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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, June 18, 2015

MOTION NO. 199

MOTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

To add the following sentence to the end of section 5.2.2 (Retail Hierarchy): “For the purposes of clarity, the Settlement Hierarchy (and in particular the pre-eminence of our County’s traditional villages) shall take precedence when considering application for non-retail civic, public service and community developments; and a sequential approach shall apply as appropriate for such applications.

Co-sponsored by Cllrs Brophy, Casserly, Dermody, Egan, Higgins, Donovan

REPORT:

The principle of the motion is recommended to be adopted. The Chief Executive’s Draft includes a complementary objective under UC Policy 3 stating;

UC3 Objective 7:

To reinforce village centres as a priority location for new mixed use development and to promote and support new development that consolidates the existing urban character with quality of design, integration and linkage as important considerations.

It is considered that the motion should include a minor amendment to include a reference to the town centres of the County for clarity (i.e Clondalkin and Tallaght which overlap as village centres)

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is adopted with minor amendment to include the town centres in the text as follows:

To recognise the pre-eminence of our County’s town centres and traditional villages as the preferred location in considering proposals for non-retail civic, public service and community development; and to apply a sequential approach as appropriate for such proposals.