COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEASSOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

HEADED ITEM NO. 17

Social Inclusion, Community Facilities and Recreation

1.3.22xiii Location of Childcare and Pre School Facilities

To amend Policy SCR 28 to read as follows (additional text in bold):

“1.3.22.xiii Policy SCR28: Location of Childcare and Pre-School Facilities

It is the policy of the Council to facilitate and support through the planning process the location of childcare and pre-school facilities on the same campuses as primary and secondary schools or adjacent to primary and secondary school campuses.”

 

Reason

In response to the request, that policy SCR28 should read ‘adjacent to primary school and secondary school campuses’, the Council supports the co-location of childcare and pre-school facilities beside both primary and secondary school campuses. The ability to be flexible in the approach to the provision of childcare facilities in line with the Childcare Facilities Guidelines (2001) is considered to be a positive measure whereby smaller developments can pay a development contribution to enable appropriate provision to be made elsewhere to the benefit of the wider community as well as residents of a new residential development.

Recommendation

That the amendment be adopted.