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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, June 18, 2015

MOTION NO. 204

MOTION: Councillor D. Looney

Re-insert SLO 57 from previous plan;

"Promote and facilitate appropriate development at the former McHugh’s Shopping Arcade site on St. James’ Road, Greenhills to provide for both community and commercial services for local residents."

Co signed by Cllr FN Duffy

REPORT:

The subject site has a Land Use Zoning Objective ‘LC’: ‘To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Local Centres’ in the CE Draft Plan.

As part of the review of the existing County Development Plan 2010 - 2016, the content of SLO 57 was considered in the shaping of the local centre policies and objectives in the CE Draft Plan.

The CE Draft Plan contains the following policies and objectives for Local Centres:

Urban Centre (UC) Policy 5 Local Centres

It is the policy of the Council to encourage the provision of an appropriate mix, range and type of uses in Local Centres, including retail, community, recreational, medical and childcare uses, at a scale that caters predominantly for a local level catchment, subject to the protection of the residential amenities of the surrounding area.

UC5 Objective 1:To support the improvement of Local Centres, and encourage the use of upper floors, with due cognisance to the quality of urban design, integration, linkage, accessibility and protection of residential amenity.

UC5 Objective 2:                 To support and facilitate the location of small scale community facilities within accessible local centres, subject to adaptable design for a variety of uses.

UC5 Objective 3:                 To improve walking and cycling infrastructure within the local catchment of centres.

Retail (R) Policy 8 Local Centres

It is the policy of the Council to maintain and enhance the retailing function of Local Centres.

R8 Objective 1:     To support the development of Local Centres as sustainable, multifaceted, retail led mixed use Local Centres.

R8 Objective 2:     To ensure that the scale and type of retail offer in Local Centres is sufficient to serve a local catchment, without adversely impacting on or drawing trade from higher order retail centres.

It is considered that the content of Specific Local Objective 57 from the 2010 – 2016 Plan is subsumed in the local centres policies and objectives in Chapter 5 Urban Centres and Retailing of the CE Draft Plan and a SLO is not required to promote and facilitate appropriate development for both community and commercial services for local residents at a local centre zoned site.

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion not be adopted.