COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING
Thursday, June 17, 2021
MOTION NO. 155
MOTION: Councillor F. Timmons
That this council sets an objective to preserve and classify? Newcastle village as a village that represents one of the last remaining villages in Ireland that still retains a vestige of its Norman heritage. This is reflected in the layout of the village lands within a manor setting, set on either side of Main Street in long, linear fields known as burgage plots. A small remnant of this landform exists in Rathcoole also and that this plan protects both
REPORT:
The status of Newcastle as a designated Architectural Conservation Area is recognised in the CE Draft Development Plan in Section 3.5.3 Architectural Conservation Areas.
The village is also covered by a Local Area Plan which identifies the importance of the heritage of Newcastle, including the burgage plots, in its policies, objectives and overall indicative layout. For example, an objective of the LAP is:
‘Preserve, incorporate, enhance and respond to the setting of existing archaeological and historic features including burgage plots and tower house sites.’
It is considered that the objective in the LAP could be incorporated into the Development Plan and that it would be best placed in Chapter 5, Quality Design and Healthy Placemaking as a new objective QDP3 Objective 4.
Recommendation: It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment to insert a new objective in Chapter 6 – QDP3 Objective 4 to read:
‘Preserve, incorporate, enhance and respond to the setting of existing archaeological and historic features including burgage plots and tower house sites where these arise.’