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Dublin City Development Plan 2022–2028 – Volume 1: Written Statement (as varied by Variations Nos. 1–11)
The council's development plan written statement: its strategy, policies, objectives and development standards.
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- Sustainable Movement and Transport | Chapter 8 261 with relevant stakeholders and agencies, with the objective of sustainably improving road safety on our roads. It is the Policy of Dublin City Council: SMT33 Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets To design new streets and roads within urban areas in accordance with the principles, approaches and standards contained within the Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets (DMURS) and to carry out upgrade works to existing road and street networks in accordance with these standards where feasible. SMT34 Street and Road Design To ensure that streets and roads within the city are designed to balance the needs and protect the safety of all road users and promote place making, sustainable movement and road safety providing a street environment that prioritises active travel and public transport whilst ensuring the needs of commercial servicing is accommodated. SMT35 Traffic Calming and Self-Regulation Street Environments To ensure that all streets and street networks are designed to passively calm traffic through the creation of a self-regulating street environment that are suited to all users, including pedestrians and cyclists. It is an Objective of Dublin City Council: SMTO33 Traffic Signal Control To continue investment in the city’s computer-based area traffic signal control system and in other Information Technology (IT) systems to increase the capacity of Dublin City Council’s traffic department to manage traffic in the city and to improve the priority given to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport in the city. SMTO34 Speed Limits and Traffic Calmed Areas To expand the 30kph speed limits and traffic calmed areas at appropriate locations throughout the city and subject to stakeholder consultation. SMTO35 Review of Traffic Management and Calming Plans To review neighbourhood schemes and traffic management and calming plans for local areas throughout the city in consultation with local communities and subject to availability of resources.
- Sustainable Movement and Transport | Chapter 8 262 It is an Objective of Dublin City Council: SMTO36 Environmental and Road Safety Impacts of Traffic in the City To tackle the adverse environmental and road safety impacts of traffic in the city through measures such as: ▪ The implementation of traffic calming measures and filtered permeability including the restriction of rat-runs in appropriate areas in accordance with best practice and following advice contained in the Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets (DMURS). ▪ To undertake a study, assessing and identifying areas adjacent to proposed sustainable transport projects for traffic calming and filter permeability. ▪ The ongoing monitoring of traffic noise and emissions, and the assessment and evaluation of the air quality and traffic noise impacts of transport policy and traffic management measures being implemented by Dublin City Council. ▪ To support programmes of action which tackle the issue of road safety in the city. ▪ To promote traffic calming in existing residential neighbourhoods through innovative street design and layout such as homezones, filtered permeability, low traffic neighbourhoods , quietways and unsignalised crossings where appropriate.
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- Sustainable Environmental Infrastructure and Flood Risk | Chapter 9 264 Chapter 9: Sustainable Environmental Infrastructure and Flood Risk
- Sustainable Environmental Infrastructure and Flood Risk | Chapter 9 265 9.1 Introduction The integration of land-use planning with infrastructure delivery is essential to achieving sustainable development. Ireland’s National Planning Framework (NPF) 2018 requires planning authorities to co-ordinate the zoning of land for development purposes with planned infrastructure and services, and identifies strategic projects to enhance water supply and waste water treatment capacity. The improvement of sustainability in terms of energy, water, waste management and resource efficiency are key future growth enablers for Dublin’s development. Dublin City Council is committed to delivering sustainable infrastructure and services, within its statutory remit, which will enhance the quality of the City’s environment and also facilitate sustainable economic and housing development. The policies and objectives in this chapter are intended to address a broad range of supporting infrastructure and services, providing for improvements in water quality and water services, sustainable waste management, greater energy security and efficiency, enhanced digital connectivity, and a more holistic and nature-based approach to flood risk and surface water management, all while safeguarding environmental quality and providing for climatic resilience. The application of these policies and objectives will ensure that the growth and development of the City is integrated with appropriate provision of sustainable environmental infrastructure, thereby contributing to wider climate action and environmental goals and targets. 9.2 Achievements The City Council has been working in partnership with other local authorities and organisations in the region to improve all aspects of our environment. Over the last number of years, many projects have been completed or undertaken: ▪ In 2019, the Council published a Climate Change Action Plan 2019-2024 for the City which outlined projects to improve resource management, measures to deliver flood resilience and actions to improve water quality and encourage water conservation. ▪ In 2019, Irish Water secured consent for a major upgrade to the Ringsend Waste Water Treatment Plan (WWTP) to enable the existing plant to meet wastewater treatment requirements. This strategic infrastructural project for the City will support ongoing population and industrial growth. ▪ In 2018, the City Council worked with the Office of Public Works (OPW) to complete a Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme for the major rivers and coastal areas of Dublin City. This work informed the implementation of flood protection and alleviation measures on the Rivers Santry, Dodder, Poddle and Camac, together with flood relief schemes at Clontarf, the South Campshires and Sandymount.
- Sustainable Environmental Infrastructure and Flood Risk | Chapter 9 266 ▪ The Council has undertaken a number of projects under the River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2018-2021 and Eastern River Basin District to improve water quality within the City’s waterbodies. Of particular note is the Santry River Project, which is being progressed as part of a URDF-funded pilot to restore the river to a more natural state. ▪ The Council is supporting the objectives of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) to improve the status of the City’s waterbodies by adopting a much more proactive approach to managing surface-water and flood risk through sustainable drainage and nature-based solutions, requiring new developments adjacent to the River Liffey to incorporate these solutions, together with green infrastructure features, in order to absorb rainfall. ▪ The Council’s commissioning of the Dublin Waste to Energy Facility, which converts waste that cannot be reused or recycled into clean energy, has provided new localised infrastructure for the sustainable treatment and reuse of the City’s waste products. ▪ The Council worked in partnership with the other Dublin local authorities to produce a combined Noise Action Plan for the Dublin Agglomeration 2018-2023 which sets out measures to mitigate excessive environmental noise and to protect areas of good acoustic quality. ▪ In 2019, the Council launched a real-time air and noise monitoring website (https://dublincityairandnoise.ie/) which gives the public real time access to data for the City and provides an evidence-base for the development of policy to address local air quality issues. ▪ In 2021, the Council became the first local authority in Ireland to establish a Telecoms Unit to harness the potential of Dublin’s digital economy, and have installed an open access ducting system and 5G technology testbed in the Dublin Docklands as part of the City’s ‘Smart Docklands’ initiative. 9.3 Challenges Meeting the increased demand for high-quality infrastructure and services will be an ongoing requirement as Dublin City grows and develops. The City is currently facing a range of infrastructural challenges: ▪ Ireland’s energy sector will need to be adapted to embrace a more diverse range of low, zero-carbon and renewable energy sources in order to provide for a more environmentally sustainable, stable and indigenous energy supply. The provision of secure, resilient, decarbonised, and decentralised utilities which are integrated with population growth, city development and climate action objectives, will be a long term challenge for the City. ▪ Another core challenge for Dublin is the need to address existing pressure on the City’s water supply and wastewater treatment infrastructure, and to align the
- Sustainable Environmental Infrastructure and Flood Risk | Chapter 9 267 provision of critical water services with city growth targets, while also providing for environmental protection and climatic resilience. ▪ Climate change, rising sea levels and more frequent and severe rainfall events are contributing to greater flooding issues and putting the City’s critical infrastructure at risk. It will be necessary to adapt the City’s flood risk management response to address these issues. ▪ The strategic planning of surface water management will be required in order to reduce the volume of run-off, relieve overloading pressure on the drainage network, and protect water quality in the City’s watercourses. This will necessitate the use and retrofitting of sustainable drainage solutions to manage surface water in place of hard grey solutions. It will also require the Council to address legacy issues around impermeable surfaces and sub-optimal standards of private drainage construction. ▪ The Council will need to balance the requirement to improve the status of the City’s water quality with planned growth targets for Dublin, while also protecting and improving aquatic environments and water-dependent ecosystems through pollution control and restoration/ enhancement of the physical condition of the City’s waterbodies. ▪ Improving the sustainability of waste management infrastructure and practices will be critical to maximising resource value in accordance with circular economy14 principles, as will facilitating the safe and environmentally responsible reuse and redevelopment of contaminated brownfield sites throughout the City. The Council will need to continue to support innovation in waste management and reduction in order to enhance public health, economic wellbeing and environmental protection. ▪ The proactive management of the City’s air quality and acoustic environment will require the Council to address the cross-sectoral factors which contribute to the City’s air and noise pollution, such as high volumes of vehicular traffic. ▪ Balancing the increasing demand for deployment of digital connectivity infrastructure to support the digital economy/ future connectivity with the need for efficiency and co-ordination with other utility works will be an ongoing challenge for the City. 9.4 The Strategic Approach The main strategic issues for the current plan period are identified as follows: ▪ Facilitating the provision of critical energy utilities and the transition to alternative, renewable, decarbonised and decentralised energy sources, technologies and 14 In a circular economy, waste and resource use are minimised; the value of products and materials is maintained for as long as possible through good design, durability and repair; and when a product has reached the end of its life, its parts are used again and again to create further useful products (Source: A Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy: Ireland’s National Waste Policy 2020-2025 (Government of Ireland)).
- Sustainable Environmental Infrastructure and Flood Risk | Chapter 9 268 infrastructure, while delivering improved alignment between the City’s energy use and energy generation. ▪ Aligning the settlement and economic elements of the core strategy with the efficient use and timely delivery of critical water supply and waste water infrastructure through ongoing consultation with Irish Water (IW). Supporting implementation of the IW Water Services Strategic Plan (2015) and key projects in order to maintain and improve existing services and service further growth. ▪ Managing the use of our water resources through active conservation and demand management measures. ▪ Enhancing the City’s resilience to climatic risk and vulnerabilities through more nature-based and adaptive flood risk management, which is aligned with placemaking and delivers wider environmental benefits. ▪ Aligning the growth of development areas with strategic surface water management and encouraging the use of sustainable drainage systems and nature-based surface water management regimes. ▪ Ensuring the necessary management and protection of watercourses and waterbodies is fully integrated with climate action, land use planning and development management practices. ▪ Promoting and delivering more sustainable forms of waste management and improved waste education in the City in line with circular economy and 15-minute city principles. Minimising and preventing waste and maximising material recycling, reuse and re-purposing. ▪ Control of air pollution emissions at source through cross-sectoral policy responses in the areas of transport, land use, green infrastructure and energy production/ use. ▪ Proactive management of urban noise pollution sources through the Dublin Agglomeration Noise Action Plan 2018-2023. ▪ Supporting and co-ordinating the roll-out of telecoms and digital connectivity infrastructure and the shared use of the City’s assets and ducting networks, in order to minimise time delays, cost, duplication and disruption. 9.5 Policies and Objectives 9.5.1 Water Supply and Wastewater Providing safe, secure and resilient water services is of critical importance to facilitating public health, population and employment growth within Dublin City. National policy for the delivery and development of water and wastewater services is set out in the Water Services Policy Statement 2018 – 2025 (2018). Quality, conservation and future proofing are identified as the key policy objectives for the delivery of water and wastewater services up to 2025. Irish Water (IW) is responsible for the provision of public water services and management of water and wastewater investments. The sustainable management of water is provided for
- Sustainable Environmental Infrastructure and Flood Risk | Chapter 9 269 through capital investment in water services provision under the IW Water Services Strategic Plan (WSSP) 2015 and related Capital Investment Plans and Programmes. The 25- year plan outlines the status of Ireland’s water services infrastructure, including current and future challenges, and identifies plan-led investment priorities to meet demand. The WSSP also provides the context for detailed implementation plans that address key water service areas such as water resource management, wastewater compliance, and sludge management. The water supply and wastewater needs of Dublin are to be met by a series of planned Strategic Water Services Projects designed to enhance the City’s water supply and increase wastewater treatment capacity in compliance with the Urban Waste Water Treatment and Drinking Water Directives. The phased upgrade of the Ringsend WWTP Project and Greater Dublin Drainage Project remain critical waste water infrastructure investment priorities in the short-to-medium term, while the Water Supply Project for the Eastern and Midlands Region (EMR) is identified as a critical longer term project to ensure resilience and security of supply. This project is due to be implemented under the IW National Water Resources Plan – Framework Plan (2021) which outlines how Irish Water intends to maintain the balance between the supply from water sources around the country and demand for drinking water over the short, medium and long-term. This Framework Plan is supported by the Regional Water Resources Plan: Eastern and Midlands (RWRP-EM) which will inform future capital investment and operational plans in Dublin City. Climate change has been identified as a significant ongoing challenge to the sustainable management of water resources for Dublin City, in terms of both the capacity of waterbodies to assimilate wastewater discharges and the availability and security of water supply sources. Addressing the overloading of the City’s drainage network, coupled with excessive water wastage, are central to sustainably managing the demand for water services in Dublin in line with the Water Quality and Water Services Infrastructure Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan (2019). The City Council is actively working with IW to promote water conservation, control leakage, and to rehabilitate and upgrade the City’s watermain infrastructure. Localised pressures on the City’s sewerage system are being addressed through the proactive management of surface water inflows, the roll out of Drainage Action Plans, higher drainage infrastructure design standards and by requiring the separation of foul and surface water drains as part of all new developments. It is the Policy of Dublin City Council: SI1 Support for Irish Water To support and facilitate Irish Water in the provision of high quality drinking water, water conservation and drainage infrastructure, and to promote the ongoing upgrade and expansion of water supply and wastewater services to meet the future needs of the City and the Region.
- Sustainable Environmental Infrastructure and Flood Risk | Chapter 9 270 It is the Policy of Dublin City Council: SI2 Integrating Water Services with Development To ensure that development is permitted in tandem with available water supply and wastewater treatment and to manage development, so that new schemes are permitted only where adequate capacity or resources exist or will become available within the life of a planning permission. SI3 Separation of Foul and Surface Water Drainage Systems To require all new development to provide separate foul and surface water drainage systems. SI4 Drainage Infrastructure Design Standards To require new private development sewers which are intended to connect to the public drainage system to comply with the requirements of the Greater Dublin Regional Code of Practice for Drainage Works and/ or Irish Water foul sewer specification (where applicable). SI5 Safeguarding of Public Water Services Infrastructure To work in conjunction with Irish Water to safeguard existing water and drainage infrastructure by protecting existing wayleaves and buffer zones around public water service infrastructure. SI6 Water Conservation To require all developments to incorporate best practice water conservation and demand management measures in order to promote water conservation by all water users, and minimise the pressure for water drawdown, wastage of water supply and reduced availability of water resources. It is an Objective of Dublin City Council: SIO1 Commitment to Working in Partnership with Irish Water To support Irish Water in the implementation of the Water Services Strategic Plan (2015) and National Water Resources Plan – Framework Plan (2021) for Ireland’s public water supplies and to work closely with Irish Water to facilitate the timely delivery of the public water services required to realise the core strategy growth targets of this plan in accordance with the Draft Water Services Guidelines for Planning Authorities (2018).
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