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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

MOTION NO. 13

MOTION: Councillor T. Gilligan

"That this Area Committee asks the Chief Executive to provide clarifications on the apparent discrepancies and gaps as outlined in the attached; Slide 14 and 15 Council Meeting June 14th Rathcoole Query for SDCC; referring to the maps presented in slides 14 and 15 at the June 14th Council Meeting which are publicly available at: http://www.sdublincoco.ie/Meetings/ViewDocument/70801."

REPORT:

Mapping presented under HI 14 of the June 2021 Council Meeting in relation to Rathcoole was sourced from draft material that is work in progress. 

Following approval from the Elected Members, CS10 SLO 1 was inserted into the Draft County Development Plan to go on public display in July 2021. The SLO reads:

To investigate the potential for alternative land uses for the lands currently zoned RES-N (To provide for new residential communities in accordance with approved area plans) and OS (To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities) as identified by the SLO on the CDP land use zoning map, having regard to protecting existing habitats, Biodiversity and the Rathcoole Woodlands, the need for social and affordable housing, community infrastructure and access. Following this assessment, and where alternative land use arrangements are identified in line with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area, to bring forward proposals for re-zoning.

On foot of CS10 SLO 1, the review of draft ecological survey work and completion of the investigation of alternative land uses and zonings is ongoing and will be made available once complete.