
That SDCC, arising out of its experience with previous apartment complexes, (in terms of failed management companies) with the subsequent consequences for residents, failure of management of common areas, failure of adequate security around underground carparks; that SDCC outlines in the LAP what measures it intends to take to ensure that these failures and inadequacies are not repeated in the central Tallaght area.