COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

MOTION NO. 122

MOTION: Councillor Carly Bailey

That this County Development Plan will support policies and objectives that protect and enhance existing community resources and support the development and expansion of new facilities and services in tandem with any new development, and to ensure that an intersectional lens be applied to the planning and provision of such infrastructure and facilities to take account of all those who live, work and study in the county in order to promote safe, inclusive and participatory communities for all.

REPORT:

The provision of accessible and adaptable community infrastructure is an important strand for the delivery of sustainable communities and successful urban areas. South Dublin County Council will continue to support the delivery of community infrastructure through a range of plans and programmes including the County Development Plan, based on identified need.

The South Dublin County Council Development Plan 2022-2028 will set out a spatial framework for the provision of a hierarchy of community facilities at County, neighbourhood and local level based on the outcome of a social infrastructure audit and having regard to the County settlement hierarchy. The Plan will seek to improve and provide existing and new community facilities that are universally accessible, in a manner that promotes social inclusion and that where appropriate, are clustered to promote optimum usage.

This motion is broadly covered by CE Strategic Recommendations – Overarching Strategic Direction bullet point 6:  ‘Support and promote social inclusion having regard to the Council’s Corporate Plan and in line with national and regional policy’ and Community Services bullet point 1: ‘Support policies and objectives that protect and enhance existing community resources and support the development and expansion of new facilities and services in proximity to the populations they serve where their need is identified, and resources allow’.

However, it is considered that the insertion of the text ‘in tandem with any new development’ into Community Services Strategic Recommendations bullet point 1 is reasonable.  The amended text would read ‘Support policies and objectives that protect and enhance existing community resources and support the development and expansion of new facilities and services in tandem with any new development, in proximity to the populations they serve where their need is identified, and resources allow’.

Recommendation:

It is recommended that this motion is adopted to amend Community Services bullet point to add the text ‘in tandem with any new development’ such that the revised wording reads as follows:

‘Support policies and objectives that protect and enhance existing community resources and support the development and expansion of new facilities and services in tandem with any new development, in proximity to the populations they serve where their need is identified, and resources allow’.