COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, February 04, 2016

MOTION NO. 12

MOTION: Councillor F.N. Duffy

On page 6  include additional sub sections:

1  Mandatory Development Plan Objectives

Include a complete list of these taken from Sec 10 of the 2000 Planning (Amendment) Act as amended by Sec 7 of the 2010 Planning(Amendment) Act.

2  Strategic Framework 

This Plan has been drawn up to be, as far as practicable,  consistent  with National and Regional Plans, Policies and Strategies which relate to proper planning and development and is also required to have regard to Guidelines by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.

3  DoECLG Guidelines 

This Plan has been drawn up to be, as far as practicable, consistent withthe DoECLG Guidelines and relevant strategies, guidelines, plans, policies and objectives of other Departments. Development proposals shall be subject to National guidance and policy.

4    Adjoining counties

This Plan has been drawn up to be consistent with the plans of adjoining counties.  

REPORT:

National Legislation, Ministerial Policy and Guidelines

The statutory legislative requirements for County Development Plans in terms of compliance with national and regional strategies and ministerial guidelines  are already stated in Sections 1.1.0, 1.4.0 and 2.1.0 of the Draft Plan 2016-2022. Reference is also made to various national policy documents and guidelines throughout the Draft Plan.

The Planning and Development Act is a piece of national legislation that is readily accessible to the public and it is not considered necessary or appropriate to list out sections of the legislation in a manner that would add to volume and complexity of the Development Plan, which is a strategic land use document. The statutory contents of a Development Plan as set out under Section 10 of the said act are lengthy and in some cases quite technical and complex. The wording of Section 10 runs to some 2,200 words.

It is also not considered necessary to make a further statements in relation to consistency with ministerial policy or guidelines or to exhaustively list or strategies, guidelines, plans, policies and objectives f various government departments. This would also needlessly add to the volume of the County Development Plan.

National and Regional Plans

The section of the motion that relates to consistency with national and regional plans largely repeats Motion ID 48029 and 48030 and it is recommended that the Plan be amended in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief Executive in relation to the said motions.

Adjoining Counties

It is a statutory requirement for a planning authority to have regard to the development plans of adjoining planning authorities under Planning and Development Legislation.

The Development Plans of adjoining counties have been drawn up at different times and within different contexts and It is not considered appropriate or correct to state that the South Dublin County Council Development has been drawn to be consistent with the plans of other counties.

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment:

State under Section 1.4.2 that the Development Plan has been drawn up to be consistent with the National Spatial Strategy.

State under Section 1.4.3 that the Development Plan has been drawn up to be consistent with the Regional Planning Guidelines.