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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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- Strategic Development Regeneration Areas | Chapter 13 471 Figure 13-9: SDRA 8 Grangegorman/Broadstone
- Strategic Development Regeneration Areas | Chapter 13 472 13.11 SDRA 9 – Emmet Road Introduction The SDRA builds on the Kilmainham-Inchicore Development Strategy and identifies a number of industrial/former industrial sites, Dublin City Council housing sites and other potential regeneration sites that offer strategic regeneration opportunities for the area. Leveraging key pieces of public infrastructure such as the Grand Canal cycleway and the Luas Red Line, the SDRA seeks to provide a strategic vision for the redevelopment of these regeneration sites and to improve their connections to the villages of Inchicore and Kilmainham. The guiding principles for the development of this SDRA as set out below: Urban Structure ▪ To recognise the natural and constructed features such as rivers, canals and rail lines that have strongly influenced the urban structure of the area, as well as its morphology over the last century. ▪ To encourage development that reinforces the village cores of Inchicore and Kilmainham, connected by Emmet Road, as the central spine of the area. ▪ To seek to provide interventions that contribute a finer grain to the urban structure of the wider area, especially on former industrial and institutional lands. ▪ To recognise and enhance the role that cultural and historic buildings play in the identity and legibility of the wider area. Land Use & Activity ▪ To encourage the transition from industrial or former industrial use to mixeduse/residential use in the four 'potential development sites' identified in the Guiding Principles Map whilst acknowledging the role many of the uses play in the local economy and community. ▪ To deliver a new civic and community hub as part of the redevelopment of the Emmet Road Regeneration Site. ▪ To facilitate the reconfiguration/consolidation of educational uses in the Emmet Crescent area. ▪ To capitalise on the presence of Richmond Barracks and Goldenbridge Cemetery within the Inchicore area and to facilitate the creation of linkages to other nearby historic and cultural uses. Height ▪ To support heights of 6-8 storeys for new developments in the SDRA area where conservation and design considerations permit. Opportunities for locally higher buildings above this height are identified in the accompanying Guiding Principles Map.
- Strategic Development Regeneration Areas | Chapter 13 473 Design ▪ To ensure that new buildings respond to the scale and grain of the prevailing character of the particular street. ▪ To undertake public realm studies for both Kilmainham and Inchicore villages. ▪ To create a civic plaza at the Emmet Road end of the redeveloped Emmet Road Regeneration Site. ▪ New apartment buildings to generally have own-door access for all dwellings at ground floor level to contribute to increased vitality and activation of the area. Green Infrastructure ▪ To promote the undertaking of a Greening Strategy for the wider Kilmainham- Inchicore area. ▪ To support the re-naturalisation of the Camac River in association with the Camac Flood Alleviation Scheme. ▪ To better integrate the Grand Canal with the wider Kilmainham-Inchicore area. ▪ To create a linked network of greening corridors including walkways, biodiversity corridors, cycleways and parks, as identified in the Guiding Principles Map. These should be attractive, welcoming and accessible, feed into a wider network and connect up to the local schools in the area. ▪ To ensure that the public open space provision of development sites be sited at locations that are visible, accessible and inviting to the wider public. Movement ▪ To facilitate delivery of cycle routes identified in the NTA GDA Cycle Strategy. ▪ To facilitate the delivery of the permeability interventions identified in the Guiding Principles Map, which seek to improve accessibility throughout the area. ▪ To improve connectivity north-south across the Grand Canal/Davitt Road and eastwest between Goldenbridge Industrial Estate and the Emmet Road Regeneration Site. ▪ To encourage development that enhances the vitality of the emerging network of walking and cycling infrastructure. ▪ To seek the delivery of a new bridge crossing the Grand Canal through any redevelopment of Development Sites 1 and 2 as indicated in the Guiding Principles Map. ▪ To maximise the potential benefit of the BusConnects project to the SDRA area in terms of public realm improvements, green infrastructure and pedestrian and cycling infrastructure. Guiding Principles for Key Opportunity Sites 1 - Goldenbridge Industrial Estate The redevelopment of this site presents the opportunity to create east-west connections via
- Strategic Development Regeneration Areas | Chapter 13 474 Mercy College Secondary School and north-south with the opening up of the southern boundary of the site. Buildings should provide active and animated edges to the canal and also to the identified connections. The Camac River is culverted for the majority of its journey through the site. The potential for its renaturalisation should be investigated further via a masterplan process in tandem with the River Camac Restoration Project. Refer to Policy SI11 and SI12 for further details. 2 - Davitt Road West This site provides significant opportunity for residential led development. The majority of this sites allocation of public open space should be located at the Davitt Road frontage, opposite Goldenbridge Industrial Estate, where it is visible, inviting and accessible to the wider public. Locally higher buildings framing it should provide appropriate levels of enclosure without undue overshadowing. Connections through the site should be created to link the public open space to the neighbourhood centre on Galtymore Road while connections should be made to the north via a new bridge across the Grand Canal. Buildings running along the southern and eastern boundary should be appropriately scaled and massed to respond to their residential interface with the properties fronting onto Carrow Road and Galtymore Road. Should the HSE site and lands immediately to the north of same on the western end of the site become available for development, it should align with the proposals set out for the rest of the site. 3 - Emmet Road Regeneration Site This site is located at the heart of the SDRA area. It is proposed to be redeveloped as a mixed use scheme which, as well as being Dublin City Council's first cost rental residential development, will accommodate a mix of community uses, including a new community centre and library. Commercial units, including a supermarket should be located at the northern end of the site, fronting onto a civic plaza along Emmet Road. The site's redevelopment will serve to tie together the wider SDRA area. In relation to heights, the Emmet Road site is considered capable of delivering a new baseline height of 8 storeys with locally higher buildings in specified locations as detailed in the Guiding Principles Map, Figure 13-9, subject to detailed design and to compliance with Appendix 3 of the development plan. In relation to unit mix and typologies and having regard to the cost rental nature of the scheme and the particular profile of housing provision in the area, the standards set out in
- Strategic Development Regeneration Areas | Chapter 13 475 Section 15.9.1 of the Plan are not necessarily applicable to the Emmet Road project. Any redevelopment of Tyrone Place should seek to integrate with the wider redevelopment of the Emmet Road Regeneration Site. In particular, along its eastern boundary building heights should address the emerging heights on the opposite side of the St. Vincent St. West. Along the northern boundary, the built form should respond to the prevailing heights and grain of buildings on the opposite side of Thomas Davis St. West and contribute to the creation of a more cohesive character to the street. 4 - Davitt Road East While this site appears to be in a number of different ownership parcels, any redevelopment of the sites should follow the pattern identified in the Guiding Principles Map, with buildings appropriately spaced. A number of locally higher buildings located along the Davitt Road edge could deliver urban design benefits. Due to the fragmented ownership, the public open space provision could be provided via a contribution in-lieu, to be used for the upgrading of nearby areas of public open space such as at Devoy Road or the unused space on the canal end of Goldenbridge Terrace.
- Strategic Development Regeneration Areas | Chapter 13 476 Figure 13-10: SDRA 9 Emmet Road
- Strategic Development Regeneration Areas | Chapter 13 477 13.12 SDRA 10 – North East Inner City Introduction The NEIC SDRA has an area of 161ha and is located in the city centre just north of the River Liffey, extending from the historic Moore Street area, on its western side, to Docklands, on the east. It includes areas to the east of Dorset Street and extends to some areas north of the Royal Canal. Given the significance of this area and its regeneration potential, Dublin City Council is committed to preparing a Local Area Plan for this SDRA during the lifetime of this development plan, and, therefore, this SDRA forms an interim strategy and sets guiding principles for the LAP. The NEIC is rich in heritage with a number of significant cultural and historical attractions including Abbey Theatre and Parnell Square. The area has excellent public transport connectivity due to its proximity to the city centre, and will also benefit from the proposed Metrolink and ongoing development of the Royal Canal Greenway. The area clearly has many location advantages and is home to long established business and a diverse residential community. It is however, an area with a history of socio-economic deprivation and is identified as being in need of both social and economic regeneration. The area is undergoing transformation with a number of initiatives being implemented on foot of the Mulvey report titled “Creating a Brighter Future”. The area has also recently received funding for a number of projects under the Urban and Regional Development Fund (URDF) including public realm works at Parnell Square, Moore Street, the Five Lamps and also restoration works at Moore Street and Mountjoy Square. There is now an opportunity to focus further on realising the potential of the area, to complement the above initiatives and promote quality development on underutilised sites, alongside planned public realm improvements. This can be done in a way which recognises the unique characteristics and needs of this area. The main focus will be on the regeneration of identified key sites in accordance with site briefs. Key objectives are: a) To provide a spatial framework for land uses including much-needed housing. b) To restore a coherent urban structure where it is poor or fragmented and improving the public realm. c) To support community development through targeted objectives on selected sites. d) To plan for improved connectivity and public amenity while utilising existing assets in the area. e) To support the protection and enhancement of the unique historic character of the area through refurbishment and regeneration of the North Georgian Core.
- Strategic Development Regeneration Areas | Chapter 13 478 The area is unique in having the benefit of varied assets including: ▪ O’Connell Street, the capital’s main thoroughfare, with the GPO (including museum); the core retail areas of Henry Street and North Earl street along with a range of retail services, food and beverage offer. ▪ A range of heritage and cultural assets including the Hugh Lane, the Writers Museum, the LAB and Dancehouse. ▪ Moore Street to the west of the SDRA, famed for its on-street trading and linked to significant historic events of 1916. ▪ Parnell Square and Mountjoy Square, both Georgian era planned squares. ▪ Proximity to Croke Park, which fronts the Royal Canal, an emerging strategic greenway. ▪ Many historically important sites that contribute towards the area’s character, some of which also have significant future potential. In conjunction with other development plan objectives, targeted objectives for the NEIC can make a positive contribution towards placemaking and future physical and social regeneration, whilst simultaneously fostering the growth of established inner city residential neighbourhoods and communities. The following guiding principles apply to the NEIC SDRA: Urban Structure ▪ To reinforce the existing pedestrian spines identified in the Guiding Principles Map and to capitalise on these through targeted permeability interventions, increasing connectivity and stimulating pedestrian journeys throughout the area. ▪ To recognise the amenity and placemaking potential that exists within the Royal Canal corridor and associated development sites and to undertake an urban design study looking at how to unlock this potential. ▪ To develop four civic hubs as focal points of local activity, including one with a strong community focus, centred on Sean McDermott Street around the former Convent and Laundry site and the Sean McDermott St. Leisure Centre/Our Lady of Lourdes Church site (see also below). ▪ To recognise the importance of the architectural and cultural heritage of the area including existing and proposed Architectural Conservation Areas centred on O’Connell Street, North Great Georges Street, Moore Street and Mountjoy Square. ▪ To create a hierarchy of public open spaces including civic squares and parks, throughout the NEIC that are attractive, multi-functional, and accessible to local residents, workers and visitors. Associated with this will be an enhancement of existing open spaces. This approach will help to address the existing deficit in public open space within the SDRA.
- Strategic Development Regeneration Areas | Chapter 13 479 ▪ The necessary regeneration of some social housing blocks will provide an opportunity to improve the human scale of the existing urban structure. Redevelopment of these blocks should integrate an urban grain that recognises historic plot sizes of the location. ▪ To encourage mews development in the locations identified in the Guiding Principles Map. This will provide greater activation along these lanes and facilitate greater use by pedestrians. Appropriate public lighting should be targeted at these locations. Land Use & Activity Overview The area is centrally located and contains a range of diverse uses including residential, employment, and mixed use areas. It also accommodates a core retail area, many specialist services, cultural/arts uses and various institutions. Some areas have been zoned Z14 in recognition of the strategic regeneration potential of the area and to encourage an appropriate integration of new development into the urban fabric. A key objective of the SDRA is to ensure the sustainable consolidation of the NEIC working with existing assets, and integrating the full potential of a range of sites. An indicative framework addresses these sites graphically, with associated text set out to guide their future development. Some of these sites can work either individually or together for quite specific purposes, and these have been identified as ‘hubs’/ ‘opportunity sites’ below. There are four of these as follows: O’Connell Street/Moore Street Civic/Cultural Hub –In recognition of the historic built form and history of the area and the potential for public interaction given its key location in the north retail core. With proximity to the emerging cultural quarter around Parnell Square, and its associated range of arts and literary attractions, this hub would act as a natural extension to the existing cultural quarter extending its reach, blending with a new mix of uses. With excellent transport access, this precinct will become even more accessible to the wider public when planned public transport improvements are delivered over time. The Moore Street market will become a re-energised market street, with a significantly improved public realm and act as a gateway, and through route, to the historical assets of the area, to create synergies to benefit the entire city block, breathing new life to the area. (*The historical assets are not limited to Moore Street/Moore Lane, but include O’Connell Street & the GPO) Sean Mac Dermott Street Civic/Community Hub –Centred around existing and future community/ social facilities for the surrounding residential communities. It supports revitalisation of these services based on a new built layout in accordance with the framework. An associated upgraded public realm would comprise a new civic space and thus a focal point for the local community. Five Lamps Civic Hub- Centred around a mix of established housing complexes and protected structures with part frontage to the Royal Canal at the well-known local, city and
- Strategic Development Regeneration Areas | Chapter 13 480 national landmark, the Five Lamps, a five armed road junction. The framework layout will restore an attractive built layout and provide for appropriate infill with suitably reconfigured open space, and enhanced permeability. Aldborough House can become a focal point for the local community. City Gateway Civic Hub – Immediately adjoining the SDRA for the Docklands and serves as an entry point to the inner city and also an access to the employment lands of the Docklands SDRA. It’s positioning on the River Tolka at Annesley Bridge, overlooking Fairview Park, gives the hub capacity for large scale developments. Its regeneration will work in tandem with an identified regeneration site 6 within the Docklands SDRA, where a planned locally higher building will provide a clear visual marker. Housing ▪ To promote an increased residential population and the successful integration of new and established residents and communities. ▪ To ensure that new residential developments accord with the indicative layout illustrated in the framework, supporting social, community and amenity infrastructure/services in the local area. ▪ To promote a variety of house types and tenures, avoiding an over-concentration of specialist accommodation such as tourist and student accommodation, thereby, ensuring capacity for the growth of balanced residential communities. ▪ To promote the development of high quality residential mews dwellings at appropriate locations and in accordance with relevant standards, thereby, unlocking the residential potential of laneways, improving public realm, and increasing pedestrian permeability where possible. Social and Community Infrastructure ▪ To support the development of the URDF funded Community Centre which includes an exhibition space, at the disused former school premises at Rutland Street, and any future URDF funded projects within the area. ▪ Further to the Mulvey Report recommendations, to support, (a) the diversification of the sports facilities available in the area (in conjunction with DCC’s Sport and Wellbeing Partnership), including the provision of new outdoor playing space, (b) the development of facilities that encourage participation in the arts. ▪ To investigate the potential of an existing underperforming site adjacent to the Belvedere Youth Club on Buckingham Street Lower (as identified in the Mulvey Report) for expansion of existing services, subject to future feasibility studies. Education and Employment ▪ To encourage local employment, where the appropriate skills are available, on construction projects in the area.
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