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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

MOTION NO.21

MOTION: Councillor H. Farrell

To call on the Manager to increase the number of allocated parking spaces available to future residents in the Clonburris and Adamstown developments currently underway, or due to commence, to ensure those allocations do not fall below a minimum of 1 parking space per unit.

REPORT:

The County Development Plan 2022-2028 contains Table 12.26 maximum parking rates.  I attach a copy of that table with this motion.  Linked to this low parking policy further parking standards guidance is set out in detail within the Adamstown and Clonburris agreed planning schemes.  Both Strategic Development Zones are designed as low car parking developments with a focus on the provision of compact development, permeability and good pedestrian, cycling and public transport provision.

For 1 bedroom apartment units the maximum parking rate is 0.75 parking spaces per unit in zone 2 (good access to public transport zones).  The maximum parking rate is not a target rate.  The actual provision is recommended to be much lower especially where good public transport and active travel infrastructure is available.  These 2 conditions are present in both the Adamstown and Clonburris SDZ developments.

Low parking provision is essential to allow the high density development targets that are planned within these strategic development zones.  

The provision of additional parking would be in breach of the parking rates set out in the planning scheme - therefore to raise them higher would be breach the granted planning scheme.

Moreover, to increase the parking provision will increase the congestion pressure on the adjacent junctions and the surrounding road network.

In summary, for some types of units in Adamstown and Clonburris SDZ's, for example in 2 and 3 bedroom houses, the parking provision will be 1 space per unit or better.  However, under the current granted plannings and the rules set out in the SDZ planning schemes, some smaller units may have a parking provisions less than 1 space per unit.