COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SDZ, LAPS AND PLANNING PROJECTS

Friday, January 26, 2018

MOTION NO. 61

MOTION: Councillor E. Higgins

In line with the Ministerial guidelines on Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Sustainable Residential Development in Urban Areas (2009); that table 2.1.8, table 2.13.1 and all corresponding figures or tables provided in chapter 3 be amended such that the maximum permitted density in all development areas should be 50 units/hectare with the exception of the Clonburris Urban Centre (CUC) and Kishogue Urban Centre (KUC) development areas where maximum permitted density be 68-70 units/hectare

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

REPORT:

The proposed motion would undermine the residential density strategy of the Draft Planning Shem in a manner that would render it inconsistent with the requirements of the Regional Planning Guidelines, statutory residential guidelines and the SDZ Order for the subject lands.

The densities prescribed under the Draft Planning Scheme responds to the designation of Clonburris within a Metropolitan Consolidation Town under the Regional Planning Guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area 2004-2016 (RPGs, 2004) and the positioning of the SDZ lands along a strategic public transport corridor. It is within this context that the SDZ Order (December 2015) for the subject lands requires the development of a comprehensive scheme that makes efficient use of public investment in infrastructural facilities, including public transport. Prescribed densities are also similar to those in the Adamstown SDZ Planning Scheme (2015). It is also advised that the proposed densities are lower when compared to the Clonburris SDZ Planning Scheme and Local Area Plan (2008).

Within the context of the above, the densities prescribed under the Draft Planning Scheme are framed by the Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Sustainable Residential Development in Urban Areas (2009), which recommends minimum net densities of 50 dwellings per hectare within 1 km or a rail station. Within this context, the vast majority of the SDZ Lands are located within 1km of either the Kishoge or Fonthill-Clondalkin railway station with the exception of the Adamstown Extension Development Area where a target density of 48 dwellings per hectare is set.

The proposed motion would result in a reduction of densities in large areas of the SDZ lands that are within 1 km or a rail station and this would represent an inefficient use of the SDZ lands. The proposed motion therefore significantly undermine the density strategy of the Draft Planning scheme to an extent that it would not be consistent with the requirements of the Regional Planning Guidelines, the aforementioned statutory guidelines on residential development and the SDZ Order for the subject lands.

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.