COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING
Thursday, June 17, 2021
MOTION NO.
MOTION: Councillor B. Lawlor, Councillor S. O'Hara
To amend the Draft County Development Plan to include the provision of a Local Area Plan for Rathcoole
REPORT:
The Draft County Development Plan states that Local Area Plans will be prepared for areas where new development requires a co-ordinated approach and in particular for areas that are likely to experience large scale residential or commercial development or regeneration.
The Draft County Development Plan states that 7% of new homes are planned within the three settlements of Saggart, Newcastle and Rathcoole which will develop at an incremental pace based on the delivery of social, physical and transport infrastructure and services. As part of the deliverability analysis, the Core Strategy Table 10 identifies that approximately 7% of the total units to be constructed over the plan period will be located within three settlements of Saggart, Newcastle and Rathcoole totalling 1,314 units approximately.
In regard to the area of Rathcoole Table 10 provides for a growth of 580 units over the plan period (averaging 100 units/year over the plan period). Rathcoole is not an area that will experience significant large-scale development, therefore it is not considered appropriate to include a specific objective as outlined in the above motion.
It should be noted that SM6 SLO 1 in the draft Plan seeks ‘To Investigate the need to carry out a traffic and transport study for Rathcoole, Saggart and Newcastle and the surrounding areas following the publication of the GDA Strategy review to 2042 which will clarify the context within which the road network in the area will function’.
In line with the provisions of Chapter 5 Quality Design and Healthy Placemaking policy QDP13 it is a policy of the plan to prepare Local Area Plans as appropriate, prioritising areas that are likely to experience large scale residential or commercial development or regeneration. Having regard to the quantum of development planned for Rathcoole, to the various policies and objectives in the Plan to ensure sensitive development and to the provisions of SM6 SLO 1 to investigate the need for a traffic and transport study, it is not considered that the proposed motion should be adopted.
Refer to Motion ID 70531, 70532
Recommendation
It is recommended that this motion is not adopted