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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, June 17, 2021

MOTION NO. 37

MOTION: Councillor L. Dunne

Core Strategy CS Policy 7 To amend Section CS7 Objective 1: Promote more intensive population & employment uses, to add the following: 'that focuses on good community, civic and school facilities, good quality streets & spaces & that existing & new neighbourhoods are knitted together alongside essential infrastructure & amenities that are required to develop sustainable communities & employment' within key urban centres, consistent with RPO 4.3

REPORT:

The motion seeks to add additional wording to CS7 Objective 1 as follows:

From: Promote more intensive population and employment uses within the key urban centres, consistent with RPO 4.3.

To: Promote more intensive population and employment uses that focuses on good community, civic and school facilities, good quality streets & spaces & that existing & new neighbourhoods are knitted together alongside essential infrastructure & amenities that are required to develop sustainable communities & employment within the key urban centres, consistent with RPO 4.3.

The motion is considered reasonable. However, having regard to the text and the nature of the objective it is considered that that the new wording should be inserted to improve the objective as follows;

Promote more intensive population and employment uses focussing on good community, civic and school facilities, good quality streets and spaces whereby that existing and new neighbourhoods are knitted together alongside essential infrastructure and & amenities that are required to develop sustainable communities & and employment within the key urban centres, consistent with RPO 4.3.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the motion be adopted with amendments such that CS7 Objective 1 reads

Promote more intensive population and employment uses focussing on good community, civic and school facilities, good quality streets and spaces whereby existing and new neighbourhoods are knitted together alongside essential infrastructure and amenities that are required to develop sustainable communities and employment within the key urban centres, consistent with RPO 4.3.