Dublin City Development Plan 2022–2028 – Volume 1: Written Statement (as varied by Variations Nos. 1–11)

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   Strategic Context and Vision | Chapter 1 31 Figure 1-6: Dublin City in the EMRA Area The RSES integrates the NPF objectives and the growth and Settlement Strategy at the regional level, ensuing coordination between the NPF and the Dublin City Development Plan. The RSES identifies the region’s challenges as the need to sustain economic growth whilst transitioning to a low carbon society and; the need to align population growth with the location of homes and jobs whilst creating healthy attractive places and an enhanced quality of life. The RSES is underpinned by three key principles namely: placemaking; climate action; and sustainable economic opportunity and growth. Sixteen Regional Strategic Outcomes (RSOs) are set out which are broadly aligned with the National Strategic Outcomes of the NPF.

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   Strategic Context and Vision | Chapter 1 32 Figure 1-7: EMRA RSES Regional Strategic Outcomes The RSES sets out the vision for growth (homes and jobs) and Regional Policy Objectives (RPOs) for the Region to the year 2031 and seeks a population increase of circa 100,000 people by 2031 in Dublin City. The policies and objectives of the plan align with the RSOs and the core strategy is underpinned by the population targets set out in the RSES. 1.9.6 Dublin Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan (MASP) The RSES includes a more detailed Dublin Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan (MASP) which identifies strategic development and employment areas for population and employment growth, in addition to more generalised consolidation and re-intensification of infill, brownfield and underutilised lands within Dublin City and its suburbs.

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   Strategic Context and Vision | Chapter 1 33 Figure 1-8: Dublin MASP The MASP identifies a number of large scale strategic sites (strategic development lands), based on key corridors that will deliver significant development (housing and employment development) up to the year 2031. The strategic development lands within the city council’s area identified in the RSES by EMRA are as follows:

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   Strategic Context and Vision | Chapter 1 34 Strategic Development Areas Multi-Modal Location – City Centre within the M50 ▪ Residential: Docklands and city centre, Naas Road, North East Inner City lands, Parkwest – Cherry Orchard, Ballymun, Ashtown-Pelletstown and St. James’s – Heuston Lands. ▪ Employment: Docklands and Poolbeg, Diageo lands and St. James’s and Grangegorman campus, Naas Road. DART Corridor – (North South) ▪ Residential: North Fringe (Clongriffin / Belmayne) ▪ Employment: North Fringe Mixed Use Centres Strategic Employment Lands Multi-Modal Location – City Centre and Docklands ▪ Docklands, Poolbeg and North East Inner City, city centre (Grangegorman and St. James’s-Diageo lands) ▪ Intensification of Industrial lands ▪ DART Corridor- (South West Corridor) ▪ Naas Road. These Strategic Development Areas and Strategic Employment Lands are incorporated into the city development plan as SDRAs – see Chapter 2, Core Strategy and Chapter 13, Strategic Development Regeneration Areas. The MASP supports a sequential approach to residential development with a primary focus on the consolidation of sites within or contiguous to Dublin City and Suburbs. The core strategy and Settlement Strategy of the plan aligns with the strategic development lands detailed in the RSES. 1.9.7 NTA Greater Dublin Area Transport Strategy 2022 – 2042 The Greater Dublin Area Transport Strategy 2022 – 2042 provides a framework for a sustainable transport network for the long term. Key projects include: • MetroLink from Charlemont to Swords via Dublin Airport, with construction date due to commence during the development plan period; • The BusConnects programme which includes the following: o Dublin Area Bus Network Redesign which provides for significantly enhanced bus services, with a completion date by 2024 and o The Core Bus Corridor Projects which will provide bus priority on the radial routes, with a completion date by 2030;

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   Strategic Context and Vision | Chapter 1 35 • DART+ Programme, with construction to commence during the development plan period and • Luas Finglas with a Railway Order due to be submitted by 2030. • Greater Dublin Area Cycle Network Plan. Over the course of the development plan, it is expected that these key infrastructural projects will either be delivered or be at an advanced stage of design/planning. The alignment of future growth and key public transport infrastructure is a key consideration of the plan. 1.9.8 Statutory Planning Guidelines The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage has issued a range of guidelines which planning authorities are required to have regard to in carrying out their functions, including in the preparation of the Dublin City Development Plan. These guidelines cover a wide range of issues including building height, residential density and design, development management, childcare facilities and environmental assessment. Full cognisance of these guidelines and all relevant strategic planning policy requirements has been had when framing the policies and objectives of the plan (see Appendix 14). 1.10 Implementation and Monitoring The numerous strategies, policies and objectives in the Dublin City Development Plan cannot be delivered by the City Council alone. The vision of the plan will be implemented by a number of agencies at the city, region and national level. The successful implementation of a significant number of the policies and objectives of the plan will necessitate ongoing collaboration and a sense of goodwill across a range of agencies and stakeholders. Dublin City Council will actively engage with the relevant agencies and undertake an active land management role to progress and secure the implementation of the plan. Monitoring mechanisms will be put in place to ensure effective sustainable delivery and also to allow for greater transparency on the progress made in the implementation of the plan (see Chapter 16: Monitoring and Implementation).

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   Core Strategy | Chapter 2 36 Chapter 2: Core Strategy

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   Core Strategy | Chapter 2 37 2.1 Introduction The purpose of this core strategy is to guide the spatial direction of future development and regeneration in the city in line with the principles of compact growth. It accords with the development plan vision as set out in Chapter 1. The core strategy is depicted diagrammatically in Figure 2.1. The key objective of the core strategy is to ensure that quantum and location of development is consistent with National and Regional policy. 2.1.1 Legislative Basis The requirement for a core strategy as part of the development plan is described in S10 (2A) of the Planning and Development Acts (PDA) 2000 (as amended). The role of the core strategy is to ensure that there is sufficient zoned and serviced land to cater for future housing demand over the development plan period. The core strategy sets out a spatial settlement strategy for the city which is consistent with the Housing Strategy, the National Planning Framework First Revision2 (NPF), the Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES), specific planning policy requirements (SPPRs) required under Section 28 guidelines and takes account of policies of the Minister in relation to national and regional population targets. In accordance with the Planning Acts, the core strategy is evidence based utilising data based on population trends and household targets. It demonstrates how land already zoned or proposed for zoning will accommodate projected housing demand. The core strategy also sets out details of the economic and Retail Strategy for the city so that there is an overall integrated and coherent approach to how the future of the city is planned and that the places people work, live and make use of are interlinked. Housing Strategy The Housing Strategy for Dublin City Council is included as Appendix 1 in Volume 2 to the development plan, and includes a Housing Need Demand Assessment (HNDA). A Housing Strategy is a mandatory requirement of the development plan under Part V of the PDA. The purpose of the Housing Strategy is to address the overall housing needs of the existing and future population of the area and the scale and needs for supported housing types. The outcomes from the Housing Strategy inform the core strategy and other policies and objectives within the development plan with regard to future housing need. 2.1.2 Policy Context National Planning Framework (NPF) The NPF is the government’s high level strategic plan for shaping the future growth and development of the country to 2040. Compact growth is a key strategic objective of the plan 2 A reference to National Planning Framework (NPF) is a reference to the National Planning Framework First Revision, April 2025.

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   Core Strategy | Chapter 2 38 and there is a particular focus on Dublin, with the NPF advocating an approach of consolidation and densification in the city. This will require focus on a number of large regeneration and redevelopment projects, particularly in respect of underutilised land within the canals and the M50 ring. There is also an emphasis on key Future Growth Enablers for Dublin including a requirement to identify large regeneration sites suitable for housing and employment and aligning development with strategic public transport infrastructure projects. The NPF provides a series of National Policy Objectives (NPOs), a number of which have informed the core strategy, including: ▪ NPO 4 sets a target of half (50%) of future population and employment growth will be focused in the existing five cities and their suburbs. ▪ NPO 20 states that there will be a presumption in favour of development that can encourage more people and generate more jobs and activity within existing cities, towns and villages, subject to development meeting appropriate planning standards and achieving targeted growth. ▪ NPO no. 101, no. 102, and no. 103 are considered to be interlinked and largely deal with the NPF ‘tiered approach’ to zoned lands that are serviced, classified as Tier 1: Serviced Zoned Lands; and zoned lands that are serviceable during the life of the development plan, classified as Tier 2: Serviceable Zoned Land (see Section 2.4.4 below). Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy and Metropolitan Area Spatial Plan The Eastern and Midlands Regional Assembly (EMRA) prepared the Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES) in June 2019 for the Eastern and Midlands region; which gives effect to the NPF at regional level. The RSES further endorses the NPF’s principles of consolidation, brownfield development, densification and compact growth. The RSES sets out a new regional plan providing a long term spatial planning direction for the region in which Dublin is categorised as a Global Gateway in recognition of the international role it plays for the country. Included in the RSES is the 12-20 year Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan (MASP) for Dublin. The MASP identifies a regional framework which aligns population and employment growth with associated transport and infrastructure investment priorities. In terms of the future growth of the city, the MASP identifies a number of large scale strategic areas based on key transport corridors with a capacity to deliver significant development up to the year 2031. These are defined as Strategic Development Areas and Strategic Employment Lands and the core strategy must align with these. The RSES and MASP also support active land management providing guiding principles to deal with the complexities of brownfield and infill sites in the preparation of the core

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   Core Strategy | Chapter 2 39 strategy. A key element of the RSES is the population allocation provided for the city. The core strategy aligns with these population figures. This is detailed under Section 2.2 below. National Transportation Authority - Greater Dublin Area Transport Strategy 2022 – 2042 The Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area (GDA), prepared by the National Transportation Authority (NTA), provides a framework for a sustainable transport network for the long term. The core strategy will promote development and appropriate intensification along the routes of the three key public transport projects to be developed over the development plan period comprising BusConnects (2021 – 2023), the Metrolink to Dublin Airport/Swords (2021 - 2027) and the Luas to Finglas (2028). Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage - Section 28 Guidelines The Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH) published the National Planning Framework NPF Implementation: Housing Growth Requirements, Guidelines for Planning Authorities, in July 2025. It contains housing growth requirements to 2040 for each individual local authority. These housing requirement figures, are used as part of the core strategy figures, detailed below under Section 2.2. The development plan takes into account a suite of other Section 28 planning guidelines in the preparation of the core strategy and in relation to a range of policies and objectives incorporated into the development plan. A statement of compliance with such guidelines and associated SPPRs is set out in Appendix 14.

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    Core Strategy | Chapter 2 40 Figure 2-1: Core Strategy Map

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