COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEASSOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
HEADED ITEM NO 4.
Introduction and Core Strategy
Section: 0.5
Insert the following table at end of ‘Introduction and Core Strategy’ Chapter:
| Development Plan Zoning Objectives | ||
| Use Zone | Summary | Objective |
| A | Residential | ‘To protect and/or improve residential amenity’. |
| A1 | New Residential | ‘To provide for new residential communities in accordance with approved area plans’. |
| B | Agriculture | ‘To protect and improve rural amenity and to provide for the development of agriculture’. |
| CT | County Town | ‘To protect, improve and provide for the future development of the County Town of Tallaght’. |
| TC | Town Centre | ‘To protect, provide for and/or improve town centre facilities’. |
| DC | District Centre | ‘To protect, provide for and/or improve district centre facilities’. |
| LC | Local Centre | ‘To protect, provide for and/or improve local centre facilities’. |
| EP1 | Enterprise Priority One | ‘To facilitate opportunities for intensive employment uses complemented by mixed-use development based on a principle of street networks and in accordance with approved plans’. |
| EP2 | Enterprise Priority Two | ‘To facilitate opportunities for manufacturing, research and development facilities, light industry and employment and enterprise related uses in industrial areas and business parks’. |
| EP3 | Enterprise Priority Three | ‘To provide for distribution, warehouse and logistics and related industry facilities which require good access to the major road network within a good quality environment’. |
| F | Open Space and Recreation | ‘To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities’. |
| G | High Amenity | ‘To protect and improve high amenity areas’. |
| GB | Green Belt | ‘To preserve a green belt between development areas’. |
| H | Dublin Mountain Zone | ‘To protect and enhance the outstanding natural character of the Dublin Mountain area’. |
Reason
The inclusion of this table will provide clear explanations of the meanings of each use zone (A, A1, B), etc., in a single location in the Plan.
Recommendation
That the amendment be adopted.