COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

MOTION NO. 266

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

20. Page 33 Infrastructure and Utilities Bullet new no. 12 amend as follows • To work alongside relevant stakeholders NTA,TII,EPA to promote and improve a safer noise protection infrastructure in line with population growth and traffic increase along our national road N4 and N7. 

REPORT:

The key objective of the South Dublin County Council (SDCC) Noise Action Plan 2018-2023 is to avoid, prevent and reduce, where necessary, on a prioritised basis the harmful effects arising from long term exposure to environmental noise including from road traffic and rail. This will be achieved by taking a strategic approach to managing environmental noise and undertaking a balanced approach in the context of sustainable development and of the Environmental Noise Regulations.

IE7 Objective 3 of the current South Dublin County Development Plan 2016-2022 seeks to implement the relevant spatial planning recommendations and actions of the Dublin Agglomeration Environmental Noise Action Plan 2013 – 2018.

Provision is made for the management of noise in the County under the CE Recommendation which will allow for considered objectives and policies to be included in the draft plan, including provision for any policy or other relevant recommendations of the Noise Action Plan and Environmental Noise Regulations.

Recommendation:  It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment. This type of policy provision can be considered as part of the draft plan preparation on foot of the CE Strategic Recommendation (See Part 3) page 33 as follows; ‘Promote and support the pro-active management of noise including the South Dublin County Council’s Noise Action Plan 2018-2023 which is due for review during the lifetime of the Plan’.