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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Monday, April 20, 2009

MOTION NO 9.

MOTION: Councillor T. McDermott

Chapter 1 - Strategy

That this Council directs the Manager in accordance with the provisions of Section 11(4)(d) of the 2000 Planning Act as amended, to incorporate into the forthcoming draft county development plan, the principles of the One Planet Living initiative jointly advocated by World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) and the BioRegional environmental organisation which seeks to make sustainable living easy, attractive and affordable through the adoption of ten guiding principles of development sustainability evolved through the initiative, which are;

(1) Zero Carbon in response to the human induced build-up of CO2 in the atmosphere,

(2) Zero Waste dealing with disposal issues and the squandering of valuable resources,

(3) Sustainable Transport concerned with travel contributing to climate change, air and noise pollution and congestion,

(4)Local and Sustainable Materials as resource exploitation increases environmental damage, and the need to maximise the benefit to local communities,

(5) Local and Sustainable Food to minimise transport costs and maximise the benefit to local communities,

(6) Sustainable Water use to protect local supplies, and avoid pollution or depletion,

(7) Protect natural habitat and wildlife to ensure bio-diversity and avoid over exploitation of natural resources,

(8) Local Culture and Heritage to be fostered to avoid loss of local identity and knowledge,

(9) Equity and Fair Trade to ensure that all communities can meet their need from what they produce or sell,

(10) Health and Happiness being fostered to avoid a divergence between rising wealth and the true basis of well-being,

and that the overall strategy, policies and objectives in the county development plan be framed to be consistent with this initiative.

REPORT:

It is considered that the policies outlined above are not directly relevant to the formulation of the Draft Development Plan. It is however considered that the policy objectives outlined in the following motion (no. 10) are more directly relevant to the purpose and rationale of the Development Plan

Recommendation.
That this motion not be adopted.