COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SDZ, LAPS AND PLANNING PROJECTS

Friday, January 26, 2018

MOTION NO. 277

MOTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

That, in light of the chronic and unsustainable traffic congestion on Newcastle Road, that the planning scheme be amended to prevent residential development in Area 11 – Adamstown Extension.

REPORT:

Response

This motion relates to Development Area 11 Adamstown Extension.

The Draft Planning Scheme for the Clonburris SDZ has been prepared as a direct result of Government legislation (S.I. No. 604 of 2015). The SDZ Order identifies the lands at Clonburris, consisting of 280 hectares, as a site for the establishment of an SDZ and deems the lands to be of economic and social importance to the State. The lands that make up Development Area 11 / Adamstown Extension Character Area are included in this Government designation and therefore must comprise part of the Planning Scheme.

The Government’s position on the Clonburris SDZ is reinforced by the classification of the SDZ lands as a Major Urban Housing Development Site (MUHDS), and also the allocation of funding in 2017, to the SDZ lands under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF).

In this regard Development Area 11 Adamstown Extension has been designated for residential development (approx. 450 dwellings) under the Draft SDZ Planning Scheme in accordance with: 

• the requirements of the SDZ Order (S.I. No. 604 of 2015) for the subject lands in terms of residential development within the ‘designated area’;
• the Interim Housing Strategy for South Dublin County (2016) in terms of meeting the housing needs for the County (32,650 dwellings between 2016 and 2022);
• the Guidelines on Sustainable Residential Development in Urban Areas (2009) in terms of overall residential density across the SDZ lands.

Removal of reference to or development of Development Area 11 Adamstown Extension, which has little or no constraints (access and site levels etc.), will benefit from the impending R120 upgrade and has been included in the current County Development Plan Core Strategy to meet the housing needs of the County, would be at variance with the SDZ Order, the Housing Strategy and the statutory ministerial guidelines. Sections 28(1) and 168(4) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended), requires SDZ Planning Schemes to be consistent with the relevant housing strategy and require Planning Authorities to have regard to ministerial guidelines.

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is not adopted.

Strategic Environmental Assessment of Chief Executive’s Recommendation

No interaction with Strategic Environmental Objectives.

Appropriate Assessment Screening of Chief Executive’s Recommendation

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