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Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy 2019–2031
The regional strategy for the Eastern and Midland Region, including the Dublin Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan.
Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly · June 2019 · 244 pages
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- Project Ireland 2040 | National Development Plan 2018-2027 Figure 5.3: Greater Dublin Area Public Transport Network 2027 Foxrock Bray Naas Dalkey Dun Laoghaire Blackrock Ringsend Docklands Ranelagh Tallaght Crumlin Sandyford Cherrywood Stepaside Dundrum ClonskeaghTerenure Rathfarnham Ballyfermot Clondalkin Celbridge Maynooth Ballymun Dunboyne Clontarf Drumcondra Donaghmede Broombridge Blanchardstown Lucan Leixlip Finglas Santry Saggart Sallins Jobstown Howth Swords Malahide Portrane Balbriggan Stamullen BettystownDrogheda Julianstown Bellewstown Rush Lusk Skerries Dublin Airport Garristown Clonalvy Naul Oldtown Ballyboughal Blakes Cross Barons Hall Rolestown Ashbourne Fleenstown Ratoath Drumree Dunshaughlin Proposed Luas to Lucan Luas Red Line Extension to Poolbeg Luas Green Line Extension to Finglas Luas Green Line Extension to Bray Proposed Light Rail Proposed Heavy Rail Existing Luas Green Line Proposed Luas Green Line Extensions (delivery post-2027) Existing Luas Red Line Proposed Luas Red Line Extensions (delivery post-2027) Proposed Luas to Lucan (delivery post-2027) Proposed Metro Public Transport Network 2027 Proposed DART Underground (delivery post-2027) Diesel Rail Future Electric/Diesel Hybrid Rail Figure 5.4 Greater Dublin Area Public Transport Network 2027 Source: National Development Plan 2018-2027 111Dublin Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan (MASP)
- 5.7 Housing Delivery The supply of quality, affordable housing plays a key role in underpinning economic growth and competitiveness of the Dublin metropolitan area. 13 Department of Housing Planning and Local Government, 2009 14 Department of Housing Planning and Local Government, 2018 The NPF and Rebuilding Ireland identifies a target of at least 25,000 annual new homes required nationally to satisfy housing needs to 2040 and an increased national output of 30,000 to 35,000 to 2027. This translates to an approximate housing target of at least 7,500 units per annum to be provided in the metropolitan area to 2040. The MASP identifies opportunities for some 113,000 residential units when fully built out to 2040, which meets the projected populations in the MASP to 2026 and 2031. The Strategy supports a sequential approach to development with a primary focus on the consolidation of sites within or contiguous to the existing built up and zoned area of Dublin City and suburbs, supported by selected metropolitan settlements that have the capacity to achieve higher residential densities in tandem with the provision of public transport, infrastructure and services. Phased sequential development Having regard to the long lead in time for planning, design and development, a prioritisation and indicative phasing has been applied to strategic development areas based on any identified infrastructure and/or site constraints and linked to the delivery of strategic public transport, key infrastructure and service provision. Phasing periods are 2026 (short term), 2031 (medium term) and 2040 (long term). This also aligns with census periods and the availability of census data will allow for more effective monitoring of housing delivery. It is therefore considered appropriate that the MASP is focused on the phased and sequential delivery of a steady stream of sites to meet demand including the identification of long term strategic future development areas. It should be noted that housing units delivered through the MASP site-based regeneration does not preclude additional capacity for increased residential densities being realised throughout the metropolitan area by means of ongoing infill, re-intensification and development of sites that may not have not been identified in the MASP. REGIONAL POLICY OBJECTIVES: MASP Housing and Regeneration RPO 5.4: Future development of strategic residential development areas within the Dublin Metropolitan area shall provide for higher densities and qualitative standards as set out in the ‘Sustainable Residential Development in Urban Areas’13, ‘Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments’ Guidelines and ‘Urban Development and Building Heights Guidelines for Planning Authorities’14. RPO 5.5: Future residential development supporting the right housing and tenure mix within the Dublin Metropolitan Area shall follow a clear sequential approach, with a primary focus on the consolidation of Dublin and suburbs, and the development of Key Metropolitan Towns, as set out in the Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan (MASP) and in line with the overall Settlement Strategy for the RSES. Identification of suitable residential development sites shall be supported by a quality site selection process that addresses environmental concerns. 112 Regional Spatial & Economic Strategy
- Core Strategy 15 NPO 68 A Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan may enable up to 20% of the phased population growth targeted in the principal city and suburban area, to be accommodated in the wider metropolitan area i.e. outside the city and suburbs or contiguous zoned area, in addition to growth identified for the Metropolitan area. This will be subject to: any relocated growth being in the form of compact development, such as infill or a sustainable urban extension; any relocated growth being served by high capacity public transport and/or related to significant employment provision; and National Policy Objective 9, as set out in Chapter 4. The core strategies of the relevant local authorities should demonstrate consistency with the population targets expressed in the NPF and the Implementation Roadmap for the National Planning Framework July 2018. The NPF identifies a target population of 1.4 million people in Dublin City and Suburbs for 2031, an increase of some 220,000 people, and a target of 1.65m in the MASP, an increase of some 250,000 people. The further breakdown of population projections to county level are in Appendix B and shall be used by local authorities in the formulation of the core strategies of their development plans. There is a further allowance of transition population targets in NPO 68 by way of up to 20% of the targeted growth in the city being transferred to other settlements in the MASP15. This shall apply only to the three Metropolitan Key Towns in the MASP namely Bray, Maynooth and Swords, and only if they can demonstrate compact growth on high capacity planned or existing public transport corridors. The determination of population targets for local authorities within the MASP in accordance with the NPF and this strategy, including the population targets for the City and the Metropolitan Key Towns, should be agreed in consultation with the MASP Implementation Group, within six months of publication of the RSES to inform the preparation of the core strategies of the relevant city and county development plans. Should it not be possible to reach agreement within the above timeframe, the matter will be referred to the Minister for further determination. It is important to note that the figures represented in Table 5.1 are a statement of the population capacity of the corridors – not targets, which is based on the identified capacity of opportunities along the corridors translated to an estimated population capacity. The phasing of short (2026), medium (2031) and long term (2040) is based on infrastructure delivery and the Guiding Principles of the MASP. It demonstrates the capacity of the corridors to meet and exceed the NPF population targets for Dublin City and the MASP which is a key outcome of the RSES for the Region. Furthermore, it is recognised that there would be significant additional capacity to deliver increased residential densities on other sites through the ongoing provision of infill, reduction in vacancy and re-use of underutilised lands and vacant buildings within the metropolitan area. The core strategies of development plans relevant to the MASP should have a focus on the delivery of sites in the MASP whilst retaining flexibility to respond to new and future opportunities for the delivery of housing in the metropolitan area, in line with the transitional population projections methodology in the NPF roadmap and a robust evidence-based analysis of demand, past delivery and potential. See also Chapter 4 People and Place for more information on the strategic development of Dublin and the Metropolitan Key Towns of Swords, Bray and Maynooth. 113Dublin Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan (MASP)
- 5.8 Employment Generation The MASP identifies a number of large-scale employment and mixed-use development areas within the metropolitan area, which should be developed in co-ordination with the sequential delivery of infrastructure and services. The MASP aims to continue densification in the city centre, re-intensify strategic employment areas within the M50 ring and to activate key strategic sites such as Cherrywood to complement existing employment hubs such as the city centre, Docklands and Sandyford Business District, providing for a limited number of people intensive employment locations that are accessible to public transport. Outside the M50 ring there is potential to re-intensify older industrial estates such as Naas Road/Ballymount, brownfiled lands in Tallaght/Cookstown and to provide for high tech and research and development employment at strategic employment hubs such as Dublin Enterprise Zone in Blanchardstown and Grangecastle Business Park, linked to improved bus connections. The MASP also supports employment generation at strategic locations within the metropolitan area to strengthen the local employment base and reduce pressure on the metropolitan transport network, including; future employment districts in Swords and Dublin Airport/South Fingal; Maynooth; Bray; Greystones; Dunboyne-Portane; and Leixlip (see Table 5.2). Strategic employment locations, particularly those that are employee intensive should be located in proximity to existing or planned strategic transport corridors. The Economic Strategy sets out Guiding Principles for the location of strategic employment areas that include access to; • suitable locations (depending on the extent to which an enterprise is people or space intensive or subject to environment constraints); • serviced sites (based on whether an industry is dependent on a particular infrastructure such as energy, water, transport or communications networks); • connectivity (including access to international markets that requires proximity to an airport/port); • skilled labour force (proximity to third level education and lifelong learning) and • local strengths (a diverse sectoral mix, research, innovation and technology centres, start-up hubs and incubators, emerging clusters or cross industry value chains), See Section 6.3 (Chapter 6 Economy and Employment) for full list of Guiding Principles. 114 Regional Spatial & Economic Strategy
- TABLE 5.2 Potential of Strategic Employment Development Areas in the Dublin Metropolitan Area Strategic corridor Strategic Employment locations Employment potential Docklands and City centre (Multi-modal) Docklands, Poolbeg and north east inner city High tech, financial services and people intensive employment and regeneration of underutilised lands City centre (Grangegorman and St James-Diageo lands) Re-intensification and regeneration of underutilised lands, employment opportunities related to education and hospital campus development Industrial lands Re-intensification of older industrial lands subject to feasibility North-South corridor (DART) North County Wicklow (Bray, extension to Fassaroe, Greystones) Re-intensification of commercial town centre functions and new mixed-use district. Redevelopment of IDA strategic sites at Greystones to strengthen employment base for North Wicklow North-West corridor (DART/Maynooth- Dunboyne commuter line) Dublin Enterprise Zone (Dublin 15) Large scale office, research and development and high tech manufacturing in proximity to Blanchardstown IT Dunboyne employment lands Space intensive ‘big box’ employment at Portane. Mixed use development at M3/Parkway Leixlip employment lands Large scale former Hewlett Packard site and Collinstown site for regional enterprise to strengthen employment base for North Kildare Maynooth Research & Technology Park New technology and research and development employment related to synergies with Maynooth University South west corridor (DART /LUAS redline) Naas Road/Ballymount lands Potential for intensification of industrial lands and development of new mixed-use district Tallaght Town Centre /Cookstown Potential for intensification of industrial lands and development of a new mixed-use district Grange Castle Business Park Space intensive uses e.g. IT, research, pharmaceuticals in a campus style setting Metrolink / LUAS Green line Corridor South County Dublin (Cherrywood, Ballyogan and Sandyford) Mixed-use districts with significant retail and people intensive employment to complement city centre and docklands Swords and Dublin Airport/South Fingal Future employment locations and airport related and commercial facilities in Swords and Dublin Airport/South Fingal REGIONAL POLICY OBJECTIVE: MASP Employment lands RPO 5.6: The development of future employment lands in the Dublin Metropolitan Area shall follow a sequential approach, with a focus on the re-intensification of employment lands within the M50 and at selected strategic development areas and provision of appropriate employment densities in tandem with the provision of high quality public transport corridors. 115Dublin Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan (MASP)
- 5.9 Green Infrastructure and Amenities Green Infrastructure (GI) can be broadly defined as a strategically planned network of high quality natural and semi-natural areas with other environmental features, which is designed and managed to deliver a wide range of ecosystem services and protect biodiversity in both rural and urban settings 16 http://www.dublinbaybiosphere.ie/ Metropolitan scale GI includes natural features such as rivers and canals, our coastline, regional parks, agricultural lands and amenity sites, forming a network of interconnected natural, semi-natural and managed areas that weaves through the metropolitan area, conserving natural ecosystems, managing flood risk and providing health and recreation benefits to people. In the Dublin Metropolitan Area strategic assets include; Dublin Bay and the marine SAC from Rockabill to Dalkey; the east coast estuaries, islands and headlands, linked by the East Coast Way; the Dublin/Wicklow Mountains including the Wicklow National Park and the Wicklow Way; Special Amenity Areas at North Bull Island, Howth and Liffey Valley SAAOs; UNESCO designated sites of Dublin Bay Biosphere16 (see case study) and the Historic city of Dublin (tentative); water corridors including the Rivers Liffey, Tolka, Santry, Mayne, Poddle, Camac, Griffeen, Dodder, Ward and Broadmeadow, the Grand and Royal Canals and regional parks including; Liffey Valley, Phoenix Park, Ward Valley Park, Tymon Park, Marlay Park, Killiney Hill, Father Collins Park and the proposed Dunsink and Swords Regional Parks. REGIONAL POLICY OBJECTIVES: MASP Green Infrastructure RPO 5.7: Co-ordinate across local authority boundaries to identify, manage, develop and protect regional Green Infrastructure, to enhance strategic connections and develop a Green Infrastructure policy in the Dublin Metropolitan Area. RPO 5.8: Support the promotion and development of greenway infrastructure and facilities in the Dublin metropolitan area and to support the expansion and connections between key strategic cycle routes and greenways as set out in the NTA Greater Dublin Area Cycle Network Plan. 116 Regional Spatial & Economic Strategy
- CASE STUDY: Dublin Bay Biosphere In 1981, UNESCO designated North Bull Island as a Biosphere because of its rare and internationally important habitats and species. In 2015, the Biosphere was expanded to over 300 km2 of Dublin Bay, reflecting its significant environmental, economic, cultural and tourism importance and to promote wider goals of conservation, learning and sustainable development. The Dublin Bay Biosphere is the world’s only Biosphere located largely within a capital city. The Biosphere comprises three zones; the core zone of high natural value including the Tolka and Baldoyle Estuaries, Booterstown Marsh, Howth Head, North Bull Island, Dalkey Island and Ireland’s Eye; the surrounding buffer zone of parks, golf courses and green spaces and; the wider transition zone including residential areas, harbours, ports, industrial and commercial areas. Over 300,000 people live within the newly enlarged Biosphere. 117Dublin Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan (MASP)
- Metropolitan Greenbelt 17 Myplan.ie General Zone Types (GZTs) including ‘green’ (G) recreation, conservation, corridor/belt, amenity and open space and ‘primary’(P) rural/ agricultural land uses 18 http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/knowledge/ecosystem_assessment/ 19 https://www.npws.ie/research-projects/ecosystems-services-mapping-and-assessment/story-map-viewer-and-data-downloads 20 http://www.myplan.ie/viewer/gztcoderef.htm The principles of GI recognise the importance of semi natural and managed lands as well as wild and natural areas. Green belt and rural /agriculture land use zonings form a natural greenbelt around the built-up area of Dublin City and suburbs and some metropolitan settlements, and provides a defined natural envelope for development. Land use zonings related to green infrastructure and rural/agricultural landuses17 form a baseline for the metropolitan greenbelt including; • Dublin Bay and the Coastal Zone (East) • Dublin/Wicklow mountains (South) • Zoned Greenbelt, agricultural lands and airport lands (North and West) • Liffey Valley, Phoenix Park and the Metropolitan Greenway Network (‘green fingers’ connecting rural to urban). The EMRA supports the further development of Green Infrastructure policies in the metropolitan area to support the compact development of Dublin and the metropolitan settlements. The identification and mapping of GI assets supports the development of policies for their management and for the further development of strategic connections. The EU funded En Route project applied an ecosystem services approach18 to support the development of Green Infrastructure policy in the Dublin region, utilising NPWS National Ecosystem Services mapping pilot19 and Myplan.ie General Zone Types (GZTs)20 to identify areas of importance for conservation and nature based recreation, see case study below and Figure 5.5. Refer also to Chapter 7 Environment & Climate - Guiding Principles for Green Infrastructure. CASE STUDY: Enhancing Resilience of urban ecosystems through Green Infrastructure (EnRoute) EnRoute is an EU funded project to support knowledge exchange in the development of urban Green Infrastructure (GI) across 20 cities in Europe including the Dublin Region. The Irish project team included EMRA, the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), Government departments (DAHRG, DHPLG), local authorities (LAs) and the Dublin Bay Biosphere Partnership. En Route produced a common set of data and indicators (based on the MAES framework) to assess and monitor the performance of urban GI in terms of ecosystem services and condition. The selection of indicators is based on local needs and includes; • Ecosystem services including; recreation, pollination, coastal protection, microclimate regulation, air quality, noise reduction, carbon sequestration, flood protection and water quality. • Urban ecosystem condition including; habitat conversion and land degradation, climate change, pollution, introduction of alien species, environmental quality, urban greenspace and contaminated sites. 118 Regional Spatial & Economic Strategy
- Figure 5.5 Green Infrastruture and Ecosystem services Source: www.myplan.ie (GZT) and www.npws.ie (National Ecosystem Services mapping pilot) 119Dublin Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan (MASP)
- 6 Economy & Employment 6.1 Introduction The Eastern and Midland Region (EMR) is a strong region that drives national progress providing more than half of what is produced and is home to one in two people living in the country. This chapter is driven by the key principle of economic opportunity. The Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES) has identified a number of Regional Strategic Outcomes (RSOs) which include building a resilient economic base by means of promoting innovation and entrepreneurship, developing and enhancing regional accessibility and connectivity, providing a regional framework for collaboration and partnerships, improving education skills and social inclusion, and the promotion of creative places. This RSES – as a regional expression of the national enterprise policy Enterprise 2025 Renewed - is a principle-based framework which sets out Regional Policy Objectives (RPOs) for the Region and guides relevant actors that support the development of the Region. As a statutorily based document the RSES informs effective planning and investments in placemaking throughout the Region that facilitate enterprise development among other objectives. In accordance with Project Ireland 2040 the Region will accommodate around 320,000 additional people in employment. 120 Regional Spatial & Economic Strategy
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