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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

MOTION NO. 254

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

15. Page 32 Natural Heritage and Biodiversity Bullet point 6 amend as follows To review the Tree Preservation Order and Special Local Objective policy, include a list of existing Tree Preservation Orders and Special Local Objectives in the Development Plan. 

REPORT:  

The CE Strategic Recommendations under Natural Heritage & Biodiversity bullet no. 6 provides for the following:

‘Include a list of existing Tree Preservation Orders in the Development Plan’.

The proposed amended wording to this bullet No.6 is:

‘To review the Tree Preservation Order and Special Local Objective policy, include a list of existing Tree Preservation Orders and Special Local Objectives in the Development Plan’ (proposed additional text underlined). 

Section 205 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, makes provision for a planning authority to make a Tree Preservation Order for reasons of amenity or the environment. This is an entirely separate procedure to the Development Plan process and is a reserved function.

 A review of the Council’s Tree Management Policy ‘Living with Trees’ is scheduled to commence in 2021 and will consider Tree Preservation Orders and their role in preserving trees of significant value. The current Development Plan lists TPOs for informational purposes and it is the intention that the new Development Plan will also do this, as per the CE Strategic Recommendation ‘Include a list of existing Tree Preservation Orders in the Development Plan’.

The consideration of Specific Local Objectives is too detailed at this strategic stage of the Development Plan process, however, there will be scope to include SLOs at a later stage under a range of CE Strategic Recommendations.

Recommendation:  It is recommended that this motion is not adopted.