COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, June 18, 2015

MOTION NO. 193

MOTION: Councillor E. Higgins

That Figure 5.2 be amended to include Brittas as Level 5 enterprise

Co sponsor: Cllr. Dermot Richardson

REPORT:

The Retail Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2008 - 2016 sets out a five-tier Retail Hierarchy for the Greater Dublin Area. The South Dublin County Retail Hierarchy in Table 5.1 is derived from and follows the five tier hierarchy of the Retail Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2008 – 2016.

Level 5 of the South Dublin hierarchy includes ‘Corner Shops’ in the County. Figure 5.2 illustrates the top levels of the retail hierarchy in the County, namely Level 1, 2, 3 & only the Village centres from level 4. The mapping of the remainder of Level 4 (all the Local Centres – ‘LC’ zoning) and all the corner shops (Level 5) in the County would impinge on the strategic clarity of the map.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the motion be adopted with amendment to rename the title of Figure 5.2 and the legend to clarify that the Figure does not include the entire retail hierarchy in the County.