COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING
Thursday, June 17, 2021
MOTION NO. 156
MOTION: Councillor William Joseph Carey, Councillor Derren Ó Brádaigh
Page 94 Policy NCBH Insert SLO It shall be a specific local objective to extend the scope and physical area of the Clondalkin Architectural Conservation Area to incorporate the RC church and convent including its grounds from New Road across to Convent Road and to extend out to include the site of St Bridgids Well.
REPORT:
It is proposed to include a new objective in the Development Plan for the preparation of a LAP for Clondalkin. A wide variety of issues would be dealt with under the remit of the LAP which would include a conservation plan for the village area. The possibility of extending the scope and physical area of the Clondalkin ACA, as sought by the motion, could be considered of as part of this conservation plan.
The new objective would read as follows: ‘To prepare a LAP for Clondalkin, the extent of the boundary to be defined, which will be guided by the Local Area Plans Guidelines for Planning Authorities, 2013 (Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government) or any superseding guidelines and which will incorporate:
- A vision for the development of Clondalkin
- Wider urban design principles
- Framework plans for larger infill sites
- A Conservation Plan
- A local Green Infrastructure strategy derived from the County GI Strategy
- Transport movement study.’
Recommendation: It is recommended that the motion be adopted with amendment, to recognise that the issues raised in the motion will be dealt with through the inclusion of a new objective in the Development Plan as follows:
‘To prepare a LAP for Clondalkin, the extent of the boundary to be defined, which will be guided by the Local Area Plans Guidelines for Planning Authorities, 2013 (Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government) or any superseding guidelines and which will incorporate:
- A vision for the development of Clondalkin
- Wider urban design principles
- Framework plans for larger infill sites
- A Conservation Plan
- A local Green Infrastructure strategy derived from the County GI Strategy
Transport movement study.’