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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, February 13, 2012

QUESTION NO.9

QUESTION: Councillor J. Hannon

To ask the Manager to report on what, if any, action has been taken to undertake a planning and housing study of the Brittas village area, given the 2011 timescale stipulated in the Development Plan?

REPLY:

Specific Local Objective 93 of the County Development Plan 2010 is to "carry out a planning study of the Brittas Village area..." The objective seeks that the study would be completed in 2011.  Public consultation on the N81 upgrade was ongoing in 2011 on behalf of the National Roads Authority and given that the existing road passes through the Village, the outcome of any upgrade is likely to have significant implications for the Brittas area.  It would have been premature to undertake a separate planning study for the area until the outcome of this process, which remains at initial planning stage, is known.  The Planning Department progressed other significant work priorities including several Local Area Plans, Development Plan variations and funded local infrastructure projects in 2011.  Subject to the conclusion of the N81 initial planning process and work prioritisation within the Planning Department, it is intended to commence work on a Brittas study by the end of 2012.