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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, June 18, 2015

MOTION NO. 56

MOTION: Councillor P. Donovan

That the manager considers amending Section 2.1.1 Housing for Older People H3 Objective 2 to include that such sub divisions would have a full cumulative Traffic and Parking impact report included and considered as part of their application. 

REPORT:

The Traffic Assessment Guidelines (2014) advise that Traffic Impact Statements are only required for major traffic generating development. It is an additional requirement under Section 11.4.5 of the Draft Development Plan for such impact statements to be prepared where a particular development may have a significant impact on the County road network.

A widespread requirement to carry out a Traffic Impact Statement for all sub-division proposals for housing for older people is considered unnecessary. Such a prescribed requirement would place an unnecessary and inequitable burden on applications for such development particularly for small scale proposals.

All development proposals within the County will be assessed against the policies and standards in relation to parking as set out under Chapter 6 Transport and Mobility and Chapter 11 Implementation. It is recommended that the motion be amended accordingly.

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment.

Amend H3 Objective 2 to require development proposals to be subject to the car parking standards set out under Chapter 11 Implementation and to require the submission of Traffic Impact Statements in the case of major traffic generating developments or where it is considered that there would be a significant impact on the County road network.