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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SDZ, LAPS AND PLANNING PROJECTS

Thursday, January 23, 2020

MOTION NO. 5

MOTION: Councillor Teresa Costello

Special Council Meeting to Consider the Draft Tallaght Town Centre Local Area Plan

Given the high levels of existing traffic in the Cookstown Industrial Estate and Central Tallaght area that greater efforts are made in this LAP to outline what measures will be taken to address traffic management and increasing traffic congestion and what measures are there to promote and encourage the switch from the private car to public transport

REPORT:

The urban design strategy for the LAP was formulated using best practice urban design principles; urban function, movement and public transport, land use, building height and density.The plan is based on a detailed urban design assessment around the core concepts of centrality and distance from public transport. The Plan approach is characterised by cascading heights and intensity outwards from the core of the Town Centre and public transport nodes and using the existing hierarchy of streets.

The urban design team were supported by traffic consultants. The access and movement elements of the plan incorporate public transport (luas and bus network) and the existing road network (enhanced; providing additional connections within the LAP lands and to adjoining areas). It is based as stated above, on providing access and permeabiilty to existing elements of public transport, encouraging a shift away from use of the private car, while acknowleding that the private car still has role. The plan is set in the context of proposals to build a new Transport Hub in Tallaght and the proposals for enhanced bus corridors serving Tallaght, all supported by the NTA's Transport Strategy.

In addition, SDCC is about to commence the preparation of a Mobilty Strategy for the county in collaboration with the NTA, which will address transport and accessibility in the area, taking account of the future growth projections of the Tallaght LAP lands.  

Recommendation

No further amendment required as clarification on the matter has been provided.