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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 13 521 Figure 13-17: SDRA 16 Oscar Traynor Road
- Strategic Development Regeneration Areas | Chapter 13 522 13.19 SDRA 17 – Werburgh Street Introduction Werburgh Street SDRA is within the medieval city walls and defined by Castle Street to the north, Hoey’s Court (Castle Steps) to the east, Ship Street Little to the south and Werburgh Street to the west. The Dublin City Walls and Defences Conservation Plan 2005 identified the city walls as one of the most important civic monuments in the capital city. A framework was prepared for Dublin City Council in 2005 to provide a coherent strategy for this historic core of Dublin City. This plan proposed urban solutions for key spaces that will act as nodes for growth and linkage between one another and the wider city. Werburgh Street SDRA is informed by the Guiding Principles Map and recent planning history of the area. The SDRA will seek to achieve a core quarter that will exhibit a strong physical character, recover lost history and building fabric and provide activities that have beneficial effect on the future of this part of the city. The area contains a number of Recorded Monuments that survive above and below ground. The upstanding remains of the medieval city walls are a National Monument. St. Werburgh’s Church and graveyard is both a Recorded Monument and a Protected Structure and the three storey house at number 4 Castle Street is also a Protected Structure. Werburgh Street is the site of the Pole Tower (a medieval mural tower) assumed to be under the road near the entrance to Jury’s car park. The area is also unique in containing well-preserved deep layers of buried waterlogged archaeological deposits from the Hiberno-Norse town. These deposits are of International importance as they relate to the origins of European urbanisation and to an extensive Viking trade network. The protection, curation and interpretation of this sensitive non-renewable resource for future research is a key priority for the SDRA. The guiding principles for the area are as follows: Urban Structure ▪ To support the identity, historical and cultural significance of the city walls circuit and of the historic core of the city. To support the relevant objectives of the Dublin City Walls and Defences City Walls Conservation Plan. ▪ Proposals must acknowledge the status and integrity of the walled circuit as a single, composite entity and place the identity, significance and function of the city walls and defences at the heart of future regeneration of this area. ▪ To improve access and enhance the presentation and setting of the standing portions of the city walls at Ship Street Little. ▪ Any re-development to ensure the long term preservation of the archaeology, embrace and enhance the historical and cultural significance of the area to the city.
- Strategic Development Regeneration Areas | Chapter 13 523 ▪ Buildings within the prevailing height category (Appendix 3) will be considered, having regard to the conservation and archaeological sensitivity of the location. Land Use & Connectivity ▪ The sensitive redevelopment of underutilised sites to provide additional mixed use offering complementing the cultural, tourism and recreational activities of the area should be pursued. ▪ To support the ecclesiastical and cultural use of St. Werburgh’s Church and improve access into St. Werburgh’s Church and graveyard. ▪ To provide a pedestrian-friendly space and to improve the entrance and connection into Dublin Castle from Werburgh Street along Ship Street, and from Castle Street via the Castle Steps. ▪ To provide a new wall walk looking over Ship Street. ▪ To open access to the wall walk from the existing gate on the Castle Steps (lower end). Open Space and Amenity ▪ Having regard to the cultural tourism destinations within the wider area, the regeneration of the SDRA lands should improve the visual and open space amenity of the area for the local community and visitors and improve pedestrian connectivity between destinations. ▪ The River Poddle, runs below Ship Street in a Victorian culvert. The historic line of the Poddle is reflected by the upstanding City Walls on the north side of Ship Street. Proposals for Ship Street should provide an open plaza and prioritise pedestrian movement whilst celebrating the city walls and the grandeur of the historic precinct of Dublin Castle. ▪ To seek the development of a new ‘square’ or space to the south of St. Werburgh’s Church. ▪ To develop the lands adjoining the City Walls west of Werburgh Street as a landscaped area that supports local biodiversity whilst protecting the sensitive archaeological remains at this location; as a "meanwhile" use as until a full archaeological examination of this area takes place. ▪ To represent in some form the birth place of Jonathan Swift, (No. 9 Hoey’s Court), one of Ireland’s greatest satirists and authors Design There are two specific sites within the area that present an opportunity for re-development - see Guiding Principles Map. These sites are owned by the Office of Public Works (OPW) and are currently underutilised. Site 1 is a land bank currently in use as surface car parking on Castle Street. Site 2 is currently occupied by the Employment Exchange building located at the corner of Ship Street Little and the Castle Steps.
- Strategic Development Regeneration Areas | Chapter 13 524 Proposals should ensure that the design for the sites should be of the highest architectural quality. Proposed structures should be light weight buildings with low impact foundations (i.e. under 5%) to allow for adequate in situ preservation of the archaeological deposits. The scale, massing and height of these buildings shall have due regard to the sensitive nature of the site, its monuments and historic setting. Other infill developments in the area should be done in a sensitive manner. New developments should be of the highest quality design, materials and finish, with a density appropriate to the historic core and the medieval inter-mural status of the site. It is the policy of Dublin City Council to continue to preserve, and enhance the surviving sections of the city walls and defences. Any proposal within close proximity (20m) of the city wall should have regard to the City Walls and Defences Conservation Plan. Any new use should be designed to have minimal impact on the subsurface archaeological deposits, and will be subject to Ministerial Consent, archaeological impact assessment and research-led excavation in accordance with the Medieval Dublin Archaeological Research Framework. Green Infrastructure New Developments shall include a green infrastructure strategy that provides amenity and biodiversity space in addition to surface water attenuation measures.
- Strategic Development Regeneration Areas | Chapter 13 525 Figure 13-18: SDRA 17 Werburgh Street
- Strategic Development Regeneration Areas | Chapter 13 526 13.20 SDRA 18 – Broombridge-Hamilton The Broombridge-Hamilton SDRA Masterplan is included in Appendix 21 of the Development Plan and constitutes SDRA 18.
- Strategic Development Regeneration Areas | Chapter 13 527 13.21 SDRA 19 – Kylemore Árdphlean na Coille Móire (Kylemore Masterplan) is included in Appendix 22 of the Development Plan and constitutes SDRA 19.
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- Land-use Zoning | Chapter 14 529 Chapter 14: Land-use Zoning
- Land-use Zoning | Chapter 14 530 14.1 Introduction This chapter sets out the general land-use and zoning policies and objectives of the plan and provides an explanation of the land-use categories and the zoning objectives which apply. The zoning policies and objectives have been derived from the core strategy (see Chapter 2). The integration of land-use planning with infrastructure delivery is essential to achieving sustainable development. The National Planning Framework (NPF) requires that the zoning of land for development purposes be coordinated with planned infrastructure and services (see also Chapter 9: Sustainable Environmental Infrastructure and Flood Risk). Balancing the requirement to make provision for greater levels of growth and more intense forms of development with the need to safeguard the city’s environment, heritage, infrastructure and communities, is a key objective of the plan. To facilitate these aims, a comprehensive review of the city’s zoned land has been undertaken and a number of changes have been made to the land-use zoning objectives, zoned areas, and the nature and extent of appropriate uses. This review built on the comprehensive study of the city’s Z6/Z7 zoned lands that was undertaken in accordance with Objective CEEO4 of the 2016 -2022 Development Plan in order to identify lands with the potential to accommodate more intense land-uses within the existing built fabric of the city over the short, medium and long term. Some of the key changes in this development plan are summarised below: ▪ The role of Z3 (Neighbourhood Centres) and Z4 (Key Urban Villages/ Urban Villages) lands have been reviewed in the context of recent socio-economic trends and resulting changes in consumer behaviour which have enhanced the importance that such centres play in serving the needs of their local population hubs and in delivering on the vision of Dublin as a 15-minute city. An increased focus on encouraging mixed-use development has also been introduced in Z5 City Centre (see also Chapter 7: The City Centre, Urban Villages and Retail). ▪ Development principles applying to Z6 (Employment/Enterprise) and Z7 (Employment (Heavy)) lands have been revised to take account of changes in the planning context since 2016 and the comprehensive review of the low intensity industrial areas of the city. There is an enhanced focus on promoting employment and providing a wide range of local services on the city’s remaining Z6 zoned lands. The ongoing development and consolidation of Z6 and Z7 lands for these purposes will be encouraged. ▪ For the Z8 (Georgian Conservation Areas) zone, an increased focus is placed on the need to facilitate regeneration, cultural uses and appropriate residential development while managing the concentration of office uses in these areas (see also Chapter 11: Built Heritage and Archaeology). ▪ Z9 (Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network) have been reviewed to ensure adequate provision of a range of amenity uses and delivery of ecosystem services.
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