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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Development Plan 2022–2028 – Written Statement
The council's development plan written statement: its strategy, policies, objectives and development standards. Variations adopted since are not in this text.
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- The Council will support the development of indigenous capacity for the treatment of nonhazardous and hazardous wastes where technically, economically and environmentally practicable subject to the relevant environmental protection criteria for the planning and development of such activities being applied. Potential activities could include, but not be limited to, recycling/reuse waste enterprises, reprocessing or preparing for reuse, temporary storage of waste and materials and contingency capacity for crisis events such as risks to the environment and to the health of humans and livestock. 10.3.2.3 Policy Objective EI13: Hazardous Waste It is a Policy Objective to adhere to the recommendations of the ‘National Hazardous Waste Management Plan 2014-2020’ and any subsequent plan, and to co-operate with other agencies, to plan, organise, authorise and supervise the disposal of hazardous waste streams, including hazardous waste identified during construction and demolition projects. The Council will have regard to the recommendations made by the Environmental Protection Agency, as appropriate, in relation to the effective management by the Council of hazardous waste, including the recommendations of the ‘National Hazardous Waste Management Plan 2014- 2020’. Bring Centre 203Environmental Infrastructure and Flood RiskChapter 10
- 10.4 Pollution Clean air and water are important in ensuring a high quality environment in the County. Managing both is critical as they play a role in both climate action and achieving a healthy County. Set out below are the higher level strategic policies in relation to air, water, noise and light. More detailed standards are set out in Section 12.9 of Chapter 12 ‘Development Management’. 10.4.1 Policy Objective EI14: Air and Noise Pollution It is a Policy Objective: M To implement the provisions of national and EU Directives on air and noise pollution and other relevant legislative requirements in conjunction with other agencies as appropriate. (Consistent with RPO 10.10 of the RSES) M To maintain and manage a Dublin County ambient air quality monitoring network in conjunction with the EPA and TII and to make available to the public the resulting air quality measurements via the EPA website www.epa.ie/air/quality. M To support the implementation of objectives of the ‘Dublin Agglomeration Environmental Noise Action Plan 2018-2023’. Air DLR County Council has adopted the ‘Dublin Regional Air Quality Management Plan 2009-2012’ under the provisions of the Air Pollution Act 1987. The Council has an established Primary Air Quality Station as part of the regional network of stations to monitor the extent of air pollution caused by Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and Particulate Matter under the direction of the Environmental Protection Agency, in accordance with EU policy directives. This network will be extended as required. Up-to-date information – related to monitoring results - including the Air Quality Index for Health is available at www.epa.ie/air/quality. DLR which is located within the Dublin City Air Quality Index for Health Region currently has a ‘Good’ air status. Additional air quality monitoring stations throughout the County monitoring all five determinants of the Air Quality Index for Health (AQIH) shall be encouraged, with a special goal to improve air quality monitoring and resulting air pollution alleviation consideration adjacent to the M50 and N11. Noise DLR County Council adopted the ‘Dublin Agglomeration Environmental Noise Action Plan 2018-2023’ in December 2018. The Action Plan was developed jointly by the four Local Authorities in the Dublin Region in their role as designated Action Planning Authorities under Article 10 of the Environmental Noise Regulations 2006. The Directive applies to environmental noise (road, rail, aircraft) to which humans are exposed but excludes noise that is caused by the exposed person himself/herself, noise from domestic activities, noise created by neighbours, noise at work places or noise inside means of transport. (See Chapter 12 ‘Development Management Section 12.9.3 for further details in relation to uses which may cause noise, vibrations and air emissions - for example, gyms, public houses, leisure facilities and food outlets). Noise can be characterised as unwanted sound or sound that is loud, unpleasant or unexpected and that can eventually cause disturbance, impairment or damage to health that can impact on the quality of life enjoyed by individuals and communities. The dominant source of noise in the County is traffic noise. Along major transport corridors, the Cherrywood 204dlrcoco | County Development Plan 2022-2028
- effect of traffic noise on new development must be considered and appropriate measures undertaken to mitigate same. The key objective of the Noise Action Plan is to avoid, prevent and reduce, where necessary, on a prioritised basis the harmful effects including annoyance, due to long-term exposure to environmental noise. 10.4.2 Policy Objective EI15: Light Pollution It is a Policy Objective to ensure that the design of external lighting schemes minimise the incidence of light spillage or pollution in the immediate surrounding environment and has due regard to the residential amenity of surrounding areas. While adequate lighting is essential in the promotion of a safe and secure environment, light spillage from excessive or poorly designed lighting infrastructure is increasingly recognised as a potential nuisance to surrounding properties, a threat to wildlife and can reduce the visibility of the night sky. Lighting columns and other fixtures can have a significant effect on the appearance of buildings and the environment and where proposals for new lighting require planning permission, the Council will ensure that they are carefully and sensitively designed. Lighting fixtures should provide only the amount of light necessary for the task/use/activity proposed and should shield light given out in order to avoid creating glare or emitting light above a horizontal plane (refer also to Sections 12.9.10). 10.4.3 Policy Objective EI16: Water Pollution It is a Policy Objective to implement the provisions of water pollution abatement measures in accordance with national and EU Directives and other legislative requirements in conjunction with other agencies as appropriate. In implementing this policy DLR County Council will endeavour to: M Maintain the quality of seawater adjoining the County to the necessary standards, with particular reference to areas of the coastline where bathing takes place. Special emphasis will be devoted to beaches designated under the Quality of Bathing Water Regulations. M Improve the water quality in rivers and other watercourses in the County, including ground waters (see also Policy Objective EI5 on the RBMP). M Minimise the impact on ground water of discharges from septic tanks and other potentially polluting sources. The Council will comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s ‘Code of Practice: Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems Serving Single Houses’ (2009). 10.4.4 Policy Objective EI17: Major Accidents It is a Policy Objective to have regard to the provisions of the Major Accidents Directive (European Council Directive 2012/110/ EU). This Directive relates to the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances and its objectives are to prevent major accidents and limit the consequences of such accidents. This policy will be implemented through the Development Management process through controls on the siting of new establishments, on modifications to existing establishments and on development in the vicinity of an establishment which, by virtue of its type or siting, is likely to increase the risk or consequences of a major accident. At present, however, there are no ‘Seveso’ sites (defined within the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations as “locations where significant quantities of dangerous substances are stored”) within DLR. Construction at UCD 205Environmental Infrastructure and Flood RiskChapter 10
- 10.5 Energy Policies 10.5.1 Policy Objective EI18: Energy Facilities It is a Policy Objective to encourage the provision of energy facilities in association with the appropriate service providers and in accordance with ‘Government Policy Statement on the Strategic Importance of Transmission and Other Energy Infrastructure’ (2012). In addition, the Council will facilitate, subject to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area, the expansion of the services and infrastructure of existing service providers, notably Bord Gáis, Eirgrid, the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), other strategic electricity infrastructure developers and statutory undertakers, in order to ensure satisfactory levels of supply and to minimise constraints for development. The provision of a wide range of energy facilities will ensure that the needs of all sectoral interests in the County can be provided for in a sustainable fashion. The Council will be open to the future requirements of the major service providers, such as Bord Gáis, Eirgrid and the ESB, where it is proposed to enhance or upgrade existing facilities or networks. It is a general objective, where strategic route corridors have been identified, to support the statutory providers of national grid infrastructure by safeguarding such strategic corridors from encroachment by other developments that might compromise the provision of energy networks. 10.5.2 Policy Objective EI19: Overhead Cables It is a Policy Objective to seek the undergrounding of all electricity, telephone and television cables wherever possible, in the interests of visual amenity and public health. Overhead cables detract from visual amenity and therefore it is Council policy to seek the placing underground of cables. It is the intention of the Council to co-operate with other agencies as appropriate, and to use its development management powers in the implementation of this policy. Where undergrounding of cables is being pursued, proposals should demonstrate that environmental impacts including the following are minimised: M Habitat loss as a result of removal of field boundaries and hedgerows (right of way preparation) followed by topsoil stripping (to ensure machinery does not destroy soil structure and drainage properties); M Short to medium term impacts on the landscape where, for example, hedgerows are encountered; M Impacts on underground archaeology; M Impacts on soil structure and drainage; and M Impacts on surface waters as a result of sedimentation. Overhead Lines 206dlrcoco | County Development Plan 2022-2028
- 10.6 Telecommunications 10.6.1 Policy Objective EI20: Telecommunications Infrastructure It is a Policy Objective to promote and facilitate the provision of an appropriate telecommunications infrastructure, including broadband, fibre optic connectivity and other technologies, within the County. The widespread availability of a high-quality telecommunications network throughout DLR is critical to the development of a knowledge economy, will help attract inward investment in hi-tech knowledge-based industries and will engender the image of the County as the premier entrepreneurial County in the State. It will also assist home working thereby reducing commuting. The advantages of a high-quality telecommunications network must, however, be balanced against the need to safeguard the rural and urban environment, particularly in sensitive areas where the impacts on residential amenity and visual amenity of areas needs to be adequately assessed. Masts at Three Rock 207Environmental Infrastructure and Flood RiskChapter 10
- 10.7 Flood Risk Whilst not solely caused by climate change, one of the effects of climate change that can be anticipated, and a key adaptation issue, is the management of water and the maintenance of quality standards as the global temperature increases and rainfall patterns change. Flood risk needs to be considered at all stages of the land use planning process and managed in an environmentally sensitive way. The Strategic Flood Risk Assessment which forms Appendix 15 of this Plan and was reviewed and updated having regard to the Section 28 Government publication ‘Flood Risk Management Guidelines’(2009), will ensure a rigorous and systematic approach to integrating flood risk management into the determination of individual planning applications. 10.7.1 Policy Objective EI21: Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) It is a Policy Objective to assist the Office of Public Works (OPW) in the design and construction of flood relief schemes approved in the ten-year Programme of Investment in Flood Relief Measures following from the recommendations and outputs of the CFRAM for the Eastern District that are relevant for DLR. The CFRAM programme commenced in Ireland in 2011. The programme delivered on core components of the National Flood Policy and on Flooding at Bullock Harbour 208dlrcoco | County Development Plan 2022-2028
- requirements of the EU Flood Directive. The CFRAM programme involves 3 phases: (i) Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment, (ii) CFRAM Studies and (iii) Implementation and Review. Stages (i) and (ii) have been completed. 10.7.2 Policy Objective EI22: Flood Risk Management It is a Policy Objective to support, in cooperation with the OPW, the implementation of the EU Flood Risk Directive (20010/60/EC) on the assessment and management of flood risks, the Flood Risk Regulations (SI No 122 of 2010) and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Office of Public Works Guidelines on ‘The Planning System and Flood Risk Management’ (2009) and relevant outputs of the Eastern District Catchment and Flood Risk Assessment and Management Study (ECFRAMS Study). Implementation of the above shall be via the policies and objectives, and all measures to mitigate identified flood risk, including those recommended under part 3 (flood risk considerations) of the Justification Tests, in the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment set out in Appendix 15 of this Plan. The Council will ensure the implementation of the Guidelines ‘The Planning System and Flood Risk Management’ (2009) and Circular PL 2/2014 (or any updated/superseded document) in relation to flood risk management within the County. The existing Strategic Flood Risk Assessment of the County has been reviewed and updated as part of this County Development Plan process (refer to Appendix 15). Implementation of the Guidelines will include the following: M Through the policies and objectives set out in Appendix 15 (Strategic Flood Risk Assessment) in accordance with the over-arching sequential approach of Avoid, Substitute, Justify, and Mitigate. As set out in Section 5.1 of Appendix 15 all applications for development must be accompanied by an appropriately detailed SSFRA. M Any other flood risk areas that may be identified during the period of the Plan or in relation to a planning application (refer to Section 6 of Appendix 15 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment). M Support for mitigation measures as set out in Appendix 15 SFRA. M Where certain measures proposed to mitigate or manage the risk of flooding associated with new developments are likely to result in significant effects to the environment or European sites downstream, such measures will undergo environmental assessment and Habitats Directive Assessment, as appropriate. M Flood Risk Management and Strategic Flood Risk Assessment shall be incorporated into the preparation of all statutory plans. M Regard shall be had to any future flood hazard maps, flood risk maps and flood risk management plans prepared as part of the Eastern District Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Study and future iterations of other similar studies of impacts of climate change. M Where flood protection or alleviation works take place the Council will ensure that the natural and cultural heritage and rivers, streams and watercourses are protected and enhanced. M Existing wetland Habitats within the County which serve as flood protection/management measures shall be managed and enhanced. M The Council will also require that all proposed flood protection or alleviation works will be subject to Appropriate Assessment to ensure there are no likely significant effects on the integrity, defined by the structure and function, of any European Sites and that the requirements of Article 6 of the EU Habitats Directive are met1. 10.7.3 Policy Objective EI23: Cross Boundary Flood Management It is a Policy Objective to work with neighbouring Local Authorities when developing cross boundary flood management work programmes and when considering cross boundary development. Flooding 1 Except as provided for in Article 6(4) of the Habitats Directive, viz. There must be: a) no alternative solution available, b) imperative reasons of overriding public interest for the project to proceed; and c) Adequate compensatory measures in place. 209Environmental Infrastructure and Flood RiskChapter 10
- 10.8 Coastal Protection 10.8.1 Policy Objective EI24: Coastal Defence It is a Policy Objective to implement and have regard to the recommendations of the Coastal Defence Strategy (2010) for the County where feasible. The Council will endeavour to (i) obtain funding from the OPW in order to undertake defence measures for specific areas as prioritised in the Strategy (ii) become part of any future national OPW Coastal Monitoring Survey Programme. Where feasible and appropriate the Council will endeavor to incorporate leisure and transport objectives with coastal protection. A Coastal Defence Strategy Study was prepared for the County by specialist Consulting Engineers in 2010. The Study details a coastal protection strategy identifying specific coastal protection measures on a priority basis and undertakes a risk assessment of the vulnerability of the Study area and hinterland to both erosion and coastal flooding. During the course of the Study, areas were identified where it was considered that the risks relating to coastal defence issues were likely to be highest. Measures to be applied to these specific areas were prioritised. Not all of these areas are in the ownership of the Council. The OPW have initiated a Pilot Coastal Monitoring Survey Programme at a number of selected locations around the country and DLR will be liaising as appropriate with the OPW and Climate Action Regional Office on progressing with this pilot programme. The long-term aim of the pilot programme is to assist in the assessment of coastal erosion and other changes in the coastline and to help inform decisions on providing new coastal protection infrastructure and to assess the performance of existing coastal protection infrastructure. It is the intention that DLR will become a part of a wider national programme once the pilot survey has been completed, and this will inform future decisions on coastal management and defence measures in DLR. It is considered appropriate that any coastal protection works should examine the feasibility of incorporating pedestrian and cycle routes. Policy Objective T13 Coastal Cycling Infrastructure Objective and SLO 17 should be referred to in the preparation of coastal protection works. Surfers at Whiterock 210dlrcoco | County Development Plan 2022-2028
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