COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
MOTION NO. 131
MOTION: Councillor W. Lavelle
To remove the following from table 2.2.6 ‘long term road objective’: ‘Esker Lane to Esker Meadow View’; and to add a new specific local objective to facilitate provision of car-parking, a drop-off point and school accommodation on lands adjacent to Gaelscoil Phadraig currently subject to the above road objective.
REPORT:
The N4 link has been closed and the provision of the extension from Esker Meadow View onto Esker Lane will improve traffic safety in the vicinity of the school by eliminating reversing and turning movements. It will also reduce traffic volumes on Castle Avenue / Esker Meadow View by introducing alternative routes and improve accessibility to all roads in the Elmwood and Esker Estates. It will encourage walking to school by children from the Esker Lane and Esker Park Estate.
It is considered that the removal from Table 2.2.6 of the long term local road objective ‘Esker Lane to Esker Meadow View’ as proposed in the motion would not be appropriate as the objective is consistent with the general objective to develop sustainable neighbourhoods by enhancing accessibility through facilitating safe, easy and direct access to services such as public transport.
Furthermore, in accordance with the Manager’s previous recommendation (Minutes of Development Plan Meeting Monday, April 20th 2009, Motion No. 17) the Draft Development Plan contains policies which adhere to the ‘Provision of Schools and the Planning System, A Code of Practise for Planning Authorities’, issued by the Department of Education and Science and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in July 2008, with particular reference to siting and other urban design and sustainable development considerations. The removal of the objective would not be consistent with these guidelines.
MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION:
That the motion not be adopted