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South Dublin 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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- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028368Economic Development and Employment (EDE) 9.8 Rural Economy In rural areas of the County there is a need to balance the need for social and economic activity with the protection of the environment and character of the rural landscape. A Landscape Character Assessment has been carried out as part of the Development Plan preparation and informs policy for the different character areas. Through zoning and development management objectives, it is the intention of the Council to restrict development in rural areas to appropriate forms of development that have a social or economic connection to the local area. Policy EDE18: Rural Economy Support sustainable rural enterprises whilst protecting the rural character of the countryside and minimising environmental impacts. EDE18 Objective 1: To support and facilitate sustainable agriculture, horticulture, forestry and other rural enterprises at suitable locations in the County. EDE18 Objective 2: To support farm diversification and agri-tourism, where a proposed business initiative is subordinate to the primary agricultural use of the site, subject to traffic and environmental safeguards. EDE18 Objective 3: To protect agriculture and traditional rural enterprises from unplanned and / or incompatible urban development. 9.9 Tourism and Leisure In 2019, Tourism Ireland recorded tourist visitor numbers of 11.3 million people to the country, with the Dublin Region being Ireland’s primary tourism destination. In 2019 the Dublin Region received 6.6 million international visitors (family visitors, business visitors, and so on) and approximately 4 million visits for the purpose of holidays. Tourism is a significant economic driver and is considered a key growth sector of the Irish economy. It supports job creation across a diverse range of sectors and skill levels. It has wide ranging social and environmental benefits for host communities, with tourism initiatives often making key assets more accessible, supporting environmental improvements and sustaining services and events that would not otherwise be viable. South Dublin County possesses the natural and cultural assets, good access and business infrastructure, to establish and sustain a substantial tourism sector within the county. Fáilte Ireland tourism statistics for 2019 has 11,536 registered assets in its databases for tourism infrastructure within Ireland, with 130 (1.1%) of these located within South Dublin County. Actions in the South Dublin County Tourism Strategy (2015) builds on these assets to provide a wider offer to the market. In continuing the positive working relationships through the Dublin Tourism Working
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028369Economic Development and Employment (EDE) Group with Fáilte Ireland to make the best use of the ‘Grow Dublin’ tourism project and the ‘Dublin - Surprising By Nature’ brand, South Dublin County can develop a distinctive range of tourism products that will complement those of other parts of Dublin and generate substantial socio-economic benefits for the County. The County Development Plan will seek to support and facilitate the development of the County’s tourism and leisure sector by setting out a spatial planning framework that seeks to protect and preserve the natural environment and built assets upon which tourism relies while supporting public and private sector investment in sustainable tourism initiatives. Policy EDE19: Tourism Infrastructure Support the development of a sustainable tourism industry that recognises the recreational and tourism potential of the County, building on the actions in the South Dublin County Tourism Strategy, 2015 or any superseding strategy. EDE19 Objective 1: To support the development of tourism infrastructure, attractions, activities, accommodation and facilities at appropriate locations subject to sensitive design and demonstrated environmental safeguards. EDE19 Objective 2: To primarily direct tourist facilities into established centres, in particular town and village centres, where they can contribute to the wider economic vitality of urban centres. EDE19 Objective 3: To support the development of the Dublin Mountains Visitor Centre at Hell Fire and Massy’s Wood subject to planning. EDE19 Objective 4: To support tourism-related enterprises at appropriate locations along existing and proposed Green Routes, including greenways, which do not impact on environmental sensitivities and subject to sensitive design and development safeguards. EDE19 Objective 5: To continue to engage and collaborate with tourism stakeholders including Fáilte Ireland to deliver on the Tourism objectives for the County. Policy EDE20: Greenways, Trails and Loops Support and facilitate the development of an integrated network of Greenways (combined off road cycle and walking routes) and Trails (walking routes) along suitable corridors, with local connections to villages and attractions and to take account of the environmental sensitivities along these corridors and actively promote public awareness of the location and availability of these resources.
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028370Economic Development and Employment (EDE) EDE20 Objective 1: To support and facilitate the development of an integrated network of Greenways, Greenway Loops and Urban Greenways to encourage tourism and active travel across the County, subject to environmental considerations. EDE20 Objective 2: To support the development of local tourist and heritage trails at suitable locations including across the Dublin Mountains, and between and within Brittas-Saggart-Rathcoole; Clondalkin; Lucan; Newcastle-Lyons; Ballyboden; Rathfarnham; and Tallaght and seek to make such trails interactive through the use of sensitive signage and the further development of application software ensuring in HA DM that all such trails are sensitively landscaped and designed to ensure positive impact on biodiversity and visual amenity. EDE20 Objective 3: To support and facilitate the development of accessible links into and along the Liffey Valley including at the Silver Bridge and between the Grand Canal and the Royal Canal subject to environmental sensitivities. EDE20 Objective 4: To signpost and open up to the public the right of way from the Old Lucan Road to the River Liffey, included as part of the planning permission for the extension of the Hermitage Clinic, within two years of the approval of the County Development Plan 2022-2028. EDE20 SLO 1: To work in collaboration with the owners of lands at St. Edmundsbury, Lucan to seek to provide appropriate public access to these lands in the Liffey Valley. Policy EDE21: Tourism and Leisure Activities Support and facilitate the development of leisure activities in the County. EDE21 Objective 1: To promote the active use of managed forests for tourism and leisure related activities subject to an appropriate scale of development having regard to the pertaining environmental conditions and sensitivities, scenic amenity and availability of services. EDE21 Objective 2: To promote the development of outdoor leisure activities on lands that are designated with Zoning Objective Open Space ‘OS’ (to preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities), having regard to South Dublin County’s Parks and Open Space Strategy. EDE21 Objective 3: To support the development of water-based tourism and leisure activity, subject to an appropriate scale of development having regard to the pertaining environmental conditions and sensitivities, scenic amenity and availability of services.
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028371Economic Development and Employment (EDE) EDE21 Objective 4: To implement signage in the County in accordance with the Tourism and Signage Strategies for the County, to include consideration of information signage on nature, geology and other features to be found along the rivers and at other strategic locations within the County. EDE21 Objective 5: To seek to protect the visual and landscape amenity of the Slade Valley and the Slade of Saggart and Crooksling Glen pNHA, support appropriate tourism and amenity related development in the context of the Slade of Saggart and Crooksling Glen pNHA and support the promotion of same as an area of amenity and natural beauty. EDE21 SLO 1: To facilitate leisure, recreation, outdoor activities, sporting pursuit centre, accommodation and tourism activity at Woodtown Manor and lands at Stocking Lane, Rathfarnham subject to environmental assessments, visual assessment, topographical detail, conservation assessments and due consideration being given to ensuring sensitive design and conservation of historical, architectural and archaeological features of the existing buildings and land. Policy EDE22: Heritage, Culture and Events Tourism Support the development of heritage, cultural and events tourism. EDE22 Objective 1: To support the sensitive restoration or conversion of heritage buildings and facilitate heritage tourism in appropriate locations (See also Chapter 3: Built Heritage section). EDE22 Objective 2: To support tourism projects that seek to showcase and promote the County’s geological heritage and cultural heritage including arts, music, aviation history, Irish Language customs and ways of life including the development of museums, cultural centres and interpretative centres at appropriate locations. EDE22 Objective 3: To support the development of sporting venues of national or regional scale, such as stadia, at locations served by high frequency public transport (Luas / Rail / Bus), having regard to their impact on residential amenity. EDE22 Objective 4: To support concerts or events at suitable locations within the County, such as parks, stadia (including Tallaght Stadium), auditoriums, conference centres, subject to the protection of residential amenity and appropriate licensing arrangements.
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028372Economic Development and Employment (EDE) EDE22 Objective 5: To support local outdoor markets and festivals and associated enabling infrastructure in appropriate locations within the County including outdoor festivals as drivers for tourism growth. EDE22 SLO 1: To develop the tourism potential of Saggart: Swift Brook Mill. 9.9.1 Public Rights of Way There is a requirement in the Planning Acts under Part II, section 10(2)(o) to include objectives for: ‘the preservation of public rights of way which give access to seashore, mountain, lakeshore, riverbank or other places of natural beauty or recreational utility, which public rights of way shall be identified by both marking them on at least one of the maps forming part of the development plan and by indicating their location on a list appended to the development plan’. The identification of a public right of way requires verification and the burden of proof rests with the Local Authority. It is the intention of the Council to actively pursue their identification as set out in the objectives below. List of Public Rights of Way Public rights of way listed below are identified on the Green Infrastructure maps. Table 9.3: Public Rights of Way Lucan Weir From the Main Road in the Village running down the slip (Watery Lane) between the old St. Andrew’s national school house to the west and a commercial building to the east leading to the River Liffey walkway, as far as the western side of the Liffey bridge to exit at street level on the southern side of the bridge.
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028373Economic Development and Employment (EDE) Policy ED23: Public Rights of Way Continue to promote and improve access to high amenity, scenic, and recreational lands throughout the County and within adjoining counties, including places of natural beauty or recreational utility, for the purposes of outdoor recreation, while avoiding environmental damage, landscape damage and impacts to Natura 2000 sites. EDE23 Objective 1: To promote the preservation of public rights of way that give access to mountain, lakeshore, riverbank or other places of natural beauty or recreational utility. EDE23 Objective 2: To identify, in a logical and sequenced way, existing public rights of way in relevant areas of the County and to investigate the creation of new public rights of way by taking the following steps within two years of adoption of the Plan: à Identify and map those areas within the County which have the potential to give access to mountain, lakeshore, riverbank or other places of natural beauty or recreational utility; à Examine the identified areas for existing access routes; à Investigate whether existing access routes are public rights of way and where there is an understanding that a public right of way may exist, undertake the necessary steps for consultation set out in the Planning Acts; à Once verified, map and identify those public rights of way in the Development Plan; à Where public rights of way do not exist and access would be appropriate, consider using public rights of way agreements available under section 206 of the Planning and Development Acts; à Where public rights of way agreements are not possible, consider the use of compulsory purchase orders under section 207 of the Planning and Development Acts. EDE23 Objective 3: To integrate any identified public rights of way or newly created public rights of way into the County Development Plan by way of a Variation. EDE23 Objective 4: In accordance with the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2000 include in this development plan a list of public rights of way which give access to mountains, lakeshores, riverbanks and other place of natural beauty or recreational utility and identify them by marking them on at least one of the maps forming part of the development plan and on a list appended to this plan.
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028374Economic Development and Employment (EDE) 9.9.2 Permissive Access Routes The creation of Permissive Access Routes to high amenity, recreational and scenic lands in partnership with landowners, adjoining local authorities, public bodies and other state agencies is considered to be an achievable mechanism to secure access to places of natural beauty or utility. Permissive Access Routes such as the Dublin Mountains Way and the Greenways in County Mayo and Waterford are successful examples that have yielded significant tourism, recreation and amenity benefits. EDE Policy 24: Permissive Access Routes EDE24 Objective 1: To promote and facilitate the creation of Permissive Access Routes and heritage trails, where they would not compromise environmentally sensitive sites, that provide access to high amenity, scenic and recreational lands including rural areas, forests, woodlands, waterways, upland / mountain areas, the Grand Canal, the Dodder Valley, the Liffey Valley and between historic villages, in partnership with adjoining local authorities, private landowners, semi-state and other public bodies such as Coillte, Waterways Ireland and the Forest Service. EDE24 Objective 2: To promote and facilitate the continued development of the Dublin Mountains Way and the Wicklow Way in association with the Dublin Mountains Partnership, particularly Permissive Access Routes that provide access to regional and local networks of walking, running, hiking and mountain bike trails and other recreational facilities provided that such routes / trails and their use does not significantly impact on environmentally sensitive sites and to liaise with Coillte as appropriate. EDE24 Objective 3: To promote and improve access, in partnership with the relevant landowners, to all the historic sites in the County and seek to maximise their tourism potential in partnership with the relevant landowners. EDE24 Objective 4: To bring mountain amenities closer to residential communities by promoting the establishment of a network of formal footpaths, off-road paths and cycleways that facilitate casual walkers and cyclists, subject to considering any environmental impacts through the appropriate environmental assessments. 9.10 Quarries and Mineral Extraction Mineral extraction and the aggregate industry are an important economic sector that provides the raw materials for the construction industry. The processes involved in extraction can give rise to long term environmental effects and significantly alter the character of the landscape. Given the need to balance the economic benefits of extraction against potential environmental impacts, it is important to consider the suitability of areas for extraction (taking account of the environmental characteristics and sensitivities of an area) and to manage the impact of extraction where it does occur.
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028375Economic Development and Employment (EDE) The Landscape Character Assessment (Appendix 9) of South Dublin County highlights the high value and sensitivity of rural and mountain areas of the County, given the proximity to Dublin. The protection of these landscapes and the environmentally sensitive and high amenity areas is a priority of the Development Plan, and as such, the Council will seek to limit new or expanded facilities in these areas. The location of registered quarries under the Planning and Development Acts is indicated on the Development Plan maps. The mapping of a quarry location does not indicate its current planning status. Policy EDE25: Quarries and Mineral Extraction Support the sustainable extraction of aggregate resources at suitable locations within the County subject to appropriate environmental safeguards. EDE25 Objective 1: To facilitate mineral extraction in suitable locations subject to the protection of amenity and environmental quality, including air quality and noise pollution and having regard to the Geological Heritage Guidelines for the Extractive Industry (GSI and Concrete Federation of Ireland, 2008). EDE25 Objective 2: To limit the operation of the extractive industry and ancillary uses at environmentally sensitive locations and within areas designated with Zoning Objective ‘HA-DM’, ‘HA-LV’ and ‘HA-DV’ where extraction would result in significant adverse effects and / or prejudice the protection of the County’s natural and built heritage. EDE25 Objective 3: To ensure the satisfactory reinstatement and / or re-use of disused quarries and extraction facilities, where active use has ceased. EDE25 Objective 4: To ensure enforcement against unauthorised quarry development and of conditions applied to permitted quarry development and consider action under Section 35 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) where appropriate. EDE25 Objective 5: To ensure that where new development is proposed in close proximity to authorised quarries, consideration is given to the safeguarding of valuable unworked deposits for future extraction. 9.11 Seveso Sites The EU Directive 2012 / 18 / EU on the control of major accident hazards, commonly referred to as the SEVESO III Directive, replaces Directive 96 / 82 / EC. The Directive aims to prevent major accident hazards involving dangerous substances and chemicals and the limitation of their consequences for people and the environment.
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028376Economic Development and Employment (EDE) This has been implemented by the COMAH Regulations of 2015. The policy and practice of the Health and Safety Authority (HSA), a prescribed body, in relation to Seveso sites is set out in technical land-use planning advice to Planning Authorities (see Chapter 12: Implementation and Monitoring). The location of the SEVESO sites in the County are mapped on the Development Plan maps. These are indicated below and are correct at time of adoption of this Plan but may be subject to change over the lifetime of the Development Plan and should be reviewed, as necessary, against the HSA website. Table 9.4: Seveso Sites Notified Seveso Site Site Name and Location Upper Tier Establishments BOC Gases Ltd. Ireland, PO Box 201, Bluebell Industrial Estate, Dublin 12 Dachser Ireland Ltd, Blackchurch Business Park, Rathcoole, Dublin. Lower Tier Establishments Brenntag Chemicals Distribution (Ireland) Ltd, Unit 405, Greenogue Business Park, Rathcoole, Dublin 24 Irish Distillers Ltd, Robinhood Road, fox and Geese, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 Kayfoam Wolfson, Bluebell Industrial Estate, Naas Road, Dublin 12 Policy EDE26: Major Accidents Have regard to the provisions of the Major Accidents Directive (European Council Directive 2012 / 18 / EU) and the technical advice of the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) in relation to identified SEVESO sites in the County. EDE26 Objective 1: To have regard to the policy and approach of the HSA Guidance on Technical Land-use Planning Advice for Planning Authorities and Established COMAH Operators (HSA,2022) or any superseding documents where appropriate, in assessing planning applications and in preparing land use plans.
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028377Economic Development and Employment (EDE) 9.12 Climate Action Audit Climate Action Audit Source of Green House Gases (GHGs) Measures to Address Climate Impacts The sources of GHGs from Economic Development, Employment and Retail principally arises from: à Industrial and commercial sectors manufacturing process; à Food and drinks production; à Energy used in heating and cooling of industrial and commercial buildings; à Transportation journeys to and from work using fossil fuels; à Transportation of goods. Policies and objectives contained in this chapter which address climate impacts include the following: à Overarching policy to promote the use of renewable energy sources and reduce carbon emissions; à Promotion of the green and circular economy; à Sustainable transport and placemaking provisions supporting the compact growth approach; à Promotion of labour-intensive employment to urban locations in proximity to public transport; à Supporting enterprise that produces excess heat to enable district heating; à Provision for standards to require tree planting and other Green Infrastructure elements on development sites to deliver carbon sequestration and promote better placemaking; à Ensuring a sequential approach to retail development; à The provision of co-location of workspaces to reduce trips and increase potential for creative working and cross collaboration; à The promotion of greenways, loops and walking trails to encourage more active tourism within the County.
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