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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Monday, September 06, 2010

HEADED ITEM NO. 28

HEADED ITEM:

Recommended deletion to Proposed Amendment PA228 which relates to zoning of lands, north of the Naas Road.

REPLY:

The main local challenges facing this County are the maintenance and improvement of a sustainable economic base; the maintenance of existing jobs and the creation of new employment opportunities. One of the core strategic aims of the development plan is the promotion of significant new economic development along defined economic corridors based on fixed and developing public transport corridors. The site, although located in close proximity to the N7, is not accessible by public transport and is not located along a public transport corridor. Furthermore, a substantial amount of industrial and enterprise land has been zoned within the County and it is considered that this would be sufficient to meet the needs of industry and enterprise and employment during the development plan period. Having regard to all the above points it is considered that sufficient land has been zoned to accommodate the growth of existing and proposed businesses during the life time of the plan and the site should remain as Zoning Objective B ‘to protect and improve rural amenity and to provide for the development of agriculture’.  It would not be appropriate at this stage to rezone this land. Furthermore the lands are located directly adjacent to Casement Aerodrome, high security facility.  It is noted that the rezoning of these lands would undermine the preferred development strategy of the Environmental Report and also result in significant residual negative impacts on the receiving environment.

The site would not have direct access onto or from the N7 without the prior agreement of the National Roads Authority.

 

Manager’s Recommendation

The zoning of the site should revert back to the Draft Plan Zoning, which was zoned Objective ‘B’.