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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, June 18, 2015

MOTION NO. 72

MOTION: Councillor D. O'Donovan

2.1.2 H3 SLO 1: That the lands zoned residential on the Scholarstown Road, opposite St. Colmcilles Secondary School and Woodfield Estates would be more suitable for this development, given its proximity to local shops, public transport, etc.  

Co sponsored by Cllr. Francis Duffy, Cllr. Paul Gogarty, Cllr. Francis Timmons, Cllr. Guss O’Connell, Cllr. Dermot Richardson

REPORT:

H3 SLO 1 has been framed in the context of the constraints of the Edmondstown Site, which is bound on its southern side by the M50 and by golf course lands zoned ‘OS’ (open space) on its western and northern sides with the only opportunity for access from a relatively narrow rural road (Whitechurch Road).

This site is therefore only suitable for low density development such as housing for older people and would help address the identified need for such housing within the Metropolitan Consolidation Area. This reflects the SLO for low density development on the Edmondstown Site under the current County Development Plan.

The site located opposite St. Colmcille’s Secondary School differs from the Edmonstown Site in that it is serviced, readily accessible from surrounding roads and is proximate to local schools. The Scholarstown Road site would therefore be suited to a more varied mix of housing typologies including housing for older people and younger households. The site has also been zoned for residential development without restriction since the adoption of the first County Development Plan in 1972.

The proposed motion would result in an inefficient use of long established residential zoned lands lands along the Scholarstown Road in terms of meeting the population and housing needs of the County as identified under the Core Strategy. This would require the identification of an alternative site for a mix of housing typologies within the Metropolitan Consolidation Area of the County and/or increased densities to make up for the shortfall in housing capacity.

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is not adopted.