COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING
Thursday, June 17, 2021
MOTION NO. 120
MOTION: Councillor Peter Kavanagh, Councillor Liam Sinclair, Councillor L. Donaghy, Councillor S.McEneaney
Natural, Cultural and Built Heritage - pg 75 Motion in the names of Cllrs. Donaghy, Kavanagh, McEneaney and Sinclair To amend NCBH 8 Objective 5 as follows: To protect the upper Dodder Valley from Old Bawn Bridge to Fort Bridge as an ecological network free from intrusive lighting, facilitating the protection of light-sensitive species availing of the river corridor, and providing an appropriate urban/rural transition experience for all users including walkers and cyclists.
REPORT:
This motion proposes to amend the wording of NCBH 8 Objective 5 from:
“To protect the upper Dodder Valley from Old Bawn Bridge to Fort Bridge as an ecological network free from intrusive lighting, facilitating the protection of light-sensitive species availing of the river corridor, and providing an appropriate urban/rural transition experience for walkers and cyclists”.
To:
“To protect the upper Dodder Valley from Old Bawn Bridge to Fort Bridge as an ecological network free from intrusive lighting, facilitating the protection of light-sensitive species availing of the river corridor, and providing an appropriate urban/rural transition experience for all users including walkers and cyclists”.
It is considered that this motion is acceptable with amendment insofar as not specifying walkers and cyclists, but the objective should simply say for ‘all’.
Recommendation
It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment, so that objective NCBH 8 Objective 5 reads:
To protect the upper Dodder Valley from Old Bawn Bridge to Fort Bridge as an ecological network free from intrusive lighting, facilitating the protection of light-sensitive species availing of the river corridor, and providing an appropriate urban/rural transition experience for all.