COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SDZ, LAPS AND PLANNING PROJECTS

Friday, January 26, 2018

MOTION NO.

MOTION: Councillor E. Higgins

That Section 2.2.7 be amended to specify in units what developments are deemed to have the potential to generate a significant increase in trips on the overall transport network, and would therefore require a Transport and Traffic Assessment as part of the planning application, and that these assessments should look at the cumulative impact of traffic, as per our Development Plan motions successfully passed on this issue.

Cllrs Paula Donovan,Emer Higgins, Vicki Casserly, Kenneth Egan, Brian Lawlor and Conor McMahon

REPORT:

Response

It is accepted that Section 2.2.7 should be amended in line with the proposed motion.

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is adopted.

Insert the following additional text under Section 2.2.7 (Traffic and Transport Assessments):

In addition to the Transport Assessment and Strategy that accompanies this Planning Scheme, the need for Transport and Traffic Assessments (TTAs) should be considered carried out on a case by case basis for developments that have the potential to generate a significant increase in trips on the overall transport network. The thresholds for TTAs are set out under the NTA’s Traffic Management Guidelines (2003) and, in the case of developments that could affect national roads, the NRA’s Traffic and Transport Assessment Guidelines (2014), should be utilised to help inform whether a TTA is necessary.

TTAs will largely be required to address wider public transport, walking and cycling network issues, rather than singularly focusing on impacts on the immediate street network. Such assessments should demonstrate that there is sufficient public transport, pedestrian, cyclist and road capacity to serve the development and should also provide a clear rationale for the proposed level of car parking having regard to existing and planned public and active transport facilities. Cumulative impact of traffic should also be considered.

Strategic Environmental Assessment of Chief Executive’s Recommendation

Additional text providing for cumulative impacts of traffic is positive for material assets SEOS and indirectly for Air Quality SEO.

Appropriate Assessment Screening of Chief Executive’s Recommendation

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