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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN/PALMERSTOWN/FONTHILL AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

MOTION NO. 16

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

Given that An Bord Pleanala turned down the most recent planning application for the Palmerstown Business Site, and given that any development on this significant area will have a huge impact on the Heritage Village of Palmerstown and also on the declared intention to upgrade the R148/Kennelsfort Rd junction and that the entrance to this site is already vexatious, that a Local Area Plan be prepared for the Village Area of Palmerstown.

REPORT:

The County Development Plan 2016 - 2022 outlines what Local Area Plans will be prepared during it's 6 year lifetime. Under this Plan, Palmerstown is not an area which will be subject to the preparation of a Local Area Plan (LAP).

The Local Area Plan Guidelines for Planning Authorities (2013) advise that the decision to make a Local Area Plan should take cognisance of the degree to which major development is anticipated such as to justify the preparation of a stand alone plan, the resource implications and the need to focus resources in using the local area plan process for areas where major alterations to the built environment are anticipated. In this context and having regard to the established nature of the Palmerstown area, it is considered that the County Development Plan is an appropriate policy context for Palmerstown.

Furthermore, the Chief Executive outlines that the LAP process requires resources and the priority for these resources is in completing the Tallaght Town Centre LAP, continuing the formulation of a Framework/LAP for the Naas Road area and implementing the Planning Schemes and LAPs for Clonburris, Adamstown, Fortunestown, Newcastle and Ballycullen – Oldcourt respectively.