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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 2022-202858Core Strategy and Settlement Strategy (CS) 2.6.6 Housing Strategy South Dublin County’s Housing Strategy and Interim HNDA 2022-2028 has been prepared and is contained in Appendix 11 of this written statement. This supports and guides the policies set out under Chapter 6: Housing. The Housing Strategy is based on the overall population and housing land requirements set out in the Core Strategy and is informed by prevailing national and regional planning and housing policy including Age Friendly Guidance. The Strategy recognises the ageing demographics throughout the County. The Council’s approach to addressing the changing demographic is set out through various measures, including a mix of house types and tenures; adaptable, universal designed homes; and delivery of projects that are required to serve the needs of the County’s current and projected population and age profile. The measures aim to maximise the efficiency of existing housing stock through the promotion of right sizing, measures to address housing segregation; and mechanisms to provide social and affordable housing. 2.6.7 Monitoring of Growth / Active Land Management As set out in Table 9, South Dublin County has a physical excess of zoned lands to meet the population and housing targets set out under national and regional policy. These lands are located, for the most part, within existing built-up areas in Dublin City and Suburbs and will, therefore, support compact growth. The Core Strategy strikes a balance between having a physical excess of zoned lands and being able to deliver new development to meet the needs of citizens. The deliverability analysis, outlined above, has sought to address this by recognising that in an urban environment, there will be market constraints to delivery at any given time. However, anticipating the market and delivery of specific sites is not an exact science. In this regard, a degree of flexibility has been built into the distribution of the housing and population targets, in line with national and regional policy, to ensure an adequate supply to meet demand. This flexibility requires close monitoring of housing delivery, taking account of the function of each settlement. For monitoring at a settlement scale, the policy of this plan is to monitor each settlement, with Dublin City and Suburbs settlement as one area, with options to transfer a portion of the allocated units from one neighbourhood area to another, subject to considering a number of key criteria during the lifetime of the Development Plan. This enables for flexibility in terms of locating new housing and allows time to lapse for planning permissions which have not delivered. Equally, the Council will actively pursue active land management measures provided for under legislation, to ensure that land hoarding is discouraged, and that development potential is released through available mechanisms and initiatives including through central or other funding. These measures are discussed in the following sections.
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-202859Core Strategy and Settlement Strategy (CS) Policy CS3: Monitoring Population and Housing Growth Promote and facilitate housing and population growth in accordance with the overarching Core Strategy to meet the needs of current and future citizens of South Dublin County. CS3 Objective 1: To ensure that sufficient zoned land is available to satisfy the housing and population requirements of the County, as set out under the Ministerial Guidelines for Housing Supply and the Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy, over the lifetime of the Plan and to ensure that brownfield sites are prioritised for development over greenfield sites in line with the Regional Strategy. CS3 Objective 2: To implement a robust monitoring process for all housing delivery including the performance of large-scale housing developments (Schemes for 100 units+) for each neighbourhood area and settlement within the County to allow for ongoing assessment of delivery targets whilst ensuring overdevelopment does not occur in any particular area and to ensure that the delivery of necessary infrastructure is possible to ensure the sustainability of communities. CS3 Objective 3: To provide for flexibility in achieving the housing supply targets and meeting housing demand, the Council will consider the re-distribution of housing and population figures within the settlement and Neighbourhood Areas. In this regard, where a site greater than 0.25ha has the potential to exceed the allocation for a particular Neighbourhood Area as set out under Core Strategy Table 11, the applicant must demonstrate to the Planning Authority that the proposal is aligned with the overall growth target for the County, any necessary investment in infrastructure and the provision of employment together with supporting amenities and services. The Council will monitor the delivery of housing units to ensure general compliance with the Core Strategy and housing supply targets for the County and to inform the redistribution potential outlined above. CS3 Objective 4: To maintain and further expand the database of greenfield, brownfield and infill sites as part of the active land management process. CS3 Objective 5: To create and maintain a data base of land zoned for residential development that has not yet been developed including, where available, information on why this land has not been developed so as to inform future zoning and de-zoning decisions. CS3 Objective 6: To ensure the phased development of new housing areas in tandem with the delivery of physical and social infrastructure provision as identified within Local Area Plans or as informed by assessments carried out by the Planning Authority.
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-202860Core Strategy and Settlement Strategy (CS) Vacant Sites Vacant development sites are both a challenge and an opportunity for the County to provide additional housing, employment and other uses. Active land management, including the implementation of the vacant site levy, is key to realising the vision and objectives of the Core Strategy. The Urban Regeneration and Housing Act, 2015 provides for a levy to be applied on vacant sites in residential and regeneration zoned lands, which are suitable for housing but are not coming forward for development. The Act sets out two classes of land to which the levy may apply: Residential land, under Section 10 (2)(a) and Section 10(2)(h) of the Planning Act 2000 (as amended). In accordance with the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act, 2015, it is a key pillar of the Development Plan to promote the appropriate development and renewal of areas that are in need of regeneration, identified having regard to the Core Strategy, in order to prevent: à adverse effects on existing amenities in such areas, in particular as a result of the ruinous or neglected condition of any land; à urban blight and decay; à anti-social behaviour; or à a shortage of habitable houses or of land suitable for residential use or a mixture of residential and other uses. Under Housing Policy Objective 15.2 of Housing for All, a new tax to activate land for residential purposes, and which will in time replace the Vacant Site Levy, has been introduced by the Department of Finance and the Revenue Commissioners in conjunction with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The Residential Zoned Land Tax provisions of the Finance Act 2021 set out criteria to facilitate the identification of lands which fall within the scope of the tax, the aim of which is to activate and bring forward the development of housing on lands that are suitably zoned and serviced, as indicated on maps to be prepared by planning authorities for their respective functional areas. These maps are to be based on the local authority development plan and where relevant, local area plan zoning maps. The Residential Zoned Land Tax will come into operation on 1st February 2024 and will replace the Vacant Site Levy, which will remain operational until the new tax measure comes into effect. In a similar manner, Derelict Sites can have a negative impact on the social, visual and commercial aspects of a neighbourhood. The Council will investigate and prioritise reports of dereliction and take relevant and stringent action, in accordance with the Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act), in an effort to have the dereliction abated and ensure re-use of existing urban lands throughout the County. Compulsory Purchase Orders Where the context so requires and once identified, the use of Compulsory Purchase
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-202861Core Strategy and Settlement Strategy (CS) Orders (CPOs) will be pursued in as timely a manner as possible under the relevant legislation, for the betterment of the community as part of Active Land Management measures. Funding To secure the delivery of National Strategic Objective 1: Compact Growth, Project Ireland 2040 established two tailored funding mechanisms which the Government has committed to providing. The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF) supports rural renewal for suitable projects in towns and villages with a population of less than 10,000, and outlying areas. The Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) supports compact sustainable development, through the regeneration of cities and large towns. It will be an objective of the Council to continue to avail of opportunities to draw down such funding to unlock strategic development lands and compact forms of development. Policy CS4: Active Land Management Facilitate the re-use and regeneration of vacant sites and landbanks through various measures to promote compact urban growth in line with the Core Strategy. CS4 Objective 1: To implement the Vacant Site Levy for vacant development sites, as appropriate, in the County and to continue to make publicly available a register of vacant sites, as set out in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act, 2015 (or any superseding Act). CS4 Objective 2: To promote the delivery of residential development through active land management measures and a co-ordinated planned approach to developing appropriately zoned lands at key locations, including regeneration areas, vacant sites and under-utilised areas. CS4 Objective 3: To deliver development through the compulsory purchase of land as part of active land management where the context requires for compact growth and for the benefit of the common good. CS4 Objective 4: To secure funding from appropriate sources, including central government funding mechanisms, to secure the delivery of National Strategic Outcomes under the National Planning Framework. CS4 Objective 5: To ensure that the long-term vacant houses in St Maelruan’s Park will no longer be left vacant and allowed to go into a state of disrepair.
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-202862Core Strategy and Settlement Strategy (CS) 2.6.8 Employment Lands The Guidance Note on Core Strategies (2010) states that Planning Authorities should undertake an appropriate level of analysis to ensure that sufficient lands are identified for employment purposes at suitable locations, taking proper account of national planning policies. The employment strategy is informed by an evidence-based approach which considers both existing land use zoning for employment purposes, and the requirement for additional employment lands based on population and employment growth assumptions. South Dublin County is an integral part of the Dublin region, a city region of international scale and importance. There is a flow of employees across the various counties of the Eastern and Midlands Region and industries tend to cluster based on geographical characteristics, with Dublin City centre serving as the commercial core. In South Dublin County, economic activity is focused into employment lands that are proximate to key centres of population and into the main urban centres. Chapter 9: Economic Development and Employment of this plan, which includes the retail strategy, continues to promote the location of employment to such centres and through policies and objectives, encourages and supports the economic development of the County in a sustainable and climate friendly manner. To attract new foreign direct investment (FDI) to the County along with other indigenous investment, there is a need for a sufficient supply of high-quality, marketable, serviced lands and premises. The identification of the existing availability of such sites and the future requirement for same is key to the future economic development of the County. South Dublin has not sought to ‘over zone’ lands and has carried out analysis to ensure that an adequate, varied and flexible range of lands are available. Research which informed this Plan is available as an accompanying document to the Development Plan. Baseline Analysis In terms of available lands for development of employment, SDCC carried out an analysis of available lands which have potential to generate jobs. Based on this analysis, there is a total capacity to develop 627ha to facilitate further employment. This land is made up of: à 554ha of land zoned for Enterprise and Employment EE); à 58.27ha of land in Local, Village, District and Town Centres (zoned LC, VC, DC, and TC); à 7.6ha of employment generating lands within Strategic Development Zones; à 5.8ha of land zoned Major Retail Centre (MRC); and à 1.2ha zoned Retail Warehousing (RW).
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-202863Core Strategy and Settlement Strategy (CS) Based on an assessment of employment on the existing zoned land, there is potential for 31,977 jobs assuming an average of 51 jobs per hectare. In addition to the above, there is 425ha of Regeneration (REGEN) zoned brownfield land forming part of the Tallaght Town Centre LAP and the City Edge area. While these lands currently provide a relatively low density of employees to land area, there is significant scope for re-intensification to accommodate higher density employment through a mix of uses while creating a more compact and efficient urban form. Employment Projections In line with the RSES and NPF, the Eastern and Midlands Region will accommodate approximately 320,000 additional people at work7 from 1 million in 2016 to 1.34 million people by 2040. In 2016, South Dublin County represented 11.8% (118,002 / 1,000,805) of the region’s resident workforce. In forward planning the jobs required during the lifetime of the Plan, South Dublin County Council worked in conjunction with the National Transport Authority in estimating projected jobs within the County up to 2040. In line with the National Planning Framework and growth under the Government’s 50:50 City Scenario, it is anticipated that South Dublin County will need to cater for an additional 36,678 jobs up to 2040. This equates to an average year on year growth of 1,528 jobs a year over a 24-year period. Applying this average growth up to 2028, equates to an additional 18,336 jobs (+22%) resulting in a total of 102,963 jobs. Table 12 sets out these figures. Table 12: Employment Projections for South Dublin 2016-20288 2016 2028 Growth (No.) Growth (%) Year on Year Average Increase Jobs 84,6278 102,963 +18,336 +22% 1,528 Based on the need to provide additional jobs in the County and maintain existing jobs through the potential re-location of some business from the current brownfield regeneration lands at Tallaght and City Edge, the available capacity of employment lands is considered sufficient to meet the needs for the Development Plan period. Policy CS5: Lands for Employment Ensure that sufficient serviced lands continue to be available in the right place for employment generation over the lifetime of the Development Plan. CS5 Objective 1: To focus high intensity employment generating uses around high-capacity public transport nodes. 7 Section 6.1 of the Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy and NPO 1c of the National Planning Framework 8 Source: EMRA - Socio-Economic Evidence Baseline Report, available at: https://emra.ie/dubh/ wp-content/uploads/2017/12/EMRA-Economy-and-Employment.pdf
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-202864Core Strategy and Settlement Strategy (CS) CS5 Objective 2: To ensure that, insofar as possible, space extensive enterprise is located on lands which are outside the M50 and which do not compromise labour intensive opportunities on zoned lands adjacent to public transport. CS5 Objective 3: To support mixed use employment activities in our urban areas in accordance with the settlement and retail hierarchies. CS5 Objective 4: To monitor and further develop the database of employment lands within the County. CS5 Objective 5: To ensure that a section of any lands zoned EE or REGEN are set aside for local enterprise hubs for developing businesses or for shared workspaces serving people who are unable to work from home but who want to carry out their work close to where they live. CS5 Objective 6: To ensure, that as part of the two-year statutory review of the Development Plan, an evidence-based analysis of employment lands, including the potential for agri-hub employment, will be undertaken and should there be evidence for the need for further employment zoning within the lifetime of the Plan, a Variation to the Plan will be immediately initiated informed by: à Analysis of the type of employment need à Analysis of the appropriate location(s) to serve such need and the appropriate zoning objective à Relevant National and Regional policy and proper planning and sustainable development. 2.7 Settlement Strategy South Dublin County’s Settlement Strategy is guided by the policy framework set out at National and Regional levels. It seeks the consolidation of the existing urban footprint, focusing population and jobs primarily within our urban centres, towns and villages consistent with NPO 3a, 3b and 3c of the NPF. The Development Plan recognises that there is a need to successfully respond to the ever-changing demands, pressures and expectations for our urban fabric, prioritising the most efficient use of existing social and physical infrastructure. In doing so, promoting mixed-use compact growth will create a more resilient, healthy, and liveable environment which positively influences the quality of peoples lives. This Development Plan provides a neighbourhood led focus that looks towards creating well designed successful and sustainable communities that will support vibrant places to live, work, visit, socialise and invest in. The Neighbourhoods within the overall settlement strategy are set out below and are discussed in turn under Sections 2.7.1 and 2.7.2 of this Chapter (below).
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-202865Core Strategy and Settlement Strategy (CS) The function and role of each settlement within the County is set out in Section 2.7. The targeted population distribution proposed by the Development Plan Core Strategy for each settlement is set out in Table 13. Dublin City and Suburbs settlement is targeted to grow by 42,088 persons or 16% up to 2028 from 2016. This growth amounts to 90.5% of the total population growth for South Dublin up to 2028 while the allocated housing for the settlement represents 93% of the total growth. Both figures exceed the minimum requirement of 50% population and housing growth within cities and their suburbs in accordance with NPO 2a, 3a, 3b and RSO 3.2. Table 13: Settlement Strategy - Population Allocation up to 20289 10 Settlement Type Settlement Name Census 2016 Existing Pop share (%) Growth up to 2028 Share of Growth (%) Growth as proportion of 2016 population 2028 Population (No.) Proposed Pop share (%) Urban Aggregate Area 273,215 98% 44,910 99.94% 16.5% 319,705 98.3% Dublin City and Suburbs9 South Dublin DC and S 262,638 94.2% 42,088 90.5% 16% 304,726 93.7% Self- Sustaining Growth Towns Newcastle9 3,093 1.1% 1,094 3% 35% 4,187 1.5% Rathcoole10 4,351 1.6% 1,339 3% 31% 5,690 2% Self- Sustaining Town Saggart 3,133 1.1% 398 1% 12.7% 3,587 1.1% Aggregate Rural Area 5,552 2% 27 0.1% 0.5% 5,579 1.7% South Dublin County 278,767 100% +45,002 100% 16% 323,769 100% The housing and thus population growth for the smaller settlements (Saggart, Newcastle and Rathcoole) reflects the current construction activity, extant planning permissions and sites funded by central government. The growth envisaged in these towns has regard to NPO 7 and NPO 9 of the NPF. In recognition of the anticipated growth for Newcastle and Rathcoole, the Development Plan has been supported by a settlement-based analysis in line with the RSES Appendix A. This identifies the assets in each settlement and opportunities to ensure further growth is provided for in tandem with social and physical infrastructure. In line with National and Regional policy, the rate of growth planned within these settlements is expected to facilitate opportunities for the delivery of required social and physical infrastructure to meet demand and in line with the settlements characteristics. 9 Newcastle, Rathcoole and Saggart figures relate to the lands within and contiguous to the CSO defined boundary. 10 The population figures recognise planning permissions under construction and permission not yet commenced.
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-202866Core Strategy and Settlement Strategy (CS) Table 14: RSES Settlement Hierarchy relating to South Dublin County Council Level Settlement Typology Description South Dublin South Dublin County Neighbourhood Areas 1 Dublin City and Suburbs International business core with a highly concentrated and diversified employment base and higher order retail, arts, culture and leisure offer. Acts as national transport hub with strong inter and intra-regional connections and an extensive commuter catchment. Palmerstown, Lucan, Clondalkin, Tallaght, City Edge Firhouse / Templeogue / Walkinstown / Rathfarnham Templeogue, Ballyroan, Ballycullen, Ballyboden, Knocklyon, Edmondstown, Firhouse, Ballycullen and parts of Greenhills, Walkinstown, Terenure and Rathfarnham, and Citywest area. Tallaght Lucan / Palmerstown (Including Adamstown / and Environs) Clondalkin / Clonburris / Grangecastle and Environs Citywest Area within the wider Citywest / Saggart / Newcastle / Rathcoole NA 4 Self- Sustaining Growth Towns i) Self-Sustaining Growth Towns with a moderate level of jobs and services – includes sub-county market towns and commuter towns with good transport links and capacity for continued commensurate growth to become more self-sustaining. Rathcoole Newcastle Newcastle / Saggart / Rathcoole / Citywest Self- Sustaining Towns ii) Self-Sustaining Towns with high levels of population growth and a weak employment base which are reliant on other areas for employment and / or services and which require targeted ‘catch up’ investment to become more self-sustaining. Saggart Newcastle / Saggart / Rathcoole / Citywest 5 Towns and Villages Towns and villages with local service and employment functions. None identified in South Dublin. 6 Rural Villages and the wider rural region. Rural area Uplands Rural Area In accordance with the principles of sustainable development, and NPO 3b of the NPF; future growth within the County will be prioritised in the Dublin City and
- SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-202867Core Strategy and Settlement Strategy (CS) Suburbs area first to encourage population growth close to existing and planned employment, services, key transport infrastructure and local amenities. This will ensure a critical mass of people to continue the viability of such services. In this regard, higher densities should be applied to the Dublin City and Suburbs settlement with a graded reduction in the lower level settlements in line with prevailing Ministerial Guidelines. The smaller towns in the County have increased substantially in population over the 10-year period up to 2016. This development plan will encourage sustainable forms of development in accordance with NPO 7 and 9 within these settlements, by focusing on the development of main streets and lands closest to the town core. This approach is in line with NPO 3c and will result in the creation of vibrant areas while also supporting the surrounding rural hinterland. The strategic role, function and corresponding development objectives for each settlement are set out below. Settlement growth is guided by the overarching principles of Climate Change and Quality Design and Healthy Placemaking. Appendix 12 Our Neighbourhoods outlines how each area functions within the overall settlement hierarchy and details the key policies and objectives which will contribute towards achieving successful and sustainable neighbourhoods within the County. The policies and objectives set out below relate to the principles of development expressed as the County Settlement Hierarchy and the role of each settlement in accommodating future growth in line with National and Regional policy. The subsequent chapters within the Plan set out how development can achieve these principles through integrated land use and transportation / mobility, good quality housing, community infrastructure provision, environmental considerations and wider infrastructure needs. Policy CS6: Settlement Strategy - Strategic Planning Principles Promote the consolidation and sustainable intensification of development within the urban settlements identified in the settlement hierarchy. CS6 Objective 1: To implement the Growth Strategy detailed in the RSES and in particular, the delivery of sustainable growth in the Metropolitan Area through the Dublin Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan (consistent with RPO 3.1) CS6 Objective 2: To promote compact growth and to support high quality infill development in existing urban built-up areas by achieving a target of at least 50% of all new homes to be located within or contiguous to the built-up area of Dublin City and Suburbs (consistent with NSO 1, RSO 2, NPO 3b and RPO 3.2). CS6 Objective 3: To promote compact growth and to support high quality infill development in existing urban built-up areas, outside Dublin City and Suburbs, by achieving a target of at least 30% of all new homes to be located within or contiguous to the CSO defined settlement boundaries (consistent with NPO 3b and RPO 3.2).
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