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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SDZ, LAPS AND PLANNING PROJECTS

Friday, January 26, 2018

MOTION NO. 257

MOTION: Councillor P. Gogarty

In Section 2.10 after section headed Griffeen Valley Park Extension, insert the following headings and text:

Giffeen Extension Sports Zone

This section adjoining the Griffeen Valley Park Extension shall be purely for active sports recreation on playing pitches, suitable for use by local GAA, soccer, cricket and hockey clubs, as well as by local schools. The largest pitches, eg suitable for GAA shall be marked and posted, with smaller pitches fitting across the main pitches. There will also be open space suitable for the erection of child-friendly goalposts, a cricket pitch, rounders etc. Dressing rooms with toilets shall be provided at this location as well as secure storage space for sports equipment.

Clonburris Sports Campus

This section being located between Lucan East Educate Together, the post-primary school currently earmarked for Griffeen Community College and the existing Kishoge Community College shall serve as a community facility as well as to serve the needs of local schools in terms of active recreation. The lands shall include walkways but shall generally be purely for active outdoor sports recreation on playing pitches, suitable for use as GAA, soccer, hockey etc, as well as potentially for an all weather pitch. The largest pitches, eg suitable for GAA shall be marked and posted, with smaller pitches fitting across the main pitches. There will also be open space suitable for the erection of child-friendly goalposts. Dressing rooms with toilets shall be provided at this location as well as secure storage space for sports equipment.

[If Canal Extension housing is deleted rather than reorientated please also add the following]

Canal Sports Campus

This section shall be exclusively for playing pitches for sports clubs and local schools.

Cllrs G. O'Connell, L. O'Toole and F. Timmons

REPORT:

The Draft Planning Scheme fully supports the provision of open space on the SDZ lands. In relation to amendments to the Character and Development Areas however, the Chief Executive does not agree with the removal of Adamstown Extension, Kishoge North West and Kishoge North East as referred to in items 56476, 56503, 56505 and 56506.

The proposed motion does not reflect the carefully considered and co-ordinated approach of the Draft Planning Scheme and the SDZ Order for the subject lands.

The Character and Development Areas concept has been carefully considered as part of the urban design approach including the green infrastructure and land use strategies of the Draft Planning Scheme reflects the requirements of the SDZ Order to prioritise residential development.

As such, the overall intent of this motion or the preceding motions relating to this issue.

 

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is not adopted.

 

Strategic Environmental Assessment of Chief Executive’s Recommendation

No interaction with Strategic Environmental Objectives.

Strategic Environmental Assessment of Proposed Motion

The parks and landscape strategy works with the surface water strategy and ecological considerations and altering significantly elements of this could give rise to conflict with a number of SEOS, namely Water, Biodiversity, Green Infrastructure and Landscape. Potential in-combination and cumulative effects could arise in association with this motion; therefore it is not recommended for adoption.

Appropriate Assessment Screening of Chief Executive’s Recommendation

No likely significant effects on European sites within the SDZ’s zone of influence are predicted.