COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Monday, September 06, 2010

HEADED ITEM NO. 18

HEADED ITEM:

Recommended wording change to Proposed Amendment PA126 which relates to Neighbourhood/Small Town/Village Centres and proposes to reduce the upper size limit of supermarket and discount food stores in such centres from 2,500 m.sq. to 1,500 m.sq.

REPLY:

The Retail Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2008-2016 states that Neighbourhood/Small Town/Village Centre should accommodate one supermarket or discount foodstore ranging in size from 1,000-2500m2. The proposed amendment, by changing the size to 1,000-1,500m2, would set the County Development Plan 2010-2016 contrary to national guidance. The national and regional guidance is considered to be reasonable and therefore the range of sizes of supermarkets should revert back to the figures as detailed in the draft development plan. This will allow for the consideration of proposals for the redevelopment of exiting local centres which already have a supermarket larger than 1500sq.m, particularly in the exiting built area of the County

 

Manager’s Recommendation

It is recommended that Proposed Amendment PA126 be omitted from the Draft Development Plan and that the range of size of supermarkets as detailed under Section 3.4.3.iii of the Draft Development Plan should be retained in accordance with the Retail Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area.