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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

MOTION NO. 126

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell, Councillor P. Gogarty, Councillor L. O'Toole

MOTION: COMMUNITY SERVICES 31 Add the clause in red and underscored to the third Bullet point 'Prepare a social infrastructure audit which will inform policy on infrastructure within the County and which identifies and quantifies sustainable and desirable open and public space'.

REPORT:

A social infrastructural audit is being carried out for the entire County in order to inform the Development Plan. This is an evidence-based assessment that examines and analyses the availability and capacity of existing social and community facilities within the county to determine future requirements and make recommendations based on anticipated growth in population and accordingly, identify where future investment is required. This audit includes an analysis of all open space provision within the County.

In addition, a parks and open space strategy for the County is currently being prepared which will also inform the Development Plan and allow for the open space standards in the current Development Plan to be reviewed against best practice and the current provision within the County.

A Green Infrastructure Strategy will also be prepared for the draft Plan. This strategy will include the examination of the different land cover types in the county, identifying areas which are critical as green corridors and which have social, environmental and economic value.

The social infrastructure audit and the Parks and Open Space and Green Infrastructure strategies, all provided for in the CE Recommendations, will complement each other in providing for an evidence base for the provision of open and public space. An amended wording to the motion would not limit the proposed wording to the social infrastructure audit. 

Recommendation:

It is recommended that motion is adopted with amendment:

Support an evidence base to provide for sustainable quantities and quality of open and public space in the County.