COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEASSOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

HEADED ITEM NO. 22

The second paragraph under Section 1.4.6.i ‘Character Appraisal’ should be amended to read as follows (additional text in bold):

‘1.4.6.i Character Appraisal

The first requirement of urban development is to consider the existing landscape within the site and the local area. There is a danger that when developing sites the focus is on the new building and the new environment it will create rather than how it will relate to the existing site and its local context. In this way the natural landscape can become disjointed, unconnected and damaged and sense of place is lost.  An analysis of the existing landscape character as well as the consideration and integration of the new proposals into the existing site and the existing ecology is required.  Working with the existing landscape on site to create a landscape that retains (or creates) a sense of place and acts as a robust supporting landscape structure for the new development is integral to the successful development of a site.

The site survey and analysis will show where existing landscape features exist on site including for example, existing trees, hedgerows, water bodies and interesting/protected structures. This analysis will serve to inform, at an early design stage, the location of proposed open space, parks and green corridors, where it can most benefit the retention of existing ecology as required by policy LHA18 Green City Guidelines, and integrate it into the neighbourhood.’