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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Tuesday, March 01, 2022

MOTION NO. 25

MOTION: Councillor R. McMahon

Ref - SD-C195-204 Page 326 To increase the area of land from 3.27ha to 3.94ha to LC - Local Centre, as per the original submission on behalf of the Dublin GAA County Board - while leaving the restrictions as per the Chief Executive recommendations in EDE 14 SLO 1.

REPORT:

The motion proposes to increase the area of land from 3.27ha to 3.94ha to Objective LC – Local Centre.  

This issue was submitted to the Draft Plan through the public consultation period under submission SD-C195-204 and the Chief Executive responded under Chapter 2 Core Strategy and Settlement Strategy –  Centre Type Rezoning Submission, pg328-329.  

Having examined and considered the content of the motion, the view of the CE remains unchanged for the following reasons: 

Local Centres are areas which are designated to serve a local catchment within a hierarchy of centre types. The average size of a Local Centre within the entire County is 1.06ha and the largest Local Centre within the Templeogue / Walkinstown / Rathfarnham / Firhouse Neighbourhood in which the Spawell is located, is 1.47ha.  

As it stands, the recommended zoning size of 3.27ha far exceeds the average size of Local Centres within the County but reflects the existing built up area within the Spawell lands encompassing a leisure centre and associated recreational uses as well as existing small scale retail and public house.  

To extend the lands outside 3.27ha would start to incorporate lands outside the existing built up area and facilitate encroachment onto the existing green areas within these lands. Having regard to the local centre zoning and the need to ensure that existing local centres in the locality are not undermined this would not be appropriate.  

It is noted that motion 73869 also relates to the Spawell local centre recommendation and the SLO. 

CE Recommendation:  It is recommended that the motion is not adopted and that the local centre lands encompass an area of 3.27 hectares as set out in the CE Report.