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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

MOTION NO. 15

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

That the Chief Executive give an update as to when it is intended to initiate a Local Area Plan for the REGN area of Cherry Orchard Industrial Estate and will he make a statement on it,

REPORT:

The western section of Cherry Orchard Industrial Estate was zoned to REGEN in the 2016-2022 Development Plan. The lands comprise approximately 7.7 hectares.

A planning application for 144 apartments on units 64 and 65 of the Industrial Estate is currently with An Bord Pleanala under the SHD process and is due for decision in May 2022, this was recently presented to the ACM as part of the SHD process.

The REGEN zoning objective in the 2016 Development Plan is ‘To facilitate enterprise and/or residential-led regeneration’. As such there is no requirement under the zoning objective for an LAP.  At pre-planning stage, the applicants were advised by the Council that they needed to demonstrate how their development could integrate into the remaining REGEN lands as part of a wider masterplan. However, this is now a matter for the Board.

The prioritisation of LAPs has to take account of areas that are likely to experience large

scale residential or commercial development or regeneration having regard to the availability of resources to prepare them. While it is acknowledged that change will occur over time as a result of the REGEN zoning in this area, its extent is not such that an LAP for the lands can be prioritised on the current work programme.