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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

MOTION NO. 97

MOTION: Councillor T. Costello

That any future development of both residential and/or commercial developments in Tallaght village and those areas adjacent to Tallaght village, shall not be higher than or in excess of 4 to 6 stories in height as a maximum, with clear transitions to traditional bungalows and 2 storey buildings.

REPORT:

In December 2018 the Ministerial Guidelines ‘Urban Development and Building Heights Guidelines for Planning Authorities’ were issued which set a national planning policy guidance on building heights in relation to urban areas, as defined by the census, to strengthen the deliverability of National and Regional policy framework. The document has four Specific Planning Policy Requirements (SPPRs) which must be complied with. SPPR 1 outlines Planning Authorities must explicitly identify, through the statutory plans, areas where increased building height will be actively pursued for both redevelopment, regeneration and infill development and shall not provide for blanket numerical limitation on building height. In order to meet these requirements, the Development Plan team are working with consultants in regard to establishing appropriate assessment criteria that will enable proper consideration of development proposals for increased building height linked to the achievement of a greater density of development which will form part of the Draft County Development Plan and meet the requirements of SPPR1. The motion as proposed is contrary to government guidelines and cannot be considered as a direction for the preparation of the draft plan.

Recommendation: It is recommended that this motion is not adopted