County Development Plan

2010-2016
Green Party Submission
3rd July 2009

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Introduction and Context for the Preparation of the Draft Plan
In contrast to the economic context of the preceding Plan, the period 2010 – 2016 is at the time of writing dominated by worldwide
economic recession. This has profound implications for the economic welfare of the County’s citizens and its businesses and for the
revenues that normally accrue to the Council by way of commercial rates and development levies.

The Council must continually investigate and evaluate its own mechanisms for stimulating commercial activity and new business in the
county for the benefit of its citizens and of its own commercially derived revenues.

The Council will, subject to the policies and objectives of the Development Plan, seek to facilitate small scale businesses, both existing and
potential start-ups and community initiatives. To achieve this, the council will:
a. Examine and propose appropriate commercial rate and service charge structures for certain classes of use
b. Facilitate, through planning, the adaptability of existing buildings and zoned sites for new uses
c. Examine all the property in its ownership with a view to identifying sites and buildings that could be made available for such
small-scale community and business initiatives subject to the protection of existing amenity where applicable.
The implications of falling revenue for the provision of services by the County must be recognised and, during the term of the
Development Plan, the Council will have to devote much time and resources to examining new mechanisms for revenue generation that do
not unduly burden struggling businesses or householders nor unduly damage civic amenity.

1. Population & Future Housing Trends

The Development Plan should be guided by the principles of Sustainable Development.
Developments of any substantial size should be for mixed use where possible and aim to enable self-sustaining towns and villages, while
reducing the distances that need to be travelled for work, recreation and retail facilities. Any new residential or commercial development
should include a full transport strategy with sufficient public transport services provided where possible. No residence should be more
than 10 minutes away from the nearest public transport link.
Facilities such as parks, playgrounds, schools and community rooms should be integrated within new residential schemes. These
facilities should be in place in advance of the residential development. In addition, the Development Plan should promote Family-Friendly
communities by ensuring that housing layouts and traffic management are 'child proofed' to include space to play, socialise and to walk
and cycle safely.
The Development Plan should promote the intensification of uses within existing built-up areas. It is clear that there is no obvious need
to rezone any additional lands for residential development within the term of Plan. It would be valuable at this stage to undertake a
study to review the amount of land currently zoned for residential development in the County. This could help identify the areas where
there is a clear over-provision of land for residential development. This excess land could then be rezoned for agriculture or recreational
use.
The Final Consultant’s Report on the Building Height Strategy commissioned by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council should be
incorporated into County Development Plan. Any over-emphasis on tall buildings should be removed, especially any references to

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landmark buildings. Rather, as is acknowledged elsewhere in the Plan, a sense of place, identity and landmark quality can be endowed
by the quality of architectural composition in a development rather than by dominant structures.
High density infill development should be given favourable treatment in areas already zoned for residential or areas with discontinued
and incomplete development. Planning must emphasise integration and avoid ghettoisation. The Council, in fulfilling its housing
programme, should consider the purchase of future 'bank foreclosures' on developers’ unfinished house and apartment developments.
There is a high quantity of large older housing stock and limited affordable land and housing available to those who wish to live in the
County. More social and affordable housing stock is needed and innovative measures should be examined to utilise existing stock
accessible.
The Council should consider 'starter homes' to assist housing families in areas with good social infrastructure. An updated derelict sites
list would be useful and the Council should make greater use of the use Derelict Sites Act. Promote further roll out of the Rental
Accommodation (RAS) scheme.
The Council should provide incentives and launch a campaign to raise awareness of the benefits of ‘downsizing’ to encourage older people
to trade down to smaller homes to free up larger dwellings for young families.
The Council should introduce the ‘ePlanning’ system as recommended by the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
This would allow people to apply for planning permission, make a submission or object to a planning proposal online and is a more cost-
effective and user friendly system.

2. Transportation
The Council should do everything in its power to reduce the amount of private car usage and unsustainable commuting patterns in the
County by providing safe, reliable and efficient alternatives. Promoting walking and cycling should be a key priority of any Transport
Strategy. These modes of transport improve health and fitness and are carbon-neutral. A reduction in private motor vehicle transport not
only improves air quality but improves the spatial and amenity quality of the public realm.
The Council should reassign staff with the Transportation Department to work on Cycling and Walking issues solely. The Council should
follow the example of Dublin City Council and appoint a Cycling Officer.
The Council should work to improve public confidence in cycling by improving the quality and safety of cycle lanes. Better road design
should be examined for future cycle lanes as a way of improving safety for cyclists. The Council should also audit all the cycle lanes and
junctions in the County to see what improvements can be made for cyclists and pedestrians alike.
The Council should develop walkways and cycle paths along the County's coast and rivers. Priority should be given to an imminent
completion of the Sandycove to Sutton Cycleway (S2S). This project will provide multiple benefits to the community by improving access
to the coastline, promoting good health through cycling and walking, reducing congestion on the roads and creating a unique leisure
facility for residents and tourists alike.
The Council should also include a plan for a similar cycle path along the entire stretch of the River Dodder. The Council should consider
creating distance signs for cycling routes throughout the County.
Employers should be encouraged to provide shower and changing facilities where a reasonable number of people employed. The Council
should encourage employers to participate in the Cycle to Work Scheme and should lead by example in this regard.
The Council should aim to have a ‘Safe Routes to School' programme in all of the County’s schools to promote walking, cycling and
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and speed limits should be reduced to 30km per hour in residential areas to facilitate this. Consideration should be given to some pilot
schemes within the County for ‘Safe Routes to School’ in which aspects such as safety, engineering, signalling, ease of movement and
access etc. could all be examined and used to inform future roll-outs of the programme.
Safe and clearly signposted access routes for bicycles to all train and Luas stations and bus stops should be put in place. Secure long-
term and convenient short-term bicycle parking must be provided at major transport interchanges, and in all built-up areas.
The Council should make a representation to Veolia Transport Ireland Ltd., the Railway Procurement Agency and the Department of
Transport & the Marine making the case for bicycles to be permitted on the Luas during off-peak hours, on the clear understanding that
pedestrians always take priority over passengers with bikes. This should be made in cooperation with Dublin City Council and South
Dublin County Council.
The Council should investigate the introductions of a municipal bike scheme similar to the one adopted by Dublin City Council, with bike
depots placed at the more densely populated urban centres, and along the seafront, and giving due regard to adapting the scheme to
better suit the needs of Dún Laoghaire Rathdown residents.
The Council should work closely with Dublin Bus to develop a new orbital bus route system in the County.
The Council should work closely with the Quality Bus Network Project Office to ensure that Quality Bus Corridors are prioritised in any
Transportation Policy for the County.
The Council should work with the Railway Procurement Agency to extend the Luas from Cherrywood to Bray and in the shorter term
should extend the Luas to serve Loughlinstown Hospital.
The issue of indiscriminate long stay commuter parking should be addressed by providing efficient orbital shuttle bus services linking the
Luas, Dart and main bus routes with both retail and office park developments, as well as residential areas in the County to reduce the
need for park and ride. Where parking is unavoidable in existing residential areas, the Council should engage in full open discourse with
the residents to ensure that measures taken to address the issue are satisfactory to the residents.
The Council should commission a study to review the demand for park and ride facilities in servicing existing and predicted population
growth requirements and zone land specifically for this purpose. Car parking should go underground where possible.
Innovative methods of low-carbon transport should be explored, such as car-pooling and pay-by-the-hour car hire services. Electric vehicle
charging points should be positioned throughout the County. The Council should investigate all options for installing charging points and
consider cost efficient measures such as integration with existing parking meters to reach the Government’s electric vehicles target of
10% by 2020.
There should be reduced car parking requirements for offices and other people-based employment serviced by public transport. Any
additional car parking in the County should go through the proper planning process.
The Council should fully remove the Eastern Bypass from the County Development Plan.

3. Enterprise & Employment

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown should develop as a self-sustaining economic area.
While always being cognisant of the need for new economic stimuli in the term of the Plan, the council should rezone land for
employment use only on a case-by-case basis. There should be a higher residential use in employment zoned land.
The Council should support a greater diversity of employers in the County. The Council should incentivise and promote a Green Economy

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for the County and encourage the upskilling of employees for this task.
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown should be positioned as a hub for tourism, heritage and recreational activities. There should be a focus on
heritage and family-friendly tourism. The Council should adopt Fáilte Ireland's checklist and methodology for integrating sustainable
tourism principles and policies for the Development Plan.
The Council should work with the Harbour Company and Dún Laoghaire Tourism to strengthen maritime links from Dún Laoghaire by
maximising the Harbour’s tourism and leisure potential while promoting low carbon transport. The Council should also consider marketing
Dún Laoghaire as a destination for cruise liners, noting the economic benefits it would bring to the town. The Council should ensure that
Dún Laoghaire retains its Hollyhead links post 2010 and investigate INTERREG funding.
The Development Plan should also encourage the provision of a greater range of tourist accommodation for the County, including
camping, hostels, guesthouses, hotels, etc.

4. Environmental Infrastructure & Management

The Development Plan should include a commitment to promote water conservation in the County. The Council should launch a campaign
to encourage rainwater harvesting and the use of grey water. The Council should consider launching a subsidised water butt scheme.
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown should have its own flood risk management, mitigation and adaptation plan. Steps which could be taken include
incorporating landscape features to absorb water within developments, increase gully emptying activities and identify areas where
wetlands could be constructed. There should be no construction on lands prone to flooding. An advertised Council Hotline should be
established for mains leak reporting.
The Shanganagh Waste Water Treatment Plant should proceed as quickly as possible.
There is currently no large scale composting facility in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown. The Council should proceed with the Ballyogen
Biological Treatment Facility immediately and begin a roll out of brown bins in the County. The Council should also plan for new
facilities in the “flagship parks”, at Deerpark and at the green at Patrick Doyle Road.

5. Retailing
The Development Plan should promote moderate and smaller scale retail areas which are part of mixed use developments, while ensuring
that the existing retail base in the County is not diminished by any new activity. The focus should be on mix, design, scale and character
of retail units. Good transportation links and pedestrian and cycle access should be to the fore in any consideration of new retail
facilities.
There should be a specific retail strategy for Dún Laoghaire and other towns and villages to address specific needs. On-street market
style units should be established for craft related retailing. The Council should market the town of Dún Laoghaire to a wide range of
retailers and encourage artisan producers to set up in the town.

6. Natural Heritage & Biodiversity

The Development Plan should adhere to the Department of Environment's Green City Guidelines. The Council should demonstrate good
practice in the planning and design of urban residential development so that biodiversity loss can be protected and where possible
enhanced accordingly.

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The Development Plan should protect and maintain public access to the County's Coastal Zone. The piecemeal privatisation of the County
coastline is a threat to the public amenity and access for residents and visitors alike. The council must develop a strategy to curb
further coastline development and the privatisation of existing lands, building stock and sites.
The Council should commit to continued long term support for the Dublin Mountains Partnership to ensure that the measures outlined to
improve the recreational potential of the Mountains such as volunteer rangers programmes, core route and trail development, signage,
improved public transport links, etc. are fully implemented and in a timely fashion.
The Council should develop a protection plan and prioritise the maintenance and protection of all existing and mature trees, and a
commitment to increasing the plantation of new trees in the County. The Council should aim to provide a percentage of edible plants,
including fruit trees, in all new planting. The Council should make a commitment to closely monitor all pruning works carried out on trees
by both Council and contract workers to ensure that minimal impact on trees. The Council should also work with utilities companies to
ensure protection of trees in infrastructural works carried out.
The Council should investigate the use of living technologies, such as living roofs, in new developments and on Council buildings. Living
technologies reduce the storm water run-off, conserve energy, minimise sound reflection and increase biodiversity. They can also be
combined with food growing.
The Council could sponsor summer walking tours of urban centres by local historians.

7. Conservation of Built Architecture

There should be better advertising of grant availability and the deadlines for application. The Council should continue to assess ACAs
and the best examples of architecture from each decade should be published.
The Council should provide literature and workshops for improving the energy efficiency of older houses in the County and appoint an
assessor to carry out building energy audits.

8. Social, Community & Cultural Development

The Development Plan should designate a percentage of space for community uses. New community facilities should be a condition of
new planning developments.
The use of schools' facilities outside of school hours has been successful in some parts of the County and the Council should explore
opportunities to extend this throughout the County. The Council should also provide Community Rooms for multi-use purposes in each
town and village. The Development Plan should also include a commitment to Community Gardens and aim for a Tidy Towns committee in
every town
The Council should consider recreation and social facilities for older persons and promote active ageing. They should also be more
facilities for young people in the County, such as Youth Cafés, Graffiti walls and improved sports facilities. The Council should work to
increase the provision of crèches and Parent and Toddler Groups in the County.
The Development Plan should commit to improved Traveller facilities in the County.
The Council should provide multilingual guides to services in the County and language classes should be provided for those who wish to
learn English. The Council should also promote the Irish Language throughout the County.
The Council should provide an Emergency Residential Unit for youth homelessness in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. The County would also

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benefit from an Emergency Centre for victims of abuse.
The Council should engage in a campaign directed at all residents, particularly all primary school children, highlighting the links between
respect for social amenities and greater social cohesion.
The Council should draw up an inventory of the state ducting that exists throughout the County which should then be made to all service
providers on an open access basis. In addition the Council should mandate that ducting is provided into all new developments.

9. Open Space & Recreation

The Development Plan should include the objective that no one is ever more than a 10 minute walk to a Park or an Open Space in the
County. The County would benefit from more linear parks. Full consultation should be carried out with local residents when developing
parklands to identify their needs.
The Development Plan should include a strategy for food growing in the County. Space for allotments should be incorporated space in all
new developments. The Council should also identify existing lands for development potential for allotments, noting that the Council has
the power to provide allotments under the Local Government Act 2001 S67 subsection 2 and the Housing Act 1966 S86. The
application process for allotments should be improved, with an option of applying on-line on the Council's website.
A new programme must be devised for the maintenance of all planting – trees, plant beds, grass etc. – in residential areas within the
county. The programme must seek to maximise protection with new codes of practice imposed on all operators whether they be
developers, employees of the Council or contractors who undertake work within the County with any direct or indirect effect on natural or
planted flora including landscape contractors, surface repair contractors, utility companies, installation contractors etc.
All residential areas, streets and roads must have equality of treatment and consideration for planting and maintenance.
The Council should redefine sports in broader terms to include activities such as mountain biking, skateboarding, climbing, water sports
etc. There should be a commitment to supporting minority sports (e.g. basketball, tennis, etc.) and encouraging sports which achieve
greater gender and racial parity in the overall sports funding. The Council should consider recreation and social facilities for older
persons.
The Council should immediately investigate inexpensive methods of enhancing the existing open spaces in the County, such as open air
chess tables, areas for public lawn bowls, newspaper kiosks, etc.

10. Urban Design & Quality Place Making

The Development plan should put an emphasis on well designed, higher density developments with a mix of uses. This should form the
core of all planning decisions for urban and suburban areas.
The Council should develop a strategic plan to intensify land use along Quality Bus Networks and along transport corridors concentrating
on areas close to LUAS stations

11.Rural Housing & Development

The Development Plan should also adopt the design guidelines of Glencullen LAP for rural areas and also incorporate Village Design
Plans.

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12.Energy Efficiency & Climate Change
The process of climate change proofing should be adopted to consider the carbon consequences of particular policies and objectives. This
should run as a horizontal measure across the Plan.
A Carbon Balance Sheet which would measure the carbon footprint of the Council should be produced with reduction targets presented
and detailed de-carbonising actions outlined. The Council should have its own Energy Agency.
The Council should make a commitment to using 100 % locally produced renewable energy in all new developments. The Council
should lead by example by developing demonstration projects in innovative energy and waste management throughout the County.
The Council should switch to a renewable energy sources and promote low-carbon vehicles in its fleet. Electric or bio-diesel options should
be considered for new vehicles.
The Development Plan should ensure that Emergency Planning Procedures are in place and updated to accommodate the changed risk
factors due to Climate Change.
The Council should develop a plan to upgrade all Council buildings to improve energy efficiency
The Council should, considering the urgency of action on climate change and the current unemployment situation Ireland is experiencing,
examine the possibility of offshore wind-generation, including submerged marine turbines.
The Council should commit to adopting the guidelines in the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan

13. Major Town Centres

As a County of contrasting and competing village scales, the Development Plan should aim to protect and enhance the established village
base by means of pedestrianisation, careful retail mix and improvement in the quality of the public realm.
The Development Plan should maintain the role of the traditional Main Street. The focus should be on mix, design, scale and character of
retail units. Ensure good transportation links and pedestrian and cycle access. Encourage local craft and artisan produce.
The improvements on Dundrum Main Street and Stillorgan should include a public space large enough to accommodate a farmer’s market,
and/or a small scale civic garden. Existing trees should be protected, where possible, during any improvements. Any trees felled should
be replanted. The Council should protect the architectural heritage of the town.
The Council should produce a Retail Strategy for Dún Laoghaire Town Centre and improve civic space in the town. The town would
benefit from a civic square and improved seafront facilities. Georges Street should be made a pedestrian, cycle and bus route. The Dún
Laoghaire Baths should be reinstated immediately as an amenity for the County with the focus on a modest development on site.
A Retail Strategy should also be produced for Stillorgan.
Phase II of the Dundrum Town Centre Project will impact significantly on Dundrum Main Street and the surrounding area. In the current
economic climate, there is cause for concern over the economic viability, and hence the physical & environmental impact, of the project.
Given this situation, the Council should make sure that it is satisfied that:
a. The current site is not allowed to remain undeveloped for more than the first year of the plan.
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 out in the proposed environmental improvement scheme (17, Map 1, Part 3; page 187), taking precedence over the needs of the
developer to maximise an economic return on the site.
The Council should investigate the possibility of introducing stricter regulations on the appearances of shop fronts in Core Retail Areas
(such as Main Street, Dundrum, Georges Street, Dún Laoghaire and Stillorgan) with a view to enhancing both the quality of the design
and the overall congruence of the areas in question.

14. Other Recommendations

Dún Laoghaire has a significant proportion and growing number of elderly residents in the villages and towns of the County. The
Development Plan must consider the long-term physical, social and transportation needs of this population group and plan for the
provision of more independent living, and community-based step down facilities. There are many active voices in this community and the
Council should work to include these voices in the Development Plan.
The Council should ensure full accessibility for those with disabilities to playgrounds, Council buildings and facilities. All footpaths in
the County should also be accessible.
The Development Plan should include a strategy to ensure greater participation from children and young people when it comes to planning
communities. The Development Plan should also aim to improve the living and recreational environment of the County for children and
young people. This could be achieved by incorporating and acknowledging the role of some physical spaces in children's play, including
footpath networks, cul de sac layouts, public and green space, street furniture, natural habitats and landscape design play. Children
must be allowed access to nature through parks, woods, fields and riverbanks. All children should be able to walk or cycle to school.
The Council should make a clear commitment to Green Procurement and use products, services and contractors with a low carbon
footprint.

Signed:

Eamon Ryan, TD, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Ciarán Cuffe, TD
Gene Feighery
Ruairí Holohan
Tom Kivlehan
Meabh Cody
Terence Corish
Adrianne Wyse

(Further Amendments and Specific Local Amendments follow on next page and 3 maps enclosed)

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Further Amendments to Draft County Development Plan 2010-2016
Chapter 5
Review of the housing strategy with a view to down zoning the area defined in the Kiltiernan / Glenamuck Local Area Plan

Chapter 7
Table 7.1 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Retail Hierarchy
Delete “Gross lettable retail sales space in the Park, Carrickmines District Centre zoned lands to be capped at 25,000 sq.m” from the
District Centre part of the Table, and add the following to the Neighbourhood Centre part of the Table:
“Gross lettable retail sales space in the Park, Carrickmines Neighbourhood Centre zoned lands to be capped at 10,000 sq.m”
Table 7.3.3
Dundrum – to include the following paragraph: ‘Phase II of the Dundrum Town Centre Project will impact significantly on Dundrum Main
Street and the surrounding area. Given the current economic climate if there is cause for concern over the economic viability, and hence
the physical & environmental impact, of the project, the Council should make sure that it is satisfied that:
a. The current site is not allowed to remain undeveloped for more than the first year of the plan.
b. Any revisions in the plan are made with the needs of the community and environment, as laid out in the proposed environmental
improvement scheme (17, Map 1, Part 3; page 187), taking precedence over the need to maximise an economic return on the
site.

Chapter 12
Table 12.5 Long Term Road Objectives
Delete: “Cherrywood Road Link to the N11 (Silver Tassie Location).”
Delete: “M50 Western Parallel Road from Old Conna to Cherrywood environs (not shown
on map).”
Delete ‘Eastern Bypass (M50 to N11)’
Delete ‘Cornellscourt Hill Road (link to N11)’
Delete ‘Cornellscourt Hill Road’
Delete –‘Stepaside Bypass’
Review the Section 49 scheme for the Glenamuck District Distributor Road
12.2.7 Policy T21: Traffic Noise
Add after: “It is Council policy to ensure that traffic noise levels are considered as part of all new developments along major roads/rail
lines in accordance with best practice guidelines” the words “and to measure road noise in communities adjacent to busy roads with a

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view to providing sound reduction measures such as walls or low-noise road coverings as appropriate”

Chapter 14
Delete current vision and replace with the following:
The Council recognises the significance and urgency of the challenges that climate change will bring. In light of this
the council will actively seek to reduce carbon emissions by encouraging and supporting energy efficiency, renewable
energy, sustainable transport and food production. The Council will prioritise measures which will reduce emissions
of green house gases and will promote the ethos of sustainability in all decision making.
Replace the term ‘global warming’ with the words Climate Change
The Council should insert a section outlining their plans to reduce carbon emissions from Transport
The Council should insert a section outlining their plans to reduce carbon emissions from food production.
The Council should insert a section outlining their plans to reduce carbon emissions from domestic and industrial waste.

14.1.3
Use correct title of Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources

Chapter 16
16.10.10
Design of underground car parks should also include underground bike parks.

Chapter 17

Specific Local Amendments

Maps 2, 3 & 4
To prepare and implement the Sandycove to Sutton Cycleway (S2S).

Map 1
Include a new objective ‘To prepare a Special Amenity Area Order for the Airfield Lands’

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Map 2
Add to Objective 7:
“Changes to Blackrock Park should be for the benefit of the community and may include allotments, a youth café and recycling facilities.
No additional car parking spaces should be created on green space.”
Add to Objective 8:
“and to develop this pedestrian/cycle way as part of the Sandycove to Sutton Cycleway.”
Add to Objective 9:
“and to consider other uses for the Blackrock Baths, e.g. a Marine Animal Sanctuary.”
Delete Objective 21 and replace with:
“To provide development on the site of the Dún Laoghaire Baths site along the following lines:

 Provide a publicly owned swimming amenity fully accessible to the general public,

 Provide a new building of no more than 2/3 storeys, in total, containing an indoor heated 25m pool,

 Provide a small number of related amenity elements including, for example, a toddlers’ pool, sea-weed baths, gym and modest
café/restaurant with viewing area,

 Provide other appropriate cultural facilities in keeping with character of the town of Dún Laoghaire

 Renovate and re-landscape the existing walk-ways and maritime gardens between the Baths and East Pier in an environmentally
sustainable manner and without any interference with the existing coastline beyond that absolutely necessary for the protection of
the leisure amenity”
Add to Objective 64:
“To utilise the northern part of the Dún Laoghaire Golf Club lands as a ‘pay and play’ golf course until such a time as development
begins.
Change Objective 69 to read:
“To provide a contra-flow cycle path along Newtown Avenue from Blackrock Main Street to Seapoint Avenue.”
Change Objective 72 to read:
“To develop alternative future uses of the Dublin Eastern Bypass reservation corridor, including public transport provision generally and
Bus Rapid Transit services specifically.”

Map 3
Add to Objective 16:
“Any redevelopment could include retention of the nineteenth century structure and the removal of the twentieth century additions.”

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Add to Objective 22:
“Bullock Harbour should retain its zoning objective J.”
Add to Objective 68:
“while protecting any heritage buildings.”
Add to Objective 73:
“The Council should work with St Michael’s to create a pedestrian and cycle link from George’s Street to the seafront through the hospital
grounds as part of any redevelopment.”

Map 5
Include a new Objective ‘To prepare a Special Amenity Area Order for the Airfield Lands’
Delete Objective 75 – ‘to investigate the possibility of providing a public transport corridor connecting Drummartin Link Road to the
Dundrum Town Centre’

Map 7
Delete Objective 30 and replace with
“To prepare a Local Area Plan for Sallynoggin”
Add to Objective 41:
“Develop Cherrywood as an ‘eco town’.
Map 10
-That the lands adjoining the Loughlinstown River be reserved as a wildlife corridor by changing the zoning from ‘A’ to ‘F’ on the lands
identified in Appendix 1 on extracts from Map 10.
-That the proposal to build a new road behind the Silver Tassie Pub at Loughlinstown Village identified as Transportation Proposal No. 24
be deleted from the Draft Plan on the lands identified in Appendix 2 on extracts from Map 10.
Add to Objective 44:

“and to extend the Luas across the old stone viaduct in Bride’s Glen to Loughlingstown Hospital and allow for joint use by Luas and bus
services.”

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