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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, June 17, 2021

MOTION NO. 6

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

Add a new objective, CS5 Objective 6: To ensure that a section of any lands zoned EE or REGEN are set aside for local enterprise hubs for developing businesses or for shared workspaces serving people who are unable to work from home but who want to carry out their work close to where they live.

REPORT:

Policy 5 of the draft Plan states: ‘Ensure that sufficient serviced lands continue to be available in the right place for employment generation over the lifetime of the Development Plan.’

This motion seeks a new objective under Policy 5 as follows:

To ensure that a section of any lands zoned EE or REGEN are set aside for local enterprise hubs for developing businesses or for shared workspaces serving people who are unable to work from home but who want to carry out their work close to where they live.

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment to reflect that the existing objectives EDE 3 Objectives 5, 6 and 7 and EDE 4 Objectives 7 and 12 as currently set out in the CE Draft Plan appropriately provide for the intent of the motion.