COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, June 18, 2015

MOTION NO. 276

MOTION: Councillor D. Looney

11.6.5 (iii) Waste Recovery and Disposal Facilities

Paragraph 2 currently states;

"The provision of waste recovery facilities, pre–treatment infrastructure and development of indigenous secondary waste processing, including Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) and Waste Transfer Stations will be facilitated at appropriate locations within the County. Facilities will only be permitted where they do not materially detract from the Land Use Zoning Objective and are at a scale appropriate to its surrounding environment and adjoining amenities."

Change to;

"The provision of waste recovery facilities, pre–treatment infrastructure and development of indigenous secondary waste processing, including Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) and Waste Transfer Stations will only be facilitated at appropriate locations within the County. No new facilities will be permitted in the Dublin 12 and 22 area of the County. Facilities will only be permitted where they do not materially detract from the Land Use Zoning Objective and are at a scale appropriate to its surrounding environment and adjoining amenities."

Co signed by Cllr FN Duffy

REPORT:

The motion proposes to add that

‘No new facilities will be permitted in the Dublin 12 and 22 area of the County’ into Section 11.6.5 (iii) Waste Recovery and Disposal Facilities.

Dublin 12 and Dublin 22 include a number of industrial estates (including parts of Ballymount) zoned ‘EE” ‘To provide for enterprise and employment related uses’. Refuse Transfer Stations and Recycling facilities are amongst the uses ‘permitted in principle’ in the EE zone. It is considered that any proposals for Waste Recovery and Disposal Facilities in the County should be considered on their merits, having regard to the policies and objectives of the Plan and the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.

The Development Plan is a strategic County wide document and it is not recommended to prohibit development based on postal codes in geographical sections of the County without assessment or consideration of the zoning of the areas.

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion not be adopted.