COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

MOTION NO.9

MOTION: Councillor D. Looney

"That this Area Committee again notes that under CS6 SLO1 of the current County Development Plan, a Ballymount Local Area Plan was to have been prepared and the process concluded by the end of 2018; asks for an update on the work carried out since the May meeting; and calls for the process to be initiated as soon as possible."

REPORT:

The Planning Department has commenced work on the preparation of the Ballymount Local Area Plan (LAP) in accordance with the requirement of Core Strategy Policy 6 Local Area Plans (CS6 SLO1) of the South Dublin Development Plan 2016 – 2022 (the Development Plan).

On the 3 July 2018 the Minister for Planning Housing and Local Government launched the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF).

The URDF has an allocation of €2 billion in the National Development Plan (NDP) to 2027. A call for proposals is now open until midday on Friday 28th September 2018.

The Fund is the largest publicly funded urban regeneration initiative in Ireland for many years and in line with the objectives of the National Planning Framework (NPF), is designed to leverage a greater proportion of residential and commercial development, supported by infrastructure, services and amenities, within the existing built ‘footprint’ of our larger urban areas. The Planning Department is currently preparing an application for the Ballymount area.

In light of the URDF bid, the Chief Executive is commencing Variation No 3, to the South Dublin County Development Plan 2016 -2023 to rezone existing “EE” - ‘To provide for enterprise and employment related uses” lands to “REGEN” – “To facilitate enterprise and/or residential-led regeneration”.

Work on the Ballymount LAP will continue in parallel with the URDF application and Variation No 3. However it would be premature to advance in the Ballymount LAP until the success or otherwise of the URDF application is known and Variation No 3 has been completed.