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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING
Monday, September 06, 2010
MOTION NO. 5
MOTION: Councillor W. Lavelle
Motion also proposed by Councillors G. O' Connell, E. Tuffy, C. Jones, and D. Keating
Amendment PA021, updating section 1.2.52 of the plan should have included a further update to policy H35 to include a reference to the new Liffey Valley Zone (to reflect the prior decision of the Councillors ), and to provide consistency and clarity within the plan. The policy H35 already includes High Amenity, rural, and mountain zones and should include the Liffey Valley 'I' Zone also, so the amendment PA021 should be updated with policy H35 which should read as follows:
1.2.52.vii Policy H35: Replacement Dwellings in Rural Areas and Liffey Valley Zone
It is the policy of the Council, when considering planning applications for the refurbishment or replacement of existing dwellings in Liffey Valley, rural, mountain and high amenity zones,
- To be satisfied that there is a genuine need of replacement and/ or refurbishment.
- To be satisfied that the roof, internal and external walls of the dwelling are substantially intact.
- Require that in mountain, Liffey Valley and high amenity zones the replacement house shall be constructed substantially on the footprint of the existing house, unless there is a strong planning reason to allow alternative siting to be permitted (e.g. existing house within 200m of a stream or water course).
REPORT:
At the meetings in May 2010, the Council Members were advised that the introduction of another zoning would add further complexity to the Development Plan without any real effective increase in protection to already highly protected lands. This remains the strong advice of the Manager.
In the event of the 'I zoning being maintained it is considered that the proposed addition is a clarification.
However, it should be noted that this motion illustrates the complex and issues of integration and consitency of this significant new provsion into the Plan which could well give rise to unintended consquences.
Manager’s Recommendation:
In the event of the 'I' zoning being retained this motion be adopted to include reference to the 'I' zoning in Policy H 35.