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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

HEADED ITEM NO. 4(i)

Relevant Motions deferred from Development Plan Direction Meeting

Cllr G. O’Connell

Original Item ID: 18909

LUCAN GOLF CLUB ZONING

Further to the submission made in PDS0079, as so referenced in the ‘Manager’s Report on Pre-Draft submissions and Observations made on the Pre-Draft Public Consultation, Feb 2009’,  which proposes to rezone a 6.8 hectare site at Lucan Golf Club from Objective GB and Objective F to Objective A/A1 – this motion proposes this application for re-zoning be rejected out of hand and not included in the draft plan. The Manager’s desire to deal with zoning proposals individually and in turn is noted. However, given the proximity of this land to the river Liffey and it’s current green undeveloped status; and the fact it forms and is seen as part of the green belt between the residential communities of Lucan and Celbridge; together with the  enormous extent of land already zoned in the county and the decrease in demand for development – this proposal warrants no further consideration. In summary given the above and also but not limited to the criterion of ‘Policy Context’, ‘Environmental & Heritage’, ‘Environment’ and ‘Assessment of Need’, it should be rejected and not carried into the draft plan for further consideration, and we so direct the Manager.  

REPORT:

The Draft County Development Plan proposes to zone these lands GB ‘Green Belt’. This is identical to the current Development Plan Zoning.

No change is recommended to the Draft County Development Plan.