COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, June 17, 2021

MOTION NO.

MOTION: Councillor Alan Edge

EDE20: Objective 2. Add text, 'ensuring in HA DM that all such trails are soft landscaped and designed to have the least possible impact in terms of biodiversity and visual amenity.'

REPORT:

EDE 20 Objective 2 states ‘To support the development of local tourist and heritage trails at suitable locations including across the Dublin Mountains, and between and within Brittas-Saggart-Rathcoole; Clondalkin; Lucan; Newcastle-Lyons; Rathfarnham; and Tallaght and seek to make such trails interactive through the use of sensitive signage and the further development of application software.’

Amended wording proposed as follows

‘To support the development of local tourist and heritage trails at suitable locations including across the Dublin Mountains, and between and within Brittas-Saggart-Rathcoole; Clondalkin; Lucan; Newcastle-Lyons; Rathfarnham; and Tallaght and seek to make such trails interactive through the use of sensitive signage and the further development of application software ensuring that ensuring in HA DM that all such trails are soft landscaped and designed to have the least possible impact in terms of biodiversity and visual amenity.'

There is no objection in principle to the proposed wording however the detailed design of heritage trails in the County is not a matter for the County Development Plan

Recommendation

It is recommended that the motion be amended to read as follows;

‘To support the development of local tourist and heritage trails at suitable locations including across the Dublin Mountains, and between and within Brittas-Saggart-Rathcoole; Clondalkin; Lucan; Newcastle-Lyons; Rathfarnham; and Tallaght and seek to make such trails interactive through the use of sensitive signage and the further development of application software ensuring that ensuring in HA DM that all such trails are sensitively landscaped and designed to ensure positive impact on biodiversity and visual amenity'