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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, June 18, 2015

MOTION NO. 195

MOTION: Councillor A-M. Dermody

To amend Map No. 10 so as to include in the Urban Hierarchy (Figure 5.1) the district centre (level 4) included in the Ballycullen/Oldcourt LAP.

REPORT:

The Ballycullen/ Oldcourt Local Area Plan 2014 includes for a Local Centre, which is Level 4 on the retail hierarchy. The phasing requirements of the LAP require the Local Centre to be developed in tandem with the new residential units in the area. The Urban Hierarchy (Figure 5.1) and the Retail Hierarchy (Figure 5.2) of the CE Draft Plan do not include the Level 4 retail centres in the County (apart from the traditional Village Centres) as they are so numerous. It is considered that the proposed local centre in the Ballycullen/ Oldcourt LAP should not be an exception.

The subject lands of the Ballycullen/ Oldcourt Local Area Plan are zoned ‘RES-N’ with an objective ‘To provide for new residential communities in accordance with the approved area plans’

It is considered that the prepared LAP is the approved area plan for these zoned lands and that the development of the local centre is a phasing requirement of the LAP.

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment

To zone the proposed retail centre specified in the Ballycullen/ Old Court LAP on the relevant zoning map as Local Centre (LC)