COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

MOTION NO. 37

MOTION: Councillor B. Lawlor, Councillor V. Casserly, Councillor K. Egan, Councillor David McManus, Councillor Baby Pereppadan, Councillor S. O'Hara, Councillor L. McCrave

That the County Development Plan includes a vision for developing strategic lands along the N7.

REPORT:

The only strategic lands along the N7 were identified in Variation 3 of the current County Development Plan 2016-2022 where 178ha of Regeneration land was adopted east of the M50.  These strategic lands are identified in Table 5.1 of the Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy as the Naas Road/Ballymount area. The Development Plan must be consistent with the regional and national policy. Variation no. 3 also inserted CS6 SLO1: 

‘To initiate a plan led approach to the sustainable regeneration of the brownfield lands in the Naas Road/Ballymount REGEN zoned lands. The plan led approach will include the preparation of a masterplan in 2019 with a view to preparing a Local Area Plan or other appropriate mechanism for the Regeneration (REGEN) and Local Centre (LC) at Walkinstown zoned lands. The masterplan will provide a framework for the sequential and phased development of the lands, integrating sustainable transport, land use and blue and green infrastructure. The spatial planning of the area will be informed by the Naas Road Framework Plan (2010).’ 

South Dublin County Council and Dublin City Council are undertaking a joint master planning project for the Naas Road, Ballymount, and Park West areas. In July of this year and after a formal procurement process, a multi-disciplinary masterplan team was appointed. Stage I of the project is to prepare a baseline study of the area and to gain an understanding of the site, including but not limited to topics such as, land-use and the economy, demographics, movement and mobility, environmental factors, and site constraints. Stage II of the project involves the preparation of a non-statutory Strategic Framework Plan or Masterplan which will be informed by the work and findings that is currently on-going as part of Stage I. The master planning project, which is due to be completed in Q4 2021, will seek to ensure a sustainable and co-ordinated approach to the future development of the Naas Road area, including the optimisation of strategically important regeneration land and infrastructure investment in line with national policy. 

Recommendation: It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment;  

Facilitate a co-ordinated approach and vision to any future sustainable development of the Naas Road area, east of the M50, in consultation with Dublin City Council, all relevant stakeholders including the local community, and ensure that the needs of the existing and new community will be met and the provision of necessary community and physical infrastructure is delivered in tandem with any new development.