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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Development Plan 2022–2028 – Written Statement
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- Table 13.1.14 ZONING OBJECTIVE ‘W’ ‘To provide for waterfront development and/or harbour related uses’. Permitted In Principle Carpark, Community Facility, Cultural Use, Industry- Light, Offices less than 200 sq.m., Marine Leisure Facility, Open Space, Public Services, Restaurant, Transport Depot. Open For Consideration Advertisements and Advertising Structures, Aparthotela, Assisted Living Accommodation, Craft Centre/ Craft Shop, Childcare Service, Civic Use, Doctor/Dentist, Education, Enterprise Centrea, Hotel/Motela, Office Based Industry, Officesa, Off-Licensea, Place of Public Worship, Public Housea, Sports Facility, Residentialb, Residential Institutionb, Science and Technology Based Industrya, Shop-Specialist, Shop Neighbourhood, Tea Room/Café, Travellers Accommodation. a: Uses Open for Consideration in Dún Laoghaire Harbour area only. b: Not permitted in principle or open for consideration in Bulloch Harbour. Note 1: An objective of this Plan is to protect the harbour/ marine entity of Dún Laoghaire Harbour by facilitating harbour-related uses, but not to confine permitted uses in the harbour to a degree that exclusively attracts those with an interest in active maritime recreation. Any development proposal should seek to ensure public accessibility to the harbour and shorefront. Note 2: Any development in the coastal area should have regard to the findings of the Dún Laoghaire- Rathdown County Council Coastal Defence Strategy Study, (2010). Sandyford Urban Framework Plan Specific Land Use Zoning Objectives: Table 13.1.15 Zoning Objective ‘A2’ ‘To provide for the creation of sustainable residential neighbourhoods and preserve and protect residential amenity’. Permitted in Principle Assisted Living Accommodation, Community Facility, Childcare Service, Education, Open Space, Public Services, Residential, Residential Institution Open For Consideration Bring Banks/Bring Centres, Residential – Build to Rent, Carpark (ancillary), Cultural use, Doctor/Dentist etc., Home Based Economic Activities. Table 13.1.16 Zoning Objective ‘LIW’ ‘To improve and provide for low density warehousing/light industrial warehousing uses’. Permitted In Principle Advertisements and Advertising Structures, Cash and Carry/Wholesale Outlet, Craft Centre/Craft Shop, Childcare Service, Enterprise Centre, Heavy Vehicle Park, Household Fuel Depot, Incubator Units, Industry- General, Industry-Light, Motor Sales Outlet, Offices (Ancillary only), Open Space, Service Station, Public Services, Refuse Transfer Station, Retail Warehouse, Scrap Yard, Service Garage, Tea Room/Café, Transport Depot, Travellers Accommodation, Warehousing. Open For Consideration Abattoir, Boarding Kennels, Community Facility, Cultural Use, Carpark, Science and Technology Based Industry, Education, Funeral Home, Garden Centre/Plant Nursery, Place of Public Worship, Sports Facility, Veterinary Surgery. 313Land Use Zoning ObjectivesChapter 13
- Table 13.1.17 Zoning Objective ‘MIC’ ‘To consolidate and complete the development of the mixed use Inner Core to enhance and reinforce sustainable development’. Permitted In Principle Advertisements and Advertising Structures, Aparthotel, Betting Office, Craft Centre/Craft Shop, Community Facility, Childcare Service, Civic Use, Cultural Use, Doctor/Dentist etc., Education, Embassy, Enterprise Centre, Funeral Home, Guest House, Health Centre / Healthcare Facility, Home Based Economic Activities, Hotel/ Motel, Leisure Facility, Off-License, Offices*1, Nightclub, Open Space, Place of Public Worship, Public House, Public Services, Restaurant, Shop-Specialist, Tea Room/Café, Veterinary Surgery, Convenience (including supermarkets) and Comparison Shops*2. Open For Consideration Industry-Light, Office Based Industry, Residential*3, Retail Warehouse, Carpark. *1 Any office development shall accord with the policy for office-based employment in Mixed Use Core Areas as outlined in the Sandyford Urban Framework Plan. *2 Any retail development shall accord with the policy for retail within Mixed Use Core Areas as outlined in the Sandyford Urban Framework Plan. * 3 Only applies to the unfinished building referred to in Specific Local Objective 141 (Carmanhall Rd / Blackthorn Drive). Table 13.1.18 Zoning Objective ‘MOC’ ‘To provide for a mix of uses which complements the Mixed Use Inner Core, but with less retail and more emphasis on employment and services.’ Permitted in Principle Advertisements and Advertising Structures, Aparthotel, Betting Office, Community Facility, Childcare Service, Cultural Use, Doctor/Dentist etc., Education, Embassy, Enterprise Centre, Guest House, Health Centre / Healthcare Facility, Hotel/Motel, Leisure Facility, Off License, Offices*1, Nightclub, Open Space, Place of Public Worship, Public House, Public Services, Restaurant, Shop-Specialist, Local Shop*2, Sports Facility, Tea Room/ Café. Open For Consideration Craft Centre/Craft Shop, Garden Centre/Plant Nursery, Home Based Economic Activities, Motor Sales Outlet, Office Based Industry, Residential Institution, Carpark. *1 Any office development shall accord with the policy for office-based employment in Mixed Use Core Areas as outlined in the Sandyford Urban Framework Plan. *2 Local shops and services primarily serving the local/walk in community with basic day to day needs. Typically these comprise convenience stores and services such as newsagents, butchers, vegetable shop, hairdresser, beauty salon and other similar basic retail services. Table 13.1.19 Zoning Objective OE ‘To provide for office and enterprise development’. Permitted In Principle Advertisements and Advertising Structures, Craft Centre/Craft Shop, Childcare Service, Education, Enterprise Centre, Office Based Industry, Offices, Open Space, Public Services, Science and Technology Based Industry, Tea Room/Café, Transport Depot, Travellers Accommodation. Open For Consideration Aparthotel, Carpark, Cash and Carry/Wholesale Outlet, Community Facility, Cultural Use, Doctor/Dentist etc., Funeral Home, Garden Centre/Plant Nursery, Health Centre, Hotel/Motel, Household Fuel Depot, Motor Sales Outlet, Place of Public Worship, Public House, Restaurant, Retail Warehouse, Rural Industry-Cottage, Service Station, Small scale convenience shop (<300sq.m.), Sports Facility, Veterinary Surgery. 314dlrcoco | County Development Plan 2022-2028
- 13.2 Definition of Use Classes Abattoir A building or part thereof or land used as a slaughterhouse. This includes facilities for meat processing and storage and also lairage. Advertisements and Advertisement Structures Any word, letter, model, balloon, inflatable structure, kite, poster, notice, device or representation employed for the purpose of advertisement, announcement, or direction and any structure such as a hoarding, scaffold, framework, pole, standard, device or sign (whether illuminated or not) and which is used or intended for use for exhibiting advertisements or any attachment to a building or structure used for advertising purposes. Agriculture/Agricultural Buildings Use of land or buildings for the purposes set out in Section 2 (1) ‘agriculture’ of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 (as amended). Allotments An area of land comprising not more than 1,000 square metres let or available for letting to and cultivation by one or more than one person who is a member of the local community and lives adjacent or near to the allotment, for the purposes of the production of vegetables or fruit mainly for consumption by the person or a member of his or her family. Aparthotel A building, or part thereof, containing a minimum of eight self-serviced short-term (for a period no greater than 60 days) accommodation units that share a reception area and which is professionally managed in the same manner as a hotel, where accommodation is provided in the form of apartments or suites within a fully serviced building. Assisted Living Accommodation / Retirement Homes For those that require assisted living in specifically designed units in which dining, recreation, hygiene and health care facilities can be shared on a communal basis. Betting Office Premises for the time being registered in the Register of Bookmaking Offices kept by the Revenue Commissioners under the Betting Act, 1931 (as amended). Boarding Kennels A building or part thereof or land used for the temporary accommodation of dogs/cats for reward. Bring Banks/Bring Centres A facility to which materials such as glass, cans, paper, textiles and plastics, which often cannot be put in the household green bin collection, can be brought for sorting, storage and subsequent recycling. Caravan/Camping Park – Holiday The use of land for the accommodation of vehicle caravans, temporary chalets (includes “glamping” pods) and or touring tent pitches during the period from 1st March to 31st October each year. Caravan Park - Residential The use of land for the accommodation of caravans designed specifically for year round human habitation. Carpark A building or part thereof or land (not being part of a public road) used for the parking of mechanically propelled vehicles (excluding heavy commercial vehicles), bikes and e-bikes. Car parks are to be taken also as multi-storey and underground structures. Car park can also include Park and Ride for public Transport users. Cash and Carry Outlet A building or part thereof or land used for the sale of goods in bulk to traders on a cash-and-carry basis or the sale of goods by wholesalers to traders only. Processing and manufacturing of such goods is excluded. Cemetery Land used as a burial ground. 315Land Use Zoning ObjectivesChapter 13
- Childcare Services Early childcare Care and Education and School Age Childcare services that include: (i) Sessional Services ‘Sessional pre-school services’ means a pre-school service offering a planned programme to pre-school children for a total of not more than 3.5 hours per session. Services covered by the above definition may include pre-schools, playgroups, creches, Montessori preschool, naionraí, registered childminders or similar services which generally cater for per school children in the 0 – 6 age bracket. (ii) Part Time day care ‘Part time day care’ means pre-school service offering a structured day care service for pre-school children for a total of more than 3.5 hours and less than 5 hours per day and which may include a sessional pre-school service for pre-school service for pre-school children not attending the part time day care service. (iii) Full Day Care Services ‘Full Day Care Service’ means a pre-school service offering a structured day care service for pre-school children of more than 5 hours per day; and which may include a sessional pre-school service for pre-school children not attending the full day care service. (iv) Childminding Service ‘Childminding Service’ means a pre-school service which may include an overnight service offered by a person who single-handedly take care of pre-school children, including the childminder’s own children, in the childminder’s hours for a total of more than 2 hours per day, except where the exemptions provided in section 58 of the Childcare Act 1991 apply. (v) Pre-school Service in a drop in centre and in a temporary drop in centre. ‘Pre-school service in a drop in centre’ means a pre-school service offering day care, which is used exclusively on an intermittent basis. ‘Pre-school in a temporary drop in centre’ means a preschool service offering a day care exclusively on a temporary basis.’ (vi) Overnight pre-school service ‘Overnight pre-schools service’ means a service in which pre-school children are taken care of for a total of more than 2 hours between the hours of 7pm and 6am except where the exemptions provided in Section 58 of the Childcare Act 1991 apply. Civic Use Public administration offices for county council / other public services, citizen information, tourist information. Columbarium A columbarium is a wall, room, or building used to store urns holding the ashes of people who have died and been cremated. Community Facility A building or part thereof used for (community) activities organised primarily by the local community and to which the public may be admitted on payment of a charge or free of charge and includes Community meeting space, parish centres, youth clubs, scouts’ dens, clubhouses, family resource centres. Concrete/Asphalt Plant etc. A structure or land used for the purpose of manufacturing concrete, asphalt, etc., and related products in or adjacent to a quarry or mine. Conference Facility A building or part thereof used to host conferences, exhibitions, large meetings, seminars, training sessions, etc. A conference centre often also provides office facilities, and a range of leisure activities. Craft Centre/Craft Shop A building or part thereof typically having one or more workshops, an exhibition gallery and a shop. Crematorium A structure housing a furnace for burning dead bodies to ashes. Cultural Use Use of a building or part thereof or land for cultural or purposes to which the public may be admitted on payment of a charge or free of charge and includes an art gallery, museum, public library or public reading room, theatre, public hall, exhibition hall. Doctor/Dentist, etc. Use of part of the dwelling house in which the Practitioner resides for the provision of medical or professional services. Group practices are excluded from this definition. 316dlrcoco | County Development Plan 2022-2028
- Education The use of a building or part thereof or land as a school, college, technical institute, academy, lecture hall or other educational centre. Where a building or part of a building on the same site as an educational building or on an adjoining site is designed for use or used as a residence for the staff or the pupils of that educational building such a use shall be deemed to be educational. Embassy A building, or part thereof, or land used by a foreign government for diplomatic purposes. The use may include a residential content for the staff of the embassy which is ancillary to the embassy activities. The use does not include a foreign trade delegation or trade office. Enterprise Centre Use of a building or part of a building or land for small scale (‘Starter-type’) industries and/or services usually sharing grouped service facilities. Funeral Home A building or part of a building used for the storage, preparation and layout of human remains, the holding of burial services and the assembling of funerals. An undertakers premises where the functions of a funeral home are not carried out is regarded as a shop. Garden Centre/Plant Nursery The use of land, including buildings, for the cultivation, storage and/or the display and sale of horticultural products and the display and sale of related goods and equipment. Guest House A building or part thereof where sleeping accommodation and meal services are generally available to residents only. Health Centre / Healthcare Facility A building or part thereof or land used for the provision of local medical, dental, prophylactic or social assistance services for the local community and including group practices and clinics, primary care centres, mental health and wellbeing facilities and other complementary medical services. (The above relates to out-patient services only - see Hospital for in-patient services) Heavy Vehicle Park A building or part thereof or land (not being part of a public road) used for the parking of heavy goods vehicles. Home Based Economic Activity Service type activities carried on for profit by the occupier of a dwelling, such use being subordinate to the use of the dwelling as a residence. Hospital A building or part thereof or land used for general medical treatment. This includes specialised hospitals. Hotel/Motel A building or part thereof where sleeping accommodation, meal services and other refreshments are available to residents and nonresidents. Function rooms may also be incorporated as part of the use. Household Fuel Depot Use of a structure or land for the storage of solid fuel or bottled gas for retail sale. Incubator Unit Small scale unit(s) with links to support from a bigger organisation/third level institution for new start up/early stage companies especially ones involved with advanced technology. Industry: Extractive The winning of all minerals and substances in or under land of a kind ordinarily worked by underground or opencast mining. Industry: General The use of a building or part thereof or land for any industry other than a light industry or a special industry and includes a service garage but not a service station. Industry: Light The use of a building or part thereof or land for industry (not being a special industry) in which the processes carried on or the machinery installed are such as could be carried on or installed in any residential area without detriment to the amenity of that area by reason of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, soot, ash, dust or grit and may include a service garage but not a service station. Industry: Special The use of a building or part thereof or land for any industry which requires special assessment due to its potential for detrimental environmental effects. 317Land Use Zoning ObjectivesChapter 13
- Leisure Facility A building or part thereof or land which may be available to the public on payment of a charge or free of charge and which may contain a theatre, cinema, concert hall/music hall, conference centre, bingo hall, bowling alley, skating rink, or children’s/ teenager’s games centre. Marine Leisure Facility A building or part thereof or land which may be available to the public on payment of a charge or free of charge and which may contain a leisure facility related to the marine environment or to marine heritage. Motor Sales Outlet A building or part thereof or land used for the display and sale of motor vehicles, agricultural machinery and implements. Nightclub A building or part thereof where the primary function is the provision of dancing facilities. Office-Based Industry Office-based activities concerned with the output of a specified product or service, including: data processing, software development, information technology, technical consultancy, commercial laboratories/healthcare, research and development, media recording and general media associated uses, publishing, telemarketing. Other related uses not specified above may be included in the future at the discretion of the Planning Authority. Office A building in which the sole or principal use is the undertaking of professional administrative financial marketing or clerical work including services provided principally to visiting members of the public. Off-License A building which is licensed and used for the sale of intoxicating liquor for consumption off the premises, including wines, beers and spirits. Part Off-License A building where the main use is the sale of convenience retail goods to members of the public and contains a subsidiary area of the premises which is licensed and used for the display and sale of intoxicating liquor, including wines, beers and spirits, for consumption off the premises. Open Space Open space is a parcel of land in a predominantly open and undeveloped condition that is suitable for the following: M Outdoor and indoor sports facilities and cultural use - owned publicly or privately, and with natural or artificial surfaces including tennis courts, bowling greens, sports pitches, golf courses, athletic tracks and playing fields. M Amenity green space - often around housing - including formal recreational spaces. M Provision for community play areas including playgrounds, skateboard parks and outdoor basketball hoops. M Green corridors. M Natural Areas. M Community gardens. M Wildlife and native plant habitats. Open space should be taken to mean all open space of public value, including not just land but also areas for water such as rivers, canals, beaches, lakes and reservoirs, which offer important opportunities for sport and recreation and can also act as a visual amenity. Place of Public Worship Any structure habitually used as a place of public worship or for religious instruction. Where a building or part of a building, on the same site as a place of public worship or on an adjoining site, is used in connection with that place of public worship, such a use shall be deemed to be a related use. Private Club A building or part thereof and/or land used by a club primarily for its members and not ordinarily open to the public. Private Garage/Car Storage A building or part thereof or land used for the storage of private cars where no sales or services are provided. Public House A building or part thereof or land licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor to the public for consumption on the premises. Public Services A building or part thereof, a roadway or land used for the provision of ‘Public Services’. ‘Public Services’ include all service installations necessarily required by electricity, gas, telephone, radio, telecommunications, television, data transmission, water, drainage and other statutory undertakers; it 318dlrcoco | County Development Plan 2022-2028
- includes public lavatories, public telephone boxes, bus shelters, bring centres, green waste composting facilities, etc. ‘Public Services’ do not include commercial data centres. Refuse Landfill/Tip The use of land for the disposal of solid wastes or refuse generally of a non-toxic chemical nature by landfill. Refuse Transfer Station A structure or land usually enclosed and screened and which is used for the temporary storage of refuse and waste materials pending transfer to a final disposal facility, or for re-use. The definition includes a baling station, bring banks/bring centres recycling facility, civic amenity facility, materials recovery facility, and materials recycling facility. Residential The use of a building or part thereof including houses, apartments, flats, bed sitters, etc., designed for human habitation. See separate definition for Residential - Build-to-Rent. (i) Residential - Build to Rent Accommodation Purpose-built residential accommodation and associated amenities built specifically for longterm rental that is managed and serviced in an institutional manner by an institutional landlord. (Definition taken from section 5.2 of the DHPLG Section 28 Guidelines, Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for new Apartments” (2020) (ii) Student Accommodation A building or part thereof used or to be used to accommodate students whether or not provided by a relevant provider (within the meaning of Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012), and that is not for use (i) as permanent residential accommodation, or (ii) subject to (b), as a hotel, hostel, apart-hotel or similar type accommodation, and (b) includes residential accommodation that is used as tourist or visitor accommodation but only if it is so used outside of academic term times. (from Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016). Residential Institution A building or part thereof or land used as a residential institution and includes a monastery, convent, hostel, nursing home. Restaurant A building or part thereof where the primary function is the sale of meals and refreshments for consumption on the premises. Retail Parks A single development of at least three retail warehouses with associated car parking. Retail Warehouse A large single-level store specialising in bulky household goods such as carpets, furniture, and electrical goods, and bulky DIY items, catering mainly for car-borne customers. Rural Industry - Cottage Small scale industrial undertakings related directly to the residence of the principal industrial undertaker. Rural Industry - Food The use of a building or part thereof or structure or land for the purpose of the intensive or large scale production or processing of food and related activities. This includes piggeries, hen batteries, mushroom farms, creameries, etc. Science and Technology Based Industry Knowledge based processes and industrial activities (including ancillary offices) in which research, innovation and development play a significant part and which lead to and accommodate the commercial production of a high technology output. Scrap Yard Land used for the reception, dismantling, packing and storing of waste and used materials and goods before transport for processing and recycling elsewhere. Service Garage A building or part thereof or land used for the maintenance and repair of motor vehicles. Service Station A structure or land used for the purpose of the selling by retail of petrol, fuel oils, lubricating oils, liquefied petroleum gas and low emission fuel generally for use in motor vehicles. It does not include a service garage or motor sales outlet. Service stations can provide electric vehicle charging points and a wide range of retail goods in an associated shop. In general, these shops should remain secondary to the use as a service station and their net floorspace shall not exceed 100 sq.m. (net) irrespective of location. Shop – Neighbourhood A neighbourhood shop is one which primarily serves a local community and does not generally attract business from outside that community. They will primarily serve a ‘walk-in’ population and will typically have limited carparking. 319Land Use Zoning ObjectivesChapter 13
- Shop - District A shop (excluding retail warehousing) which is larger in scale and more varied in what it may sell than a neighbourhood shop, and therefore serves a wider area, including the district centres. Shop - Major Convenience Shops, which are larger in scale than neighbourhood shops or are very specialised and therefore serve a wider area including District Centres, and Major Town Centre. Convenience goods would include: food, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, tobacco and non-durable household goods. Shop - Major Comparison Shops (excluding retail warehouses) which are larger in scale than neighbourhood/local or district centre shops, or are very specialised and therefore serve a wider area including Major Town Centre. Comparison goods would include clothing and footwear, furniture, furnishings and household equipment (excluding non-durable household goods), medical and pharmaceutical products, therapeutic appliances and equipment, educational and recreation equipment and accessories. Shop - Specialist A single retail unit which sells specialised merchandise. Sports Facility A building or part thereof or land used for organised and competitive activity that aims to promote physical activity and well being, e.g. sports hall, gym, squash centre, tennis club, golf club, swimming pool, sport pitch, athletic track, skate park, health studio, sport clubhouses, racecourse. Tea Room/Café A building or part thereof used as a small cafe serving tea and light refreshments. Transitional / Step-Down Medical / Rehabilitation Services. A building or part thereof or land used for postacute hospital care or `step down`/transitional medical and rehabilitation services usually with associated on-site, short-stay accommodation. Transport Depot Use of a building or land as a depot associated with the operation of transport business to include parking and servicing of vehicles, particularly HGVs. Traveller Accommodation The use of a building or land for the temporary and/or permanent residential facilities specifically provided by the Council for occupation by members of the Travelling Community including group housing schemes, halting sites, residential caravan parks, and standard housing. Utility Scale Photovoltaic Facility (Solar Farm) A solar facility which generates solar power and feeds it into the grid, supplying a utility with energy. A solar farm is a large array of solar panels, installed in fields or other large spaces, feeding all of the generated power to the electricity grid. (SEAI) Veterinary Surgery Use of a building or part thereof or land as a clinic or surgery for the treatment and care of animals. Animals may be housed on the premises for short periods for treatment purposes but not as part of a boarding kennel operation. Warehousing A building or part thereof where goods are stored or bonded prior to distribution and sale elsewhere. It may include the storage of commercial vehicles where this is ancillary to the warehousing function. Wholesale Outlet A building or part thereof or land used for the sale of goods by wholesale to traders only. Processing and manufacturing of such goods is excluded. 13.2.1 Use Class definitions specific to Sandyford Urban Framework Plan Local Shop Local shop and services primarily serving the local/ walk in community with basic day to day needs. Typically these comprise convenience stores and services such as newsagents, butchers, vegetable shop, hairdresser, beauty salon and other similar basic retail services. Small scale convenience shop (less than 300 sq.m.) A shop of less than 300 sq.m. selling convenience goods. Convenience goods would include: food, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, tobacco and non-durable household goods. 320dlrcoco | County Development Plan 2022-2028
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- 10 66 22 71 90 14.1 Introduction This Chapter sets out the Council’s Specific Local Objectives (SLOs) which, detail the works that the Council intends to initiate and/or give effect to, within the lifetime of the DLR County Development Plan, 2022-2028, at specific locations. Given that the objectives listed below are location specific these are highlighted on the Development Plan Maps Nos. 1-14 by means of a red hexagonal icon, with the relevant SLO number marked inside. 322dlrcoco | County Development Plan 2022-2028
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