COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

MOTION NO. 38

MOTION: Councillor Peter Kavanagh

To include the following as strategic direction for the plan: Population Growth and Housing · To ensure that the promotion of infill development does not preclude communities having access to valuable green spaces by ensuring that planned developments include shared green areas and tree coverage.

REPORT: 

The 2022 – 2028 South Dublin County Development Plan will be guided by Green Infrastructure and Open Space Strategies which will aim to ensure that the ecological, economic, and social benefits of Green Space can be integrated into relevant policy and objectives across the Development Plan.  

The current Development Plan includes standards for open space which must be achieved in new developments. These standards will be reviewed for the draft Plan with the aim of ensuring that they are benchmarked against national and international best practice. 

A number of CE Recommendations will allow for the preparation of the draft plan to consider appropriate quantum and quality of green spaces and tree coverage including but not limited to the following:  

Overarching strategic direction: Promote quality of life for all generations through the creation of healthy and attractive places to live, work, visit, invest and study in, as an overarching consideration in the preparation of the Draft Plan.   

And in Community Services: Informed by the Green Infrastructure and Parks and Open Space Strategies, recognise the diverse and key roles that parks and open spaces have for sustainable communities and healthy placemaking. 

Recommendation:

It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment to recognise that this type of policy provision or objective is overly detailed for this strategic stage but could be considered as part of the draft plan preparation on foot of the strategic direction provided under the CE Recommendation(See Part 3) page 31 as follows; 

Informed by the Green Infrastructure and Parks and Open Space Strategies, recognise the diverse and key roles that parks and open spaces have for sustainable communities and healthy placemaking.