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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, February 04, 2016

MOTION NO. 107

MOTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

Retail Planning

This Council reaffirms the balanced and reasoned policies and objectives on retail planning contained in the current draft plan, including the three currently-proposed use classes for shops (which do not differentiate between comparison and convenience); and therefore declines to accept the Chief Executive’s recommendations in relation to the addition to the plans of two further use classes relating to ‘Hypermarkets’, ‘Shop – Major Comparison’ and’ Shop - Comparison’.

Co-sponsored by Cllr. Brophy, Casserly, Dermody, Donovan, Egan,

REPORT:

It is considered that the integration of retail land use classes into the Land Use Zoning tables in the Implementation Chapter of the Plan would provide clarity to the content of the retail policies and objectives detailed in Chapter 5. The intention of the classes is to provide a clear framework for retail assessment, both in terms of convenience and comparison retailing. The

Examples of Convenience and Comparison goods:

Convenience Goods: - food; - alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages; - tobacco; - non-durable household goods;

Comparison Goods: - clothing and footwear; - furniture, furnishings and household equipment (excluding non-durable household goods); - medical and pharmaceutical products, therapeutic appliances and equipment; - educational and recreation equipment and accessories; - books, newspapers and magazines;

In term of comparison, the additional classes and the existing classes in the Draft Plan would provide the following policy framework.

Definition	Scale	Land Use Zoning	Comment
Shop – Major Comparison	Large – Wide Catchment	Permitted in Principle: Town Centre (TC) Major Retail Centre (MRC) Open for Consideration: District Centre (DC) Village Centre (VC)	Generally sell higher order goods that are only frequently required and consumer are willing to travel to obtain.
Shop – Comparison	Small - Medium	Permitted in Principle: Town Centre (TC) Major Retail Centre (MRC) District Centre (DC) Village Centre (VC) Open for Consideration: Regeneration (REGEN) Local Centre (LC)	Generally sell medium to lower order goods that are needed more frequently.

In term of convenience, the additional classes and the existing classes in the Draft Plan would provide the following policy framework.

Definition	Size	Land Use Zoning	Comment
Hypermarket	5,000 sqm (max of 4,000 sqm convenience)	Permitted in Principle: None Open for Consideration: Town Centre (TC) Major Retail Centre (MRC) District Centre (DC)	Both food and a range of comparison goods. (max of 4,000 sqm convenience)
Major Sales Outlet	2,500 – 5,000 sqm	Permitted in Principle: Town Centre (TC) Major Retail Centre (MRC) Open for Consideration: District Centre (DC)	Superstore – mainly food
Shop – Neighbourhood	Up to 2,500 sqm	Permitted in Principle: Town Centre (TC) Major Retail Centre (MRC) District Centre (DC) Village Centre (VC) New Residential (RES-N) Local Centre (LC) Open for Consideration: Regeneration (REGEN) Existing Residential (RES) Enterprise & Employment (EE)	Small Supermarket – mainly food
Shop – Local	Up to 100sqm	Permitted in Principle: Town Centre (TC) Major Retail Centre (MRC) District Centre (DC) Village Centre (VC) New Residential (RES-N) Local Centre (LC) Regeneration (REGEN) Existing Residential (RES) Enterprise & Employment (EE)	Corner Shop

This assignment reflects the policies and objectives in the Draft Plan under Section 5.

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is not adopted.