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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 12, 2020

QUESTION NO.15

QUESTION: Councillor Peter Kavanagh

To ask the CEO when the public consultation period for the Green Infrastructure Strategy will start.

REPLY:

Green infrastructure is a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas with other environmental features designed and managed to deliver a wide range of ecosystem services such as water purification, air quality, space for recreation and climate mitigation and adaptation. SDCC have commenced the delivery of a Green infrastructure Strategy which will form the basis for the identification, protection, enhancement and management of the Green Infrastructure network within the County. The Green Infrastructure Strategy is being delivered in tandem with the review of the County Development Plan, which ensures information relating to Green infrastructure is considered and incorporated at an early stage into the County Development Plan review process.  Public consultation of both the Green Infrastructure Strategy and the Draft County Development Plan will be carried out at the same time. This ensures that draft policies and objectives which relate to and interconnect with Green Infrastructure will be considered as an integral part of the County Development Plan review. At present the proposed public consultation period for the draft County Development Plan is the 5^th July 2021-14^th September 2021 and the Green Infrastructure Strategy will form part of that Draft Plan.