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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, March 25, 2024

QUESTION NO.

QUESTION: Councillor L. Dunne

To ask the Manager, how many hectares of parkland should there be per 1000 population in the Citywest Area under the current Development plan & to report on how may hectares are currently zoned as parkland in the area?

REPLY:

Standards for open space are set out in the current County Development Plan as 2.4ha per 1000 population.  The Fortunestown LAP was prepared under previous development plans and set out a standard applicable to the Development Plan at that time of a minimum of 14% on lands zoned ‘A1’ (that is, land zoned for new residential requiring a local plan).  While the LAP identified the areas of public open space, Development Plans to date have retained the equivalent of A1 zoning - RES-N  for most of the LAP lands with the exception of Carrigmore Park which is zoned as Open Space.

The phasing requirements of the LAP set out the following:

Phase 1 up to 400 dwellings, the completion of a District Park to the rear of Citywest Shopping Centre (Carrigmore Park - complete)

Phase 2 – completion of a Neighbourhood / District Park at Saggart-Cooldown Commons (nearing completion)

The amount of land required was not specified in hectares in the LAP but it is indicated that the LAP comprised of 144 hectares in total of which approximately 75% of were zoned A1. On that basis, 14% of the 108ha of A1 lands required as open space equated to approximately 11 ha.

Carrigmore Park amounts to c. 5 hectares. Cooldown Commons Park is another approximately 4ha.

The remaining smaller neighbourhood parks and pocket parks / open space will be delivered within the RES-N zoning (previously known as A1 zoning), as part of planning applications for developments.  This is normal as the RES-N zoning allows for open space within the permitted land uses.  As parks are provided, the zoning is usually changed in the next development plan to reflect the land use on the ground.

In total, therefore, there is over 10 ha of public open space / parks delivered with further neighbourhood parks to be delivered as development progresses e.g. Boherboy lands and Cheeverstown lands.