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STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (SEA)

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Environmental Report of theDublin City Development Plan2011 – 2017

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STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (SEA)

Environmental Report of theDublin City Development Plan2011 – 2017

DUBLIN CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2011 – 2017

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Non-Technical Summary

Sections

Section 1 Introduction 1

Section 2 Methodology 13

Section 3 Characteristics of the Existing Environment in Dublin City 21

Section 4 Environmental Protection Objectives, Targets and Indicators 95

Section 5 Identifi cation of Development Plan Alternatives 103

Section 6 Evaluation of Development Plan Alternatives 109

Section 7 Evaluation of Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 123

Section 8 Mitigation 139

Section 9 Monitoring 147

Appendix A Matrix of the Evaluation of the Policies of the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 157

Appendix B Demonstration of the link between Policies and Objectives in the Development Plan 215

Appendix C Evaluation of the Objectives of the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 - 2017 222

Appendix D Key environmental Issues & Policies/Objectives incorporated into the Dublin City Development Plan 2011-2017 to address these issues 263

Glossary of Terms and Phrases 265

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List of Figures

Figure A: Example of Environmental Protection Objective, Target and Indicator for Water xxii

Figure 1: National Trends in Black Smoke Levels in Ambient Air 1985 to 2007 37

Figure 2: Trends in Lead levels in Ambient Air in Dublin 1988 to 2007 37

Figure 3: National Trends in Sulphur Dioxide Levels in Ambient Air 2002 to 2007 38

Figure 4: National Trends in Nitrogen Dioxide Levels in Ambient Air 2001 to 2007 38

Figure 5: National Trends in PM10 Levels in Ambient Air 2007 39

Figure 6: CO2 share per sector for Dublin City 2006 43

Figure 7: Energy and Fuel Type in TWh for Dublin City 2006 43

Figure 8: Framework for Sustainable Dublin 140

List of Maps

Map 1: Dublin City Council in the Context of the Dublin Region 22

Map 2: Dublin City in the Context of the Greater Dublin Area 23

Map 3: Rivers and Dublin Bay 27

Map 4: Composite Biodiversity in Dublin City 28

Map 5: Biodiversity 29

Map 6: Natura 2000 Sites 31

Map 7: Open Space 46

Map 8: Tree Preservation Orders 48

Map 9: Urban Soil Geochemistry 50

Map 10: Principal Rivers in Dublin City Council 65

Map 11: Key Pedestrian Routes in Dublin City Centre 75

Map 12: Existing and Proposed Transport Routes 78

Map 13: Transport 21 Proposals in Dublin City Centre 79

Map 14: Main Features of Heritage in Dublin City 84

Map 15: Conservation and Heritage Areas in Dublin City 85


List of Photographs

Photo 1: Launch of the Dublin Bikes Scheme 74

Photo 2: Launch of Dublin City Council’s Brown Bin Scheme 81

List of Plates

Plate 1: Eastern River Basin District Boundary 62

Plate 2: Target for High/Good Ecological Status (Rivers 2015) 64

List of Boxes

Box 1: Modal Share for the City Centre 1997 – 2006 77

Box 2: Environmental Protection Objectives and Corresponding Codes 110

List of Tables

Table 1: Relationship of the Development Plan with other Plans and Programmes 6

Table 2: Population Growth across the City 2002 – 2006 24

Table 3: Population Targets for Dublin City 25

Table 3A: Housing Allocations for Dublin City Council 25

Table 4: Exposure to Traffi c Noise 41

Table 5: Tree Preservation orders in Dublin City Council Area 47

Table 6: Water Quality in Rivers 64

Table 7: Dublin Region – Waste Arising Generated and Managed in the Dublin Region for 2007 80

Table 7A: Key Interrelationships Identifi ed between Environmental Receptors 91

Table 8: Environmental Protection Objectives, Targets and Indicators 98

Table 9: Assessment of the Development Plan Alternatives 112

Table 10: Summary of Potential Impacts of Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 on Population and Human Health 125

Table 11: Summary of Potential Impacts of Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 on Biodiversity 126

Table 12: Summary of Potential Impacts of Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 on Air 128

Table 13: Summary of Potential Impacts of Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 on Climatic Factors 129


Table 14: Summary of Potential Impacts of Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 on Water 131

Table 15: Summary of Potential Impacts of Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 on Material Assets (transport and waste management) 132

Table 16: Summary of Potential Impacts of Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 on Cultural Heritage 134

Table 17: Summary of Potential Impacts of Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 on Landscape and Soils 135

Table 18: Monitoring Programme 149

Table 19: Environmental Protection Objectives and Corresponding Codes 158


List of Abbreviations

AA Appropriate Assessment

ACA Architectural Conservation Area

BAP Biodiversity Action Plan

BOD Biological Oxygen Demand

DCDP Dublin City Development Plan

CFRAMS Catchment-wide Flood Risk Assessments

CHP Combined Heat and Power

COD Chemical Oxygen Demand

CSO Central Statistics Offi ce

CSO Combined Sewer Overfl ows

DCFPP Dublin Coastal Flood Protection Plan

DCENR Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources

DCIHR Dublin City Industrial Heritage Record

DoEHLG Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

CO2 Carbon Dioxide

DBTF Dublin Bay Task Force

DTO Dublin Transport Organisation

EC European Commission

EIA Environmental Impact Assessment

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

EPO Environmental Protection Objective

ER Environmental Report

ERDB Eastern River Basin District

ESB Electricity Supply Board

EU European Union

FSD Framework for Sustainable Dublin

GDA Greater Dublin Area

GDSDS Greater Dublin Strategic Drainage Study


GHGs Green House Gases

GIS Geographical Information Systems

GSI Geological Survey of Ireland

KDC Key District Centre

LAP Local Area Plan

LCA Landscape Conservation Area

NDP National Development Plan

NHA Natural Heritage Area

NIAH National Inventory Architectural Heritage

NOx Nitrogen Oxides

NPWS National Parks and Wildlife Service

NSS National Spatial Strategy

NTS Non-Technical Summary

OPW Offi ce of Public Works

pNHA Proposed Natural Heritage Area

PM10 Particulate Matter

POM Programme of Measures

QBC Quality Bus Corridor

QBN Quality Bus Network

RBMP River Basin Management Plan

RPGs Regional Planning Guidelines

RMP Record of Monuments and Places

RPS Record of Protected Structures

SAAO Special Amenity Area Order

SAC Special Area of Conservation

SAFER Strategies and Actions for Flood Emergency Risk Management

SFRAs Strategic Flood Risk Assessments

SPA Special Protection Area

SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment


S2S Sutton to Sandycove

SUDS Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems

TPO Tree Protection Order

WFD Water Framework Directive

WSA Water Services Supply Area

WSSP Water Services Strategic Plan

WWTP Waste Water Treatment Plant

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY

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Non-Technical Summary | NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY

This is the non-technical summary of the Environmental Report on the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017. The purpose of this report is to ensure that the key issues and fi ndings of the Environmental Report of the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 are readily understood by decision-makers and the general public in a comprehensive manner.

1.0 INTRODUCTION

The SEA was carried out to comply with the provisions of the SEA Directive (Directive 2001/42/EC) and those regulations transposing the Directive into Irish Law i.e. European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 435 of 2004) and Planning and Development Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 436 of 2004). SEA is required for all development plans where the population is 10,000 persons or more. The SEA is the fi rst to be carried out by Dublin City Council for a development plan review and is being carried out in tandem with the preparation of the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 - 2017. The results of the SEA are presented in the Environmental Report (ER). The ER, this summary report and the SEA Statement should be read in conjunction with the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017.

SEA provides a high level of protection to the environment by integrating environmental considerations at the earliest stage in the plan-making process with a view to promoting sustainable development and informs the development plan of any signifi cant environmental impacts.

2.0 OUTLINE OF CONTENTS AND MAIN OBJECTIVES OF DUBLIN CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2011 - 2017

The Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 sets out the spatial framework for the city within the context of the National Development Plan, the National Spatial Strategy, National Climate Change Strategy, Regional Planning guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area and Transport 21. The development plan seeks the long-term sustainable development of the city through the formulation of a core strategy, strategic policies and a range of specifi c objectives for the economy, population & housing, sustainable neighbourhoods, culture, movement and transport, sustainable infrastructure, urban form, culture and conservation. The plan is based on a long-term vision that Dublin by 2030 will be one of the most sustainable, dynamic and resourceful city regions in Europe. This long term vision can be translated into a core strategy which comprises three strongly interwoven strands to make Dublin city:

■ A compact quality, green, well-connected city which generates a dynamic, mixed-use environment for living, working and cultural interaction

■ A smart city, creating real long-term economic recovery

■ A city of sustainable neighbourhoods and socially inclusive communities

The strands of the core strategy are made up of a number of priorities. These priorities are as follows:

■ Shaping the city structure, including the inner city

■ Connecting and sustaining the city’s infrastructure

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NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY | Non-Technical Summary

■ Greening the city

■ Fostering Dublin’s character and culture

■ Making Dublin the heart of the region

■ Revitalising the city’s economy

■ Strengthening the city as the national retail destination

■ Providing quality homes in a compact city

■ Creating good neighbourhoods and successful communities

3.0 METHODOLOGY

There are a number of steps to be taken when undertaking an SEA including screening, scoping, devising alternatives, monitoring etc. The methodology used for the SEA process is based on the European SEA Directive 2004, the Planning and Development (Strategic Environmental Assessment) Regulations 2004 and on the national SEA guidelines for Regional and Planning authorities (DoEHLG 2004). The SEA was carried out primarily by an in-house, inter-departmental team of Dublin City Council. External specialist consultants provided a mentoring service. This approach is in line with the best-practice approach set out by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

This non-technical summary provides brief overview of the various stages that Dublin City Council undertook during the SEA process and the subsequent preparation of the ER.

Stage 1: Scoping

Having established that an SEA is mandatory for city and county development plans where the population is 10,000 persons or more, the next step in the process was scoping the contents of the ER. Scoping is undertaken to

ensure that the relevant environmental issues are identifi ed thus allowing them to be addressed appropriately in the ER. Consultation with the designated environmental authorities i.e. Department of Environment Heritage and Local Government (DoEHLG), Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took place to determine the scope and level of detail of information to be included in the ER.

Stage 2: Description of the Existing Environment and the Evolution of the Environment without Implementation of the Development Plan

Environmental Baseline Information was collated and described. Dublin city’s baseline environment was examined under the following environmental receptor headings:

■ Population and Human Health

■ Biodiversity, Flora and Fauna

■ Air

■ Climatic Factors

■ Water

■ Material Assets (transport and waste management)

■ Cultural Heritage (including architectural and archaeological heritage)

■ Soil and Landscape

The main reason to describe the environmental baseline is to identify the current state of the city’s environment against which the likely effects of implementing the development plan can be tested. The baseline data gathered by the SEA team was readily available and relevant data.

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Population and Human Health

Dublin City Council’s administrative area covers 115 sq.km., has a population of 506,211 persons and has an overall density of 4,400 persons per sq.km. which accounts for 45% of the population of the Dublin Region. The population of the city continues to grow, although at a lower rate than the region as whole. There has been uneven growth across the city with some Electoral Divisions (EDs), mainly in the inner city, experiencing sharp increases in population while others declined.

Average household size in Dublin city is also declining. The average household size is 2.59 in the city compared to the state average of 2.81. This is also evident in the steady rise of one-person households. This demographic trend has potential implications for the size and type of new households. It remains a key objective to consolidate the city and maximise effi cient use of land. This approach is in accordance with the settlement strategy under the Regional Planning guidelines for the Greater Dublin Region 2010 – 2022.

The human health impacts relevant to SEA are those which arise as a result of interactions with environmental receptors i.e. environmental components such as air, water or soil through which contaminants or pollutants, which have the potential to cause harm, can be transported and come into contact with human beings.

Biodiversity, Flora and Fauna

Dublin city and its bay, as a natural harbour at the confl uence of several river basins, contain a variety of ecosystems which are biologically diverse and of international and national importance for the species which inhabit them and their associations. The ecological value of these areas is a

resource for Dublin’s citizens and also remarkable for such an urbanised capital city.

There is a level of protection offered to sites of biodiversity which are zoned Z9 in the development plan. Sites of international and national importance are protected under legislative designations. However, where there are areas of local importance or within other zoning designations, protection may be limited.

Dublin city accommodates a number of designated sites. There are also Natura 2000 sites which are outside the City Council boundary but could be impacted upon by the development plan. These will need to be taken into consideration. For example, plans for riverine environments in the city could affect estuarine environments in other local authority areas downstream. As part of the development plan review an Appropriate Assessment was undertaken. The purpose of this assessment is to determine whether the Dublin City Development Plan is likely to have any signifi cant impacts on the designated Natura 2000 sites identifi ed within a 15 kilometre buffer of Dublin City Council’s administrative boundary.

The exceptional rate of growth of the city in recent years has put greater pressure on biodiversity, and sites are being developed closer to these zones as space becomes scarce. In outlying areas, hedgerow loss has been a concern, with the development of greenfi eld sites. Any projects which front onto the city’s system of rivers and canals will have potential impacts on natural heritage, due to the importance of designated habitats cited above. There are many potential threats to the management of biodiversity, fl ora and fauna inherent in the pressures of the high density of

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population and development of Dublin city and the naturally diverse heritage of Dublin Bay and its associated riverine ecosystems. Development of sites adjoining roosting, feeding and breeding sites can cause disturbance to fauna and threaten biodiversity. For example, construction activities can generate noise, dust and disturb patterns of migratory birds, otters and other highly mobile mammals. Lighting design can affect potential for bat roosting and feeding and connectivity of habitats. Removal of trees and hedgerows can have an impact of a range of protected fauna.

Air (air quality and noise)

Air Quality

Air quality in Dublin is currently good. In particular years Dublin’s air quality has shown signifi cant improvement in the levels of black smoke, lead, sulphur dioxide, benzene, and carbon monoxide (CO).

According to the National Development Plan the key challenges in relation to air quality are Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and Particulate Matter (PM10). Current results for Nitrogen Oxides are in compliance with the annual limit value. However the levels are suffi ciently high to be of concern in relation to compliance in the future. Particulate matter concentrations remain a threat in terms of exceeding limit values at some locations, should a combination of factors (including unfavorable weather conditions and traffi c emissions) occur.

Emissions from the transport sector are the main, but not the only threat to air quality in the Dublin region. Other issues include the construction industry, uncontrolled burning of waste and localised emissions from a small number of industries. According to

the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 4th State of the Environment Report published in 2008:

“Emissions of air pollutants, particularly PM10 and NOX, from road traffi c remain the main threat to air quality in urban areas. While new standards for car emissions and the resultant cleaner technology have curbed emissions from individual vehicles, this has been offset by the increasing number and bigger engine sizes of vehicles on Ireland’s roads. Air quality issues must therefore be an integral part of traffi c management and planning processes and there needs to be a modal shift from the private car to high-quality public transport”.

Dublin City Council and the other local authorities in the Dublin region are updating the ‘Dublin Regional Air Quality Management Plan’ which will address air quality issues, including emissions from the transport sector.

Noise

In general, low environmental sound levels can contribute signifi cantly to the good health and quality of life for the population in Dublin city.

Dublin City Council has assessed sound levels in its area using computer modelling, as required by EC directive 2002/49/EC and Irish Regulation S.I No. 40 of 2006. On foot of this computer modelling, it has produced a strategic Noise Action Plan for the period October 2008 - November 2013. The main aim of this plan is to ‘address local noise issues by reducing noise where necessary and maintaining the environmental acoustic quality where it is good.’

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In summary, the statistics from computer modelling for the Dublin City Council area indicate that:

■ Traffi c noise is the dominant noise source.

■ Railway, industrial, and aircraft noise, does not have a major impact on overall noise levels.

■ Approximately 66% of citizens are exposed to 24-hour (Lden) sound levels from traffi c below 65 decibels.

■ 24 hour (Lden) sound levels from traffi c do not drop below 55 decibels.

■ 58% of citizens are being exposed to night-time levels from traffi c above 55 decibels.

■ Approximately 7,600 people are being exposed to average 24hour (Lden) sound levels equal to or greater than 75 decibels. There are approximately 228,100 residential addresses in the Dublin City Council region of which the following is the percentage breakdown for exposure to the various bands of ‘noise’.

The Noise Action Plan sets out proposals and actions in relation to reducing noise where necessary and maintaining the environmental acoustic quality where it is good.

Climatic Factors

In May 2008 Dublin City Council adopted a Climate Change Strategy that sets ambitious targets for the city toward 2020 and in May 2009 the Lord Mayor of Dublin signed the EU Covenant of Mayors under which 500 European cities will aim to go beyond the EU 2020 targets of a 20% reduction in GHG’s. The City Council has also produced the Dublin City Sustainable Energy Action Plan 2010 – 2020 which will aim to

reduce the city’s energy consumption and associated emissions. As part of this process of preparing this action plan it was necessary to estimate the current energy consumption and associated CO2 emissions for the Dublin City Council area. The baseline was calculated between three sectors; Residential (32%), Commercial/Manufacturing (43%) and Transport (25%). Waste and agriculture are not big emitters within the city boundaries. In 2006, Dublin city (12% of national population), released approximately 5 million tonnes (10.5% of all Irish emissions). On average a Dubliner releases 9.7 tonnes of C02 per year, less than the national average which is 11.3 tonnes.

With the adoption of the Dublin City Climate Change Strategy there will be a framework in place to monitor CO2 emissions from several activities. In addition it is will be good practice to update the 2006 baseline on a periodic basis.

Landscape and Soils

Landscape

The city landscape consists of the public and private landscape of the city. It fulfi ls an array of environmental, ecological, social, recreational and aesthetic functions of the developing city. Today opportunities for new parks are more restricted due to the almost complete development of the city administrative area, however they do arise within redevelopment (e.g. docklands) and development densifi cation (e.g. institutional land developing surplus lands). Growth and densifi cation of urban areas requires the protection of its landscape, which can be lost or marginalised by development pressure.

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A broad range of landscape issues has been identifi ed, which include (i) the provision of an accessible public landscape that meets the perception and demands of a European capital city, (ii) the creation of landscape linkages within an urban fabric that has reached almost full development, (iii) the balancing of competing demands such as between biodiversity and recreational uses, (iv) the promotion of sustainable landscape solutions (e.g. green roofs, green walls, permeable pavement, SUDS) in the city landscape etc.

Soils

The soil of Dublin is derived from glacial till of Irish Sea origin, with limestone and shale and is largely Grey Brown Podzolics. The lighter-textured Grey Brown Podzolics are good all-purpose soils, while the heavier-textured members are highly suited to pasture production, responding well to manurial and management practices. The coast of Dublin has a layer of alluvium overlying the topsoil, which is a result of the low-lying status of the city. This sequence of soils is only remaining in undisturbed areas of the coast. As Dublin is a very built-up city, much of the topsoil and alluvium have long since been removed

The function of soils in abating climate change is particularly important in a regional context for cities such as Dublin experiencing rapid growth beyond city boundaries. The conversion of greenfi eld sites and sealing of soils can release CO2 into the atmosphere and further reduce areas of ‘carbon sinks’. Land use planning must target the use of brownfi eld sites.

Any key projects which involve development of greenfi eld sites will be of greatest concern for strategic management of soils. Issues would be those associated with soil sealing, soil structural degradation

and compaction, loss of organic matter, and soil erosion. A signifi cant issue is the removal of high-quality existing soils and replacement with poor-quality fi ll. Good-quality soils are a commodity in urban areas and existing soils within the administrative area of Dublin city should be re-used within the locality, in the interests of retaining biogeographical characteristics of soils, such as soil types, seeds and organisms within native soils and habitat values. The transport of soils should be minimised also in the interests of sustainability.

Water

In the Dublin Region, the four local authorities (Dublin City Council, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin County Councils) have adopted a co-ordinated approach to the delivery of water services. This approach also applies to neighbouring areas in Counties Kildare, Meath and Wicklow. It follows that an Integrated Dublin Region Water Services Strategic Plan is appropriate to these areas and services. This plan examines the supply, treatment storage and delivery of water in the Dublin Water Supply Area (WSA). The population of this area has grown signifi cantly over the past ten years. It is estimated that by 2031 the Dublin WSA will have a population of approximately 2.2 million people. Currently, the average daily water requirement for the WSA, with a population of 1.5m, is 550 million litres. However, with the forecasted increase in population it is estimated that demand will increase to approximately 800 million litres by 2031. The existing water treatment plants at Ballymore Eustace, Ballyboden, Leixlip and Roundwood are working to their full capacity in order to supply the daily demands and, while Ballymore Eustace and Leixlip are currently being expanded, this will only match the demand growth that will have taken place by the time they are completed.

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In order to meet future demands, Dublin City Council has embarked on a study to determine a new major water source to meet projected demand in the long-term called the Water Supply Project for the Dublin Region. This project is studying the options of either using a desalination process to treat water from Dublin Bay or bringing water from the river Shannon via a new storage reservoir.

Dublin City Council has established a number of water supply by-laws to reduce waste and demand levels. These by-laws include the mandatory use of water saving devices in new buildings. The City Council has also embarked on a major watermain rehabilitation project to reduce unaccounted for water lost through leakage in older watermains in the Dublin WSA.

In relation to drinking water, quality of water in Dublin is good.

The vision for drainage services for the Dublin Region is to achieve and maintain good ecological status of all receiving waters. In line with the requirements of the Water Framework Directive, it required that the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of both foul sewage and stormwater are managed effectively to achieve this.

The capacity of the Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) to treat the volume and loading of wastewater created by the growing population is inadequate and will continue to be problematic, even with the planned upgrade of the Ringsend Waste Water Treatment Plant, with maximum capacity of the extended WWTP being exceeded by 2014. The only solution to this problem is the development of a new regional WWTP. The need to upgrade the existing treatment plants and the drainage connection network in the region,

to the ultimate capacity as set out in the Greater Dublin Strategic Drainage Study must be recognised.

Signifi cant parts of the Dublin sewer network have insuffi cient capacity to effectively collect and transport the sewage from the point of collection to the point of treatment. This results in increasing pollution and deterioration of waterbodies.

The issues surrounding surface water or stormwater collection and disposal are inextricably linked to those of the foul sewer network due to the impact of sewage overfl ows on the quality of the stormwater. The quality of stormwater within an urban area is also affected by ingress of surface pollutants from pavements. Both of these issues can be signifi cantly improved by the adoption of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) which will result in reduced or delayed runoff quantities into the system and, potentially, improvement in runoff quality by percolating runoff through SUDS devices such as swales or wetlands.

To achieve good status for waters will require specifi c programmes of measures to be undertaken. Basic measures are those required by existing legislation while supplementary measures are those required in situations where basic measures alone are judged to be inadequate to achieve good status. Dublin City Council has drawn up a Programme of Measures for the protection and improvement of waters in its functional area.

Flooding

Flooding is a natural process that can happen at any time in a wide variety of locations and plays a role in shaping the natural environment. It is recognised that the risk of fl ooding has increased due to climate change and sea level rise. There

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are three types of fl ooding events, which can arise separately or in combination; Coastal Flooding arising from the sea or estuary, Fluvial Flooding arising from rivers or streams and Pluvial Flooding arising from extreme rainfall. The Regional Planning guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area 2010-2022 states that Dublin city is vulnerable to two key sources of fl ooding, fl uvial and coastal.

In relation to fl ood protection the most signifi cant recent development in this area is publication of the Planning System and Flood Risk Management guidelines in 2009. These guidelines are specifi cally aimed at linking planning and development with Flood Protection and Flood Risk Assessment. It is a requirement of the guidelines that the development plan and all future planning decisions have regard to the guidelines.

The vision for the city and the strategic approach translate into a core strategy which will ensure effective realisation of the National Spatial Strategy (NSS), Regional Planning guidelines (RPGs) and consequent local area plans (LAPs). The core strategy takes account of national and regional population targets and provides the policy framework for local area plans. It represents a spatial expression of the delivery of essential infrastructure and services within an over-arching sustainable framework. It is also part of the core strategy to consolidate the city and achieve a compact city, which makes optimum use of urban land and existing or proposed public infrastructure. Through the application of the sequential approach and justifi cation test as set out in the Planning System and Flood Risk Management guidelines it is considered that the elements of the core strategy can be achieved while managing fl ood risk

appropriately. Furthermore, by supporting and encouraging the consolidation of the city it is considered that this approach will ensure that areas of the Dublin metropolitan area particularly those along fl oodplains do not suffer from development pressures and can be protected for reasons of fl ood risk management.

Material Assets (Transport and Waste Management)

Transport

Dublin City Council’s administrative areas covers approximately 115Ksq.m and is populated by 506,211 people. Within its boundaries there are just over 31Km of Irish Rail track and just under 13km of Luas track. The entire rail track within the Dublin City Council area is designated as major rail. There is approximately 1280km of roads, 16% of which was designated as Major Road i.e. carrying more than 16,438 vehicles per 24 hours. The existing public transport network currently comprises bus, DART and the Luas tram lines. There are currently 200km of bus lanes passing through the area, with more QBCs planned and under construction. To date a total of c.199km of cycle lanes has been provided within the Dublin City Council area. This is made up of both segregated lanes and combined bus and cycle lanes. The cycle lanes provided form part of a citywide cycle network. Over 1000 cycle stands have been provided within the canals to date.

The road network is generally at capacity where private cars are concerned. Increasing road space has been and will continue to be given over to public transport, cyclists and pedestrians.

The most signifi cant environmental problem experienced in the area of movement and transport is that of traffi c congestion. Traffi c contributes substantially to noise and air

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pollution in the city. It also poses health and safety risks where confl icts may arise between different road users.

Waste Management

At the core of national waste management policy is the EU Waste Hierarchy with a preference for the prevention, reuse and recycling (including biological treatment) of waste ahead of energy recovery and landfi ll disposal. The waste sector is estimated to account for 3% of total green house gas emissions in 2005. The Waste Management Plan for the Dublin Region 2005 – 2010 sets out the current regional policy framework for Dublin to progress the sustainable management of waste arising in the region to 2010. The strategy in the waste plan aims to deliver maximum recycling, use thermal treatment for the treatment of residual wastes and by doing so minimise the use of landfi ll disposal.

The aim for the region is to become, as far as possible, self-reliant in terms of waste management. To this end the development of centralised biological treatment, materials sorting, waste-to-energy and landfi ll facilities are underway.

Prevention and minimisation, which aim to reduce waste at source, are at the top of the waste hierarchy and remain a priority with resources dedicated to awareness campaigns.

An issue for recycling is developing recyclable markets as most materials are exported to foreign markets for reprocessing and recycling. The quantities generated in Ireland do not provide the necessary economies of scale for indigenous reprocessing. In 2007, the DoEHLG Market Development Group published a 5-year programme for the stimulation of recycling markets.

Energy recovery is part of the Waste Management Plan for the Dublin Region 2005-2010. The region will thermally treat residual waste with a new Waste to Energy Plant (5.5 hectares) in Poolbeg which is due to become operational in 2012. The facility will be able to handle 600,000 tonnes of municipal waste annually. The facility will produce energy to meet the needs of approximately 50,000 houses in the form of energy supplied to the National Grid. The facility will also have the capacity to provide district heating for up to 60,000 homes. Planning permission, an EPA licence and a licence from the Commissioner for Energy Regulation have been granted. A grid connection application was lodged with the ESB in June 2008. An application for foreshore lease or licence was completed and submitted to the Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Food in July 2008.

Some of the main issues for the management of waste in the city are (i) the reuse of materials rather than the use of new materials in development (ii) use of renewable materials and those low embodied energy materials and low toxic materials, (iii) assessment of whole life environmental impacts, (iv) whether residential and commercial developments are providing suffi cient quantity and high quality recycling facilities for waste sorting located conveniently for collection, (v) the role of local plans in addressing local waste recycling facilities as part of the social and capital infrastructure audits.

Cultural Heritage (including archaeological and architectural heritage)

Dublin is an ancient city with many sites of archaeological, architectural and cultural heritage importance. Within Dublin city, there are a number of methods to

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protect the integrity of cultural assets including appropriate zonings (Z2 and Z8), Architectural Conservation Areas (ACAs), Record of Protected Structures (RPS) and Record of Monuments and Places (RMPs), Zones of Archaeological Interest and Conservation Areas (for example along the Liffey quays). Conservation grants are also available to owners of protected structures and particularly to owners of protected structures which are on the Buildings At Risk Register.

In relation to architectural heritage, there are currently just over 9000 structures listed for protection in the Record of Protected Structures. There are currently ten ACAs in Dublin city. These include Grafton Street and Environs, O’Connell Street, Dartmouth Square and Environs, Marino Casino, South City Retail Quarter, Capel Street and Environs, Prospect Square – De Courcy Square and Environs, Thomas Street and Environs, Chapelizod and Environs and Fitzwilliam Square and Environs. Lands zoned Z2 in Dublin City Council’s development plan consist mainly of housing areas, but also in limited cases can include a limited range of other secondary and established uses. Lands zoned Objective Z8 in the development plan incorporate the main conservation areas in the city, primarily the Georgian squares. In addition to the Z2 and Z8 zoned areas of the city, conservation areas are also denoted by red hatching delineated on the accompanying zoning objective maps for the development plan.

Ireland's industrial heritage is being changed and destroyed at an unknown rate. Over the past decade there has been a growing public awareness of Ireland's industrial heritage, as seen in a number of sites which have been restored by enthusiasts and are now open to the public

as tourist and educational attractions. The Grand and Royal Canals in Dublin city are an example of a tourist and educational attraction based on industrial heritage in Ireland. A key issue in the conservation of the city’s built heritage is recording and conserving Dublin’s unique industrial heritage, a substantial portion of which has already disappeared without record.

Dublin city is rich in archaeology and has a diverse range of monuments covering a number of historic eras. It is deemed that the development plan area is of high archaeological potential due to the potential for the presence of hitherto unknown sub-surface archaeological remains. During the 18th century however the Wide Streets Commission reshaped the old medieval city and created a network of main thoroughfares by wholesale demolition or widening of old streets or the creation of entirely new ones. The result is that it is diffi cult to grasp the form of the old city or to understand the context of surviving medieval fabric/street patterns at ground level. Nevertheless, much remains that is of value and which can be reinforced or stitched back together and presented in the city’s renewal. A clear strategic vision is required for the oldest part of the city.

There is a continuing need to balance the needs of a consolidating city with the need to protect its cultural character. The retention and adaption of historic buildings must proceed, while protecting their intrinsic character. Dublin’s tourism industry relies heavily on its built heritage.

Evolution of the Environment without the Implementation of the Development Plan

The evolution of the city’s environment in the absence of the development plan was analysed by the SEA team.

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The development plan includes policies for biodiversity, fl ora and fauna that will serve to protect and enhance biodiversity and fl ora and fauna that aims to strengthen the recognition of green corridors under the Habitats Directive. The development plan also supports measures for protection of important habitats in mitigation of impacts of development. In the absence of the development plan and its proactive policies and objectives, it is likely that further loss and degradation of habitats would occur. It is also likely that the survival of individual species of fl ora and fauna would be threatened with loss.

In relation to climatic factors it is projected that if no measures were taken to reduce CO2 emissions, a business as usual model, that the increases in CO2 emissions in the three sectors will be as follows, Residential 17%, Commercial/Manufacturing 30% and Transport 32%. There would be little evidence of this increase on the city’s microclimate specifi cally but as part of the broader climate change scenario there may be many negative climatic impacts.

In relation to the city’s landscape, the absence of the development plan would put the landscape under pressure from development and densifi cation with signifi cant negative impacts on environmental, ecological, social, recreational and aesthetic attributes of Dublin.

For soils, the development plan includes greater measures for the protection and management of soils. It will strengthen the development of soil management strategies for future developments under the Soils Framework Directive such as the encouragement of re-development of brownfi eld sites and remediation of soils which are contaminated or compacted. In the absence of the plan and its proactive policies, it is likely that further damage

could be done to soils and geology of greenfi eld sites, in particular, and that management and remediation of brownfi eld sites would be limited.

Dublin City Council is committed to maintaining and improving the status of the various waterbodies referenced in the Water Framework Directive. While various engineering projects are in train to address the current capacity constraints in the collection, treatment and disposal network for sewage and stormwater fl ows, proper development management must also form a key part Dublin City Council delivery on that commitment. Policies and objectives have been updated in the development plan with the aim to protect and enhance the status of the waterbodies and refl ect changes bought about through new European directives and national requirements as well as guidelines issued to planning authorities such as recent fl ood risk management guidelines.

From a movement point of view the city development plan will continue to promote a shift away from private car use towards more sustainable forms of transport. It will support a redistribution of road space away from the private car to accommodate this. In the absence of the development plan and its proactive policies, it is likely that the city will continue to be congested by private cars. It is also likely that noise and air pollution would continue to increase. The absence of the plan would result in the loss of potential for modal shift to public transport, cycling and walking. An increased modal share for these modes would contribute to a reduction in pollution and a healthier city environment generally.

In relation to cultural heritage, the development plan will continue and build on the policies of the Dublin City

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Development Plan 2005 – 2011 in relation to built heritage. The absence of the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 and its policies would result in a potential loss of historic fabric and character to the condition of protected structures and bring about a lack of standards for redevelopment of sites in the Zone of Archaeological Interest. This in turn would lead to a loss of irreplaceable fabric, to the detriment of existing and future generations and also to visitors to Dublin.

Identifi cation of Existing Environmental Problems

Following the stages above i.e. the scoping exercise, which included consultation and feedback from the environmental bodies, and the carrying out of the baseline study, it was determined that there were a number of overarching environmental challenges which must be addressed in the city. These were as follows:

1. Housing Dublin City Council’s growing population in balanced, sustainable and attractive neighbourhoods on the limited amount of suitable land available within Dublin City Council’s administrative boundary for a compact city and region.

2. The treatment of drinking water is a major issue for the city and region. The current water treatment plants are working to full capacity. While Ballymore Eustace is currently being expanded this will deal only the demand growth that will have taken place in the meantime.

3. In order to meet projected demands, up to 2031 and beyond, for drinking water a new water source must be determined. Currently the river Liffey is at its limit for safe abstraction.

4. The European Union Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that all governments aim to achieve “good ecological status” in all their natural waters by 2015. The rivers in Dublin City Council are currently either ‘at risk’ or ‘probably at risk’ of not being able to achieve good status by 2015 unless improvement measures are taken.

5. Existing wastewater treatment infrastructure required by an increasing population in the Dublin region is inadequate. Maximum capacity will be reached by 2014. Additional wastewater treatment infrastructure must be constructed in order to avoid signifi cant adverse impacts upon water quality, biodiversity, fl ora and fauna and human health.

6. Need to secure the necessary land, plant and underground corridors for major utility infrastructure, including water supply, delivery and drainage in a compact city to facilitate its growth and well-being while also integrating utility infrastructure into lands so that other uses are not compromised (e.g. rights of way limiting recreational provision).

7. There is a need to ensure, through the implementation of measures such as sustainable urban drainage systems, that changes in land use do not lead to increased fl ood risk. Increased fl ood risks arising from climate change and sea level rise need to be addressed through proper planning and risk management measures in accordance with National guidelines.

8. There is a continuing need to ensure better integration of land-use and transport which promotes more sustainable forms of transport, greater use of public transport as well as signifi cant improvements in public transport.

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9. A balance must be struck between accommodating the future development, recreational, heritage and biodiversity needs of Dublin city.

10. Under the Kyoto Protocol Ireland has agreed to limit the net growth of Green House Gases (GHGs) to 13% above its 1990 levels (current fi gure is 25% above 1990 levels. There is a pressing need for Dublin city to reduce its GHG emissions.

11. Emissions, mainly from the transport sector, are the main threat to air quality in the Dublin Region (oxides of nitrogen NOx and PM10 and PM2.5).

Identifying the strategic environmental problems is an opportunity to defi ne key issues and to devise the Environmental Protection Objectives for each of the environmental receptors.

Stage 3: Preparation of Scoping Report

Following consultation with the environmental authorities and the initial gathering of baseline data, a Scoping Report was prepared. This report was prepared in order to provide current understanding of the key environmental issues experienced and to be addressed in Dublin city as set out in Stage 2 above.

Stage 4: Setting of the Environmental Protection Objectives, Targets and Indicators

Environmental Protection Objectives, Targets and Indicators (OTIs) were set based on European, national and local environmental policy. The setting of OTIs is a recognised way of testing the environmental effects of the development plan. They are used to demonstrate whether the development plan will have a positive, negative or no impact on the environment, to compare the environmental effects of alternative plan scenarios and to suggest improvements if necessary. If complied with in full, the environmental objectives set should result in an environmentally neutral impact from implementation of the 2011 – 2017 development plan. The environmental protection objectives, which usually express a desired direction of change, are established for each of the environmental receptors and are often aspirational in nature. Each environmental receptor has between one and four associated environmental protection objectives, with each of these objectives assigned measurable indicators allowing for monitoring. An example of this approach is given below in Figure A.

Figure A: Example of Environmental Protection Objective, Target and Indicator set for Water

Environmental Receptor

Environmental Protection Objective

Target Indicator

Water To comply with EU Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC i.e. to ensure and maintain good ecological status of all receiving waters in the Dublin Region in the future

All water bodies to meet targets set in ERDB plan as adopted by Public Representatives and by Minister for Environment by Notice in July 2010 in accordance with S.I. 722 of 2003

Ecological Status of Water Bodies

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Stage 5: Identifi cation, Description and Evaluation of Development Plan Alternatives

It is standard practice when devising a plan that alternative ways of fulfi lling its objectives are considered. For the purposes of the proposed Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 three possible alternatives were considered refl ecting the need to achieve the following proposed objectives of the plan:

■ To protect and strengthen the role of Dublin city as the premier gateway

■ To develop the city region as the engine of Ireland’s economy

■ To consolidate the city and make the most effi cient use of land

■ To ensure the provision of an integrated transport network supporting a compact, consolidated city

■ To protect and strengthen the role of Dublin city centre as the prime retail centre for the region and ensure a retail environment which offers consumers more choice and affordability

■ To integrate the inner city and regeneration areas into a more coherent urban structure

■ To ensure an appropriate balance between accommodating development, recreation, heritage and biodiversity needs of the city and identify mechanisms for the greening of the city landscape

■ To value the city’s built and natural landscape as a unique resource

■ To recognise culture as integral to Dublin city’s identity and quality of life

A summary of these three reasonable alternatives are provided below:

Alternative I - Low Intensity Approach

This scenario plans a more consolidated and compact city with relatively low-intensity development on infi ll and key development sites across the city.

Key elements of this scenario are:

■ Densities of between 35 – 50 residential units per hectare

■ Height of new development no greater than four storeys

■ Low levels of investment in public transport and supporting community / social infrastructure due to low densities developed to justify investment

■ Non-clustering of economic activities

■ Existing buildings that are currently underused or vacant remain under/undeveloped

Alternative II – Mid-Intensity Approach

This scenario plans a more compact, consolidated city on a medium-intensity basis with the development of the city focused on ensuring that Dublin city functions as the primary economic engine of the state. Density and intensity of development would increase across the entire city but would vary depending on location and connections of areas to supporting infrastructure.

Key elements of this scenario are:

■ A targeted approach to the future development of the city with the city centre, (including all the underutilised and vacant sites), areas in need of signifi cant regeneration and other areas of the city identifi ed and designated for greater intensities of development served by existing and planned quality public transport infrastructure

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■ City region developed as the engine of national economy with a network of spatial and sectoral clusters

■ Densities of approximately 120 units per hectare realised in city centre, inner city, key district centres, key developing areas, and on those under-utilised lands well served by existing and planned public transport infrastructure

■ The outer city and suburbs would also witness increases in densities, although at a more modest scale

■ Height of new developments would generally be in the six to eight storey range in central and designated areas, 2-4 storeys in suburban and outer city areas with some scope for higher buildings in limited locations for reasons of investment, identity and vitality

■ Lands currently zoned for employment and in close to existing or future public transport corridors redeveloped to higher densities accommodating primarily more intense employment-generating uses in the knowledge and green economies

■ Identifi cation of mechanisms for the greening of the city landscape to allow for an appropriate balance between accommodating future development, recreation use, heritage and biodiversity needs of the city

■ Development planned to ensure that the economic role and competitiveness of the city centre are strengthened to allow it to continue to develop as the prime retail centre for the region

■ Smaller-scale neighbourhood retail centres retained and developed in the outer city and suburban areas to complement and underpin the city centre

Alternative III - High Intensity Approach

This scenario plans a more compact, consolidated city on a high-intensity basis. All areas of the city would be potentially available for increases in density, including the suburbs, outer city, open spaces, environmentally more vulnerable areas etc. A more fl exible, market-driven approach to developing the city would prevail with the majority of the city area available for higher-intensity development.

Key elements of this scenario are as follows:

■ Higher density and intensity of development possible across the city

■ Maximum height and plot ratios possible in developments throughout the city, city centre and suburbs alike with less regard given to the existing conservation, environmental or character of areas

■ No particular areas designated or targeted for redevelopment as all areas of the city available for intense redevelopment

Stage 6: Environmental Assessment of the Alternatives and Selection of the Preferred Development Alternative

The three identifi ed alternative development scenarios were tested against the environmental protection objectives and a preferred strategy emerged. Alternative II i.e. Mid-Intensity was selected as the preferred approach. This approach was found to potentially have the most positive impact on the environment serving to maximise the development potential of the city’s limited land supply, makes most effi cient use of land, supports the signifi cant investments that have been

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made, and will be made in the near future, in public transport, represents a co-ordinated approach to the future of the city which allows all areas of the city to reach their full potential.

This mid-intensity approach, as with the low-intensity and high-intensity approaches, is dependent on upgrading of existing, and provision of a new regional wastewater treatment plant. Mitigation measures will be required to deal with this issue as well as the issues of water supply. The development plan that has emerged from the plan preparation process has a close correlation with Alternative II i.e. a Mid-Intensity Approach.

Stage 7: Assessing the Likely Signifi cant Effects of the Plan on the Environment

An environmental assessment of the preferred strategy was carried out to determine whether implementation of this mid-intensity approach would be likely to cause any signifi cant effects on the environment. The assessment of the likely signifi cant effects on the environment of implementing the development plan was carried out, in accordance with best practice methodology. The methodology employed was the accepted, and commonly used, methodology of creating a matrix, whereby the policies of the development plan are listed on one axis and the Environmental Protection Objectives on the other. To avoid the Environmental Report being dominated by a series of complex matrices the detailed matrices have been included as an appendix in the Environmental Report while a summary of the signifi cant environmental impacts are provided in the main body of the report.

From the environmental assessment carried out it was found that the implementation of the development plan will prove to have signifi cant positive impacts on the environment. However, the assessment has also identifi ed some policies, when assessed in isolation, that have the potential to have signifi cant adverse impacts on some of the environmental receptors unless mitigated against. Such adverse impacts could arise as a result of stand-alone policies to facilitate additional population and economic growth and development, increase densities and facilitate intensifi cation of the city generally, promote access to recreational areas, opening up private recreational areas and promoting taller buildings in some locations of the city. While these policies are fully in line with national and regional policy to consolidate and ensure a more compact city with greater intensity of uses and to ensure that the city’s role as the economic engine of the state is strengthened, there is potential for signifi cant adverse impacts on the receiving environment unless mitigated against. Mitigation procedures and measures have been devised and incorporated into the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017.

Stage 8: Mitigation measures to Prevent, Reduce and Offset Signifi cant Adverse Environmental Effects of Implementing the Plan

As stated above potential signifi cant adverse impacts of implementing the development plan were found to arise as a result of policies to facilitate additional population and economic growth and development, increasing densities and facilitating intensifi cation of the city generally, promoting access to recreational

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areas, opening up private recreational areas and promoting taller buildings in some locations of the city. There is potential for signifi cant adverse impacts on the receiving environment unless mitigated against.

Sustainability was placed as the overarching theme from the outset of the preparation of the development plan. As a result of sustainability being an overarching theme a comprehensive set of policies and objectives informed by the principles of sustainability have been devised and incorporated in the plan. Policies with sustainability at their core allow them to act as mitigation measures to offset any potential adverse impacts on the environment as a result of implementing the development plan. Furthermore, mitigation in the form of policies serves to formalise the mitigation measures and fully integrates them into the development plan process. Mitigation measures, in the form of development plan policies, have been devised for each of the affected environmental receptors.

Stage 9: Monitoring Measures

The SEA Directive requires that the signifi cant environmental effects of implementing the development plan be carried out. Early on in the plan preparation process the SEA team developed environmental protection objectives and targets and indicators. In order to measure progress towards these objectives and targets, environmental protection indicators were also developed to monitor the baseline situation, monitor the impacts of the development plan and predict impacts. A total of 48 indictors have been devised to monitor the impacts of the development plan on the environmental receptors i.e. population and human health, biodiversity,

fl ora and fauna, air, climatic factors, water, material assets, cultural heritage and landscape and soils. Existing monitoring arrangements utilised by Dublin City Council were considered most appropriate in order to avoid duplication of monitoring mechanisms.

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Section 1 | INTRODUCTION

1.0 INTRODUCTION

This is the Environmental Report prepared as part of the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017. ‘Environmental Report’ means that part of the plan’s documentation which contains the information required by Article 5 and Annex I of the SEA Directive and Schedule 2B of the Planning and Development (Strategic Environmental Assessment) Regulations 2004.

The Appropriate Assessment (AA), also prepared in parallel with the development plan, was prepared and is available as a separate document, the Natura Impact Report of the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017. Both environmental assessments have been integrated into the statutory time-tables for the preparation of the development plan.

1.1 BACKGROUND

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is the “formal, systematic assessment of the likely effects on implementing a plan or programme before a decision is made to adopt the plan or programme.” This is the fi rst SEA carried out for a development plan for the city and was being carried out in parallel with the preparation of the plan. SEA affords a high level of protection of the environment and contributes to the integration of environmental considerations at an early stage in the preparation of a plan with a view to promoting sustainable development. The SEA informed the development plan of any signifi cant environmental impacts.

1.1.1 Legislative Context of SEA and Purpose of the Environmental Report The SEA was carried out to comply with the provisions of the SEA Directive (Directive 2001/42/EC) and those regulations transposing the Directive into Irish Law i.e. European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 435 of 2004) and Planning and Development Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 436 of 2004). Under the Directive 2001/42/EC and S.I. 436 of 2004 – Planning and Development (Strategic Environmental Assessment) Regulations 2004, Dublin City Council was required to carry out a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017. The purpose of the SEA Directive is to “...provide a high level of protection of the environment and to contribute to the integration of environmental considerations into the preparation and adoption of plans and programmes with a view to promoting sustainable development, by ensuring that, in accordance with this Directive, an environmental assessment is carried out of certain plans and programmes what are likely to have signifi cant effects on the environment.”

The Environmental Report is at the heart of the SEA process. It is a key mechanism in promoting sustainable development, in raising awareness of the signifi cant environmental issues and in ensuring that such issues are properly addressed within the capacity of the planning system to do so.

There has been complete integration between the preparation of this Environmental Report and of the development plan allowing for the development plan to be informed by environmental considerations from the

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outset. The Environmental Report has guided the preparation of objectives, policies, and development plan alternatives for the plan and forms part of the development plan documentation.

The likely signifi cant effects on the environment of implementing the development plan, and reasonable alternatives, are described and evaluated in this report. In accordance with Directive 2001/42/EC, this report includes information that may be reasonably required taking into account:

■ Current knowledge and methods of assessment,

■ The contents and level of detail in the plan,

■ The stage of the plan in the decision-making process, and

■ The extent to which certain matters are more appropriately assessed at different levels in the planning process in order to avoid duplication of assessment.

1.2 STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

1.2.1 Description of the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017Planning authorities are obliged to review their development plans every six years as legislated for under the Planning and Development Act 2000. This review was undertaken and SEA was integrated into the statutory timetables for the review of the Dublin City Development Plan 2005 – 2011. The development plan will be implemented over a six-year timeframe from 2011 to 2017 and covers the entire administrative area of Dublin City Council.

The Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 consists of a Written Statement, 11 no. maps, the Record of Protected Structure, the Environmental Report and the Appropriate Assessment. The Written Statement contains 17 chapters as follows:

■ Chapters 1 and 2 detail the background to the making of, and the context of the development plan.

■ Chapter 3 sets out the development plan spatial framework strategy up to 2017. This spatial framework for the city is set within the context of the National Development Plan, the National Spatial Strategy, National Climate Change Strategy, Regional Planning guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area and Transport 21 and is based on a long-term vision that Dublin by 2030 will be one of the most sustainable, dynamic and resourceful city regions in Europe. This long term vision is translated into three interwoven strands of a core strategy as follows:

➔ A compact quality, green, well-connected city which generates a dynamic, mixed-use environment for living, working, social and cultural interaction

➔ A smart city, creating real long term economic recovery

➔ A city of sustainable neighbourhoods and socially inclusive communities

The strands of the core strategy are made up of a number of priorities. The main objectives of are as follows:

➔ To protect and strengthen the role of Dublin city as the premier gateway

➔ To develop the city region as the engine of Ireland’s economy



➔ To consolidate the city and make the most effi cient use of land

➔ To ensure the provision of an integrated transport network supporting a compact, consolidated city

➔ To protect and strengthen the role of Dublin city centre as the prime retail centre for the region and ensure a retail environment which offers consumers more choice, affordability

➔ To integrate the inner city and regeneration areas into a more coherent urban structure

➔ To ensure an appropriate balance between accommodating development, recreation use, heritage, biodiversity, needs of the city and identify mechanisms for the greening of the city landscape

➔ To value the city’s built and natural heritage as a unique resource

➔ Recognise culture as integral to Dublin city’s identity and quality of life

■ Chapters 4 to 12 detail the achievements, challenges, strategic approach and accompanying policies and objectives to guide the future sustainable development of the city in line with the core strategy above under the planning topics of (i) Shaping the City, (ii) Connecting and Sustaining the City’s Infrastructure, (iii) Greening the City, (iv) Fostering Dublin’s Character and Culture, (v) Making Dublin the Heart of the Region, (vi) Revitalising the City’s Economy, (vii) Strengthening the City as the National Retail Destination, (viii) Providing Quality Homes in a Compact City and (ix) Creating Good Neighbourhoods and Successful Communities.

■ Chapter 13 details how the policies and objectives of the development plan will be secured. New mechanisms have been devised which include a set of performance indicators and instruments such as key guiding principles, sustainable standards and toolkits. Successful implementation will also be achieved through on-going collaboration with citizens, stakeholders, sectoral interests etc. This chapter also sets out the monitoring and review mechanisms put in place to monitor and measure the progress of the development plan.

■ Chapter 14 sets out and explains the development management objectives to be taken into account in planning applications.

■ Chapter 15 sets out the general land-use and zoning policies and objectives of the development plan. An explanation of the land use categories and the zoning objectives that apply to them is provided.

■ Chapter 16 sets out the guiding principles for the Public Realm, Urban Form & Architecture, Green Infrastructure, Strategic Development & Regeneration Areas and Building Height in a Sustainable City

■ Chapter 17 contains the qualitative and quantitative, including car parking, standards to be applied in all future plans, projects and developments.

The plan also contains a number of Appendices containing supporting information to the Written Statement:

■ Schedule of Non Statutory Plans

■ National, Regional and Local Guidance

■ The housing strategy

■ Retail Strategy



■ Travels Plans

■ Transport Assessment

■ Strategic Cycle Network

■ Roads Standards for Various Classes of Development

■ Port tunnel

■ Conservation - Protected Structures and Buildings in Conservation Areas

■ Proposed Architectural Conservation Areas

■ Stone Setts to be Retained, Restored or Introduced

■ Paved Areas and Streets with Granite Kerbing

■ List of National Monuments Legislation, National Policy Documents and guidelines that Protects Sites and Monuments

■ List of National Monuments in Dublin City

■ Guidelines for Waste Storage Facilities

■ Flood Defence Infrastructure

■ Guidelines on Telecommunications Antennae

■ Seveso II Sites

■ Guidelines for Childcare Facilities

■ Safety Design guidelines

■ Access for All

■ Guidelines for Student Accommodation

■ Guidance on Aparthotels

■ Guidelines for Residential Extensions

■ Taking in Charge

■ Outdoor Advertising Strategy

■ Sustainability Indicators

■ Land-use Defi nitions

■ Development Plan Mandatory Requirements

■ Land-use Defi nitions

■ SEA Statement and AA Conclusion Statement

1.2.2 Integrating SEA into the Plan-Making ProcessAs with the Appropriate Assessment (AA), the SEA needs to be fully integrated with the various stages of the development plan preparation process in order to ensure that the environmental implications do not impact negatively upon the city’s environment as a result of changes to policy. Accordingly, Dublin City Council adopted a precautionary and comprehensive approach, undertaking an environmental assessment at all stages including, the pre-draft development plan (September 2009), the amended proposed policies as contained with the pre-draft plan (October 2009), the draft Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 (December 2009), the proposed amendments to the draft plan and the fi nal development plan as adopted.

1.3 RELATIONSHIP OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITH OTHER PLANS AND PROGRAMMES

The development plan sits within a hierarchy of European, national, regional and local planning policies. A number of plans, policies, programmes and directives at European, national, regional and local level have been identifi ed and taken on board in the preparation of the plan. Table 1 below sets out the main plans, policies, programmes and directives identifi ed and gives a brief summary of their main objectives.



Table 1: Relationship of the Development Plan with other Plans and Programmes

Plan / Programme Summary of Key Objectives

EU Level

SEA Directive (2001/42/EC) Under the SEA Directive the development plan requires an SEA. The development plan must take into account protection of the environment and the integration of the development plan into the sustainable planning of the country as a whole

Kyoto Protocol Objectives seek to alleviate the impacts of climate change and reduce global emissions of Green House Gases (GHGs). The formulation of the development plan should give regard to the objectives and targets of Kyoto and aim to reduce GHG emissions from the management of residential and commercial development. Harnessing energy from natural resources could be considered to reduce overall GHG emissions

The European Landscape Convention (Florence 2000)

Aims to promote landscape protection, management and planning and to organise European co-operation on landscape issues

EU Directive 96/62/EC (Air Quality Directive) Objective to improve air quality by controlling the level of certain pollutants and monitoring their concentrations

EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) Aimed at improving the water environment, requiring member governments to take a holistic approach to managing their waters. Member states must aim to achieve good status in all waters by 2015 and must ensure that status does not deteriorate in any waters

EU Groundwater Directive 2006/118/EC Developed in response to Article 17 of the Water Framework Directive

EU Floods Directive 2007/60/EC Aim is to reduce and manage the risk that fl oods pose to human health, the environment, cultural heritage and economic activity

EU Directive 2002/49/EC To defi ne a common approach intended to avoid, prevent or reduce, on a prioritised basis, the harmful effects, including annoyance, due to exposure to environmental noise.

EU Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC Protects over 1000 animals and plant species and over 200 ‘habitat types’ which are of European importance

EU Birds Directive 79/409/EEC Long term protection and conservation of all bird species living in the wild within the European territory of the member states

EU Drinking Water Directive 98/83/EC Objective to protect the health of consumers in the EU and to make sure the water is wholesome and clean




EU Bathing Water Directive 76/160 EEC To ensure good bathing water quality

EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC)

Aimed at protecting the environment from the adverse effects of urban wastewater discharges and discharges from certain industrial sectors

Soil Framework Directive (proposed) Member states to adopt a systematic approach to identifying and combating soil degradation

EU Drinking Water Directive 98/83/EC To protect the health of the consumers in the European Union and to make sure the water is wholesome and clean

Bathing Water Directive 2006/7/EC Repeals Bathing Water Directive 76/160/EEC on 31st December 2014

91/271/EEC as amended by Directive 98/15/EEC Urban Wastewater Treatment

To protect the environment from the adverse effects of discharges of urban wastewater by the provision of wastewater collecting systems and treatment plants for urban centres

European Commission White Paper on Adapting to climate change: Towards a European Framework for Action (COM (2009) 147)

Sets out a framework to reduce the EU’s vulnerability to the impact of climate change

EU Shellfi sh Waters Directive 2006/113/EC Concerns the quality of shellfi sh waters and applies to those waters designated as needing protection or improvement in order to support shellfi sh life and growth

EU Air Quality Directive 2008 Sets binding standards for Air Particles

Directive on Ambient Air Quality and Cleaner Air for Europe (Directive 2008/50/EC

Provides standards for fi ne particle PM2.5 pollution in the European Union

Pesticides Framework Directive (proposed) To control the storage, use and disposal of pesticides to minimise risk to health and environment from their usage and to include measures which relate to soil management strategies in land use planning




National Level

Water Services Act 2007 Focuses on management of water ‘in the pipe’ as opposed to river water quality etc

National Climate Change Strategy 2007 – 2012

Sets out measures for Ireland’s reduction in emissions

National Development Plan 2007 – 2013 €184 mil infrastructural investment plan to build a prosperous country for Ireland’s population

National Spatial Strategy 2002 - 2020 20-year national planning framework to achieve more balanced social, economic and physical development across Ireland based on gateways and hubs

Transport 21 (2006 – 2015) €34 billion transport capital investment framework under the NDP to address past investment backlogs and continuing growth in transport demand

National Biodiversity Plan, 2002, subsequent Review 2005 and 2008 – 2012. Plan submitted to government Summer 2009

Objective to promote the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity

National Energy Effi ciency Action Plan 2009 - 2020

Sets out the government’s actions to achieve 20% energy effi ciency saving

Sustainable Residential Development in Urban Areas – guidelines for Planning authorities 2009

Objective to produce high quality sustainable development which includes the integration of schools, community facilities, employment, transport and amenities in a timely and cost-effective manner

Urban Design Manual – A Best Practice Approach

Companion document on best practice implementation of ‘Sustainable Residential Development in Urban Areas’

Flood Risk Management guidelines – Consultation 2008

Aims to integrate fl ood risk management into the planning process

Preventing and Recycling Waste: Delivering Change (2002)

Aims to achieve an integrated approach to waste management based on the internationally accepted hierarchy of options with waste prevention favoured

Framework and Principles for the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (1999)

Outlines the State’s general principles in relation to the management and protection of archaeological heritage

Architectural Heritage Protection guidelines for Planning authorities (2004)

Practical guide for planning authorities to deal with the provisions of Part IV of the Planning and Development Act

European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004 S.I. 435 of 2004 and

Planning and Development (Strategic Environmental Assessment) Regulations 2004 S.I. 436 of 2004

Transposes EU Directive 2001/42/EC into Irish Law

Architectural Heritage Protection guidelines for Planning authorities (2004)

Practical Guide for planning authorities to deal with the provisions of Part IV of the Planning and Development Act




Wildlife Act 1976 and Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000

European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations, 1997 (S.I. No. 94 of 1997) and amendments S.I. No. 233 of 1998 and S.I. 378 of 2005

Main Objectives of 1976 Act: To provide for the protection of fl ora and fauna, to conserve a representative sample of important ecosystems, to provide for the development and protection of game resources and to regulate their exploitation, and to provide the services necessary to accomplish such aims. Main Objective of the 2000 (Amendment) Act: To give statutory protection to NHAs, geological and geomorphological sites, enhance the conservation of species and habitats, enhance hunting controls, inclusion of most species for protection, regulation of commercial shoot operators, ensure compliance with international agreements, increase fi ne levels for contravention of Wildlife Acts, strengthen the provisions relating to the cutting of hedgerows, strengthen the protective regime for SACs and to give statutory recognition to the Minister’s responsibilities in regard to promoting the conservation of biological diversity. Transposes EU Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC into Irish law

European Communities (Drinking Water) (No.2) Regulations 2007 S.I. 278 of 2007

Transposes EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) and EU Drinking Water Directive 98/83/EC into Irish Law

European Communities (Water Policy) Regulations 2009 S.I. 272 of 2009

Gives effect to the measures needed to achieve the environmental objectives established for the bodies of surface water by Directive 2006/60/EC

Quality of Bathing Water Regulations, 1992 S.I. 155 of 1992

Transposes EU Bathing Water Directive 76/160/EEC into Irish Law

Urban Wastewater Treatment (Amendment) Regulations 2010 S.I. 48 of 2010

Gives effect to Directive 2000/60/EC and to Directive 91/271/EEC

European Communities (Water Policy) Regulations 2003 S.I. 722 of 2003

Transposes the Water Framework Directive into Irish Law

European Communities Quality of Shellfi sh Waters (Amendment) Regulation 2009 S.I. 55 of 2009 & Malahide Shellfi sh Waters Pollution Reduction Programme for Programmes as per SI No. 268 of 2006

To give effect to in the State to Directive 79/923/EEC of 30th October 1979 on the quality required of shellfi sh waters

European Communities (Assessment and Management of Flood Risk) Regulations 2010 S.I. 122 of 2010

Transposes EU Floods Directive 2007/60/EC into Irish Law

Environmental Noise Regulations 2006 S.I. 140 of 2006

Transposes EU Directive 2002/49/EC into Irish Law

Ambient Air Quality and Assessment and Management Regulations, 1999 S.I. 33 of 1999

Transposes EU Directive 96/62/EC (Air Quality Directive) into Irish Law




Regional Level

Retail Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area (GDA) 008 - 2016

Aims to set out a co-ordinated, sustainable approach to the assessment and provision of retail within the Greater Dublin Area

Greater Dublin Strategic Drainage Study Identifi es the policies, strategies and projects for developing a sustainable drainage system for the Greater Dublin Region; Identifi es the need for the North Dublin Wastewater Treatment Plan and the orbital sewer, improvements in the drainage capacity and the need to upgrade existing treatment plants to their ultimate capacity

Dublin Coastal Flooding Protection Project Aims to address and assess the risk from tidal fl ooding around the coastline

Review of the Regional Planning guidelines 2004 – 2016 and Regional Planning guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area 2010 - 2022

Aims to direct the future growth of the Greater Dublin Area over the medium to long term involving sustainable planning and through the protection of environmentally sensitive or important locations

Waste Management Plan for the Dublin Region 2005 – 2010

Provides a framework for minimising waste, encouraging recycling and ensuring the avoidance of environmental pollution. Policy also includes diversion from landfi ll in accordance with targets set out in the European Union Landfi ll Directive

DTO Strategy 2000 – 2016 A Platform for Change

Integrated, multi-modal transportation strategy for the Greater Dublin Area

2030 Vision, DTO (yet to be published) To identify areas of accessibility within the Dublin Region and the most appropriate locations for intensifi cation

Dublin Agglomeration Noise Action Plan relating to the Assessment and Management of Environmental Noise 2008 - 2013

To identify the scale of the noise problem in the Dublin Region and set realistic targets for noise reduction if so required

Eastern River Basin district - River Basin Management Plan 2008 and Associated Programme of Measures (POM)

Describes the actions that are proposed to ensure the necessary protection of waters in the Eastern River Basin district

Greater Dublin Strategic Drainage Study (GDSDS) 2005

Objective to identify the policies, strategies and projects for developing a sustainable drainage system for the Greater Dublin Area

Water Supply Project Dublin Region Study determining a new major water source to meet projected demand in the long term

Eastern River Basin district Management Plan 2009 – 2015 and Associated Programmes of Measures

Describes the actions that are proposed to ensure the necessary protection of waters in the Eastern River Basin district

Catchment-Wide Flood Risk Assessments Requirement of the EU Floods Directive

2030 Vision, DTO (yet to be published) To identify areas of accessibility within the Dublin Region and the most appropriate locations for intensifi cation




Dublin City Level

Dublin Docklands Master Plan 2008 Key objective to secure the sustainable social and economic regeneration of the area, with improvements to the physical environmental being a vital ingredient

Dublin City Council Biodiversity Action Plan 2008

Aims to achieve the objectives of the Dublin City Development Plan relating to quality of life, green spaces, amenity provision, planning development and protection of the natural heritage in the city as well as working towards the world target the “achievement by 2010 of a signifi cant reduction in the current loss of biological biodiversity”

Green City guidelines – Advice for the Protection and Enhancement of Biodiversity in Medium to High-Density Urban Developments 2008

Provides practical guidance to planners and developers on how to integrate biodiversity into new developments, specifi cally medium to high density housing developments in urban areas

Climate Change Strategy for Dublin City 2008 - 2012

Focuses on the continuation of the implementation of a range of measures across key areas involving a cross-cutting approach and includes targets in energy, planning, transport, waste management

Action Plan on Energy for Dublin 2008 Key objective to improve quality of life in Dublin and to reduce Dublin’s carbon footprint in the context of the global problem of climate change

Cultural Strategy for Dublin City 2009 Aims to fulfi l the vision “Culture is integral to Dublin city’s identity and quality of life”

Dublin City Heritage Plan Sets out priorities to identify, protect, preserve, enhance and increase awareness of Dublin’s heritage in the area of the historic built environment, the natural environment and the social and cultural history of the city

Dublin City Council’s guidelines for Open Space and Development Taking in Charge (2009)

Guidelines issued by Dublin City Council which include required measures

Habitat Management Plans Management Plans produced for fi ve parks – Springdale Park, St. Kevin’s Park, St. Anne’s Park, Le Fanu Park and Bushy Park - and being implemented by Dublin City Council Parks and Landscape Services

2METHODOLOGY


Section 2 | METHODOLOGY

2.0 STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY

2.1

The SEA was carried out in accordance with the requirements of the 2004 SEA Directive and the Planning and Development (Strategic Environmental Assessment) Regulations 2004. The SEA guidelines for Planning authorities, published by the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government (DoEHLG) in 2004, were utilised for guidance purposes.

In line with best practice recommended in the SEA guidelines, the SEA was carried out by an inter-departmental, multi-disciplinary team with advice and mentoring provided by external specialist consultants. The inter-departmental team was made up of experts in all of the environmental receptor areas to be addressed by SEA while the external specialists provided advice and assisted the team at various stages in the assessment whilst bringing a degree of objectivity to the process. A series of workshops were also held. The workshops were attended by the SEA team, the external consultants and the development plan team, where appropriate. All stages of the SEA were led and co-ordinated by the Planning and Economic Development Department.

A series of steps were taken during the assessment process which are summarised below in Sections 2.2 to 2.8 below.

2.2 SCREENING

Since SEA is mandatory for development plans where the population is 10,000 persons or more, as directed under the ‘Planning and Development (Strategic

Environmental Assessment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 436 2004), screening for SEA in this instance was not necessary.

2.3 SCOPING

Having established that SEA is mandatory for city and county development plans, the next step was scoping the contents of the Environmental Report (ER). Scoping is undertaken to ensure that the relevant environmental issues are identifi ed allowing them to be addressed appropriately in the Environmental Report. Scoping is undertaken early in the process to ensure that all relevant issues are identifi ed and dealt with.

Under Article 6 of the SEA Directive, the competent authority, in this case Dublin City Council, preparing the plan is required to consult with specifi c environmental authorities (statutory consultees) on the scope and level of detail of the information to the included in the Environmental Report. Under S.I. 436 of 2004 and as set out in the Planning and Development (Strategic Environmental Assessment) Regulations 2004 the statutory consultees have been established as being:

■ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

■ Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government (DoEHLG), and

■ Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR).

2.3.1 Scoping and Consultation with the Environmental authorities and Adjoining local authorities In line with best practice, a Scoping Issues Paper was prepared by the planning authority to facilitate the consultation process. Initial consultation was carried out in March 2009 with the issuing of the Scoping Issues Paper (March 2009) to the above-mentioned statutory environmental


METHODOLOGY | Section 2

authorities, and although not statutorily required but in line with recommended best practice, to the adjoining local authorities in the Dublin region i.e. Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, Fingal County Council and South Dublin County Council. No feedback was received from the adjoining local authorities.

Written feedback was received from the environmental authorities and was taken on board. A scoping meeting was also convened in May 2009 between Dublin City Council’s Planning and Economic Development Department and the environmental authorities. Representatives from all three environmental authorities were invited to attend the meeting. Representatives from the EPA and DCENR attended the meeting.

2.3.2 Summary of Feedback from the Environmental authorities The following is a summary of the feedback received from the designated environmental authorities.

Feedback from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

An SEA pack compiled by the EPA was submitted with consultation feedback. Recommendations from EPA stated that the development plan should:

1. Incorporate objectives and measures set out in Eastern River district Basin (ERDB) Management Plan & Programme of Measures

2. Address the water management issues identifi ed in the Water Matters Consultation publications for the ERBD i.e.

➔ Inadequate treatment of effl uent from homes and industrial or commercial sources leading to

unacceptably high level of pollutants in receiving waters damaging water quality and downstream uses

➔ Spills to surface waters from sewerage networks and leaking of pollutants from underground sewerage and tanks threatening groundwaters and surface waters

➔ Residues / waste products from previous landfi lls, quarries, mines may have seeped into the ground and continue to threaten groundwater and surface waters affecting the quality of both, damaging aquatic plants and animals and impairing water uses

➔ Lowering of water table to allow quarrying, affecting nearby wet areas and transferring groundwater to surface water changing water chemistry

➔ Dangerous substances entering our waters (from industrial and municipal effl uents, discharge from our on-site wastewater treatment systems, application of pesticides seepage from un-lined waste disposal sites)

➔ Physical modifi cation of waters for water supply, recreation, transport, fl ood protection etc) directly affecting habitats and indirectly changing natural processes such as fl ow or silt movement, altering plant and animal communities by reducing their variety or numbers

➔ Rising demand for water and the impact of climate change resulting in a reduction of available water sources in the future. Currently the river Liffey is at its limit for safe abstraction, necessitating the search for a new water source after 2016



3. Take into account data on GIS maps for WFD and EPA’s ENVision

4. Use GIS where possible

5. Adequate infrastructure should be in place, or required to be put in place, to service any future developments permitted during the life of the plan

6. Dublin City Council should ensure that it is compliant with national and EU legislation

7. A SEA Statement must be prepared as part of the SEA process

Feedback from Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government (DoEHLG)

Architectural and archaeological recommendations

1. Relevant sections of the SEA guidelines have been highlighted as being directly related to architectural heritage and these should be taken into account

2. Due recognition should be given to signifi cant elements of the architectural environment of an area

3. Architectural heritage of a locality can be used to establish a sense of place and local identity thereby adding value to plan making; should also identify the implications of the signifi cant development envisaged in the vicinity of structures of architectural merit

Baseline Environmental Recommendations:

1. Architectural heritage can be described in general terms

2. Areas outside the boundary of Dublin City Council should also be taken into account

3. Advice in relation to defi ning Architectural Heritage is offered

4. Existing datasets can be used; it is not expected that signifi cant gaps data will arise

5. Any features which gives and enhances the identity the built environment of Dublin city should be given recognition in the development plan

6. An opportunity exists to rationalise the Record of Protected Structures in terms of setting out one or more ACAs in an area

7. Work on the development plan should proceed in parallel with making a continuous review of the effects of the plan’s proposals on the architectural heritage of the city

8. The implementation of the city development plan may represent a positive opportunity as a do-nothing scenario may result in under or lack of use of structures thereby making their future unviable

Monitoring Recommendations:

1. Qualitative, rather than quantitative, indicators may be more appropriate

General Advice:

1. The new plan should set standards for the quality of the design of all proposed structures

2. When assessing archaeological heritage regard should be had to the following:

➔ International Conventions

➔ National policies, plans and programmes

➔ Relevant policies and plans at county level

➔ Record of Monuments and Places, Co. Dublin, Urban Archaeology Survey for County Dublin, and the National Monuments Service monuments data



➔ Negative impacts from development pressures can be avoided or lessened by following criteria set out in ‘Framework and Principles for the protection of archaeological heritage

➔ There should be liaison with the National Monuments Section on the drafting of archaeological content of the plan

➔ The plan should address in detail the potential archaeological impacts of any proposed development

Feedback from Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR)

Feedback included comments on behalf of the engineering division (functions transferred to Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food), Local Authority guidelines for SEA Dealings with Minister for the Marine and comments from the Eastern Regional Fisheries Board.

Key Points in documentations:

Consideration should be given for the potential for signifi cant impact on:

1. Water quality

2. Interference with inland and marine waters morphology and aquatic habitats

3. Reduction or diversion of water fl ows

4. Potential increased fl ood risk

5. Effects of zoning on land use

■ Submission sets out a range of legislation to be complied with including Freshwater Fish Directive, Habitats Directive, Harbours Act 1945 etc, and also sets out a suggested list of consultees including ESB and Waterways Ireland

■ In relation to the preservation and enhancement of existing water quality conditions and the safeguarding of the surface and marine water ecosystem/health/biodiversity from a fi sheries perspective Dublin City Council should liaise closely with the Eastern Regional Fisheries Board

■ Wastewater Treatment Plant capacity must be suffi cient to take and treat the increased loadings that are likely to arise from the projected population increase anticipated over the lifetime of the plan

■ The submission includes a document entitled guidelines for consulting with the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources

The submission also included written communication from the Eastern Regional Fisheries Board recommending that consideration should be given to potential signifi cant impacts on:

➔ Water quality

➔ Surface water hydrology

➔ Fish spawning and nursery areas

➔ Passage of migratory fi sh

➔ Areas of natural heritage importance including geological sites

➔ Biological diversity

➔ Ecosystem structure and functioning

➔ Sport and commercial fi shing and angling

➔ Amenity and recreational areas

Further Recommendations

■ The impact of development on watercourses and foreshore should be sensitive to relevant aquatic and riparian species.



■ Development should not have a deleterious effect on key regional river systems, local watercourses and the Liffey in particular are very sensitive

■ Treated effl uent from WWTP discharging to surface water should comply with the requirements of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive and Water Framework Directive

■ While many river systems are not designated under the Habitats Directive they hold species that are

■ The designation of lands adjacent to surface waters as areas of open preservation should be considered

■ The implementation of SUDS design is positive while caution should taken in relation to wholesale adoption of evolving (soft) engineering technologies

■ The plan must address the need to meet WFD objectives for all surface waters in the region

2.4 PREPARATION OF A SCOPING REPORT

Following feedback from the environmental authorities on the Scoping Issues Paper, a Scoping Report was prepared taking into account the recommendations and advice received from the environmental authorities and also those issues raised in the baseline studies carried out by the SEA team.

Devising the Scoping Report is considered good practice, although not statutorily required. The report presented the current understanding of the main key environmental issues and could also be used as a tool to generate further comment from stakeholders on the scope and approach of the SEA.

2.5 ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE DATA

The main purpose of describing the existing environment is to identify the current state of the environment, against which the likely effects of implementing the development plan can be assessed. The baseline in this instance refers to the existing state of the environment in Dublin city.

The impacts of the development plan can be estimated as the difference in environmental conditions with or without implementation of the plan. Dublin city’s existing environment is characterised by way of a description of the environmental receptors as set out in SEA Directive i.e.


■ Biodiversity, fl ora and fauna

■ Air


■ Water




The baseline data gathered by the SEA team was readily available, relevant data. Particular reference was given to those aspects of the environment which are experiencing particular plan-related problems.

The full baseline data is presented in Section 3 – Characteristics of the Existing Environment in Dublin City of this report.



2.6 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OBJECTIVES, TARGETS AND INDICATORS

SEA objectives, referred to as Environmental Protection Objectives, are a recognised way of testing the environmental effects of the development plan. They serve a different purpose from the objectives of the development plan, though in some cases they may overlap. The environmental protection objectives are used to demonstrate whether the development plan will have a negative, positive or no impact on the environment, to compare the environmental effects of alternative plan scenarios and to suggest improvements if necessary.

For the purposes of the environmental assessment of the development plan, relevant environmental protection objectives were set by the SEA team having regard to environmental protection objectives established in law, policy, other plans or programmes and from an in-depth knowledge of existing environmental issues to be addressed. Each environmental receptor had between one and four associated environmental protection objectives. For each objective a target was assigned along with measurable indicators which allows for monitoring.

Section 4 of this report sets out the Environmental Protection Objectives, Targets and Indicators set by the SEA team.

2.7 IDENTIFICATION, DESCRIPTION AND CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES

Article 5 of the SEA Directive requires the plan-making authority to identify, describe and evaluate alternative ways of realising the objectives of the plan. As stated in the Directive “an environmental report shall

be prepared in which the likely signifi cant effects on the environment of implementing the plan, and reasonable alternatives taking into account the objectives and the geographical scope of the plan or programme, are identifi ed, described and evaluated.” Article 13E of the SEA Regulations 2004 require the identifi cation, description and evaluation of the signifi cant effects on the implementing the plan, and reasonable alternatives and, in accordance with Schedule 2B an outline of the reasons for selecting the alternatives.

Dublin City Council, as the plan-making authority, was obliged therefore to consider alternative ways of achieving the objectives of the development plan for Dublin city. SEA involves a systematic and explicit appraisal of alternatives.

For the purposes of Dublin City Council’s development plan review, three possible realistic alternatives were identifi ed, described and tested against the environmental protection objectives. These three alternatives are as follows:

■ Low Intensity Approach

■ Mid Intensity Approach

■ High Intensity Approach

The alternatives were considered reasonable, realistic, capable of implementation and set at the appropriate level at which the development plan will be implemented operating within the planning hierarchy i.e. the higher the level of the plan the more strategic the options which are available.

Section 5 of this report sets out the details of the Alternatives identifi ed.

Section 6 details the evaluations of the identifi ed development plan alternatives.



2.8 ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF THE DUBLIN CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2011 – 2017 ON THE ENVIRONMENT

In accordance with the SEA Directive, the likely signifi cant effects on the environment of implementing the development plan must be assessed. In line with best practice, as set out in the SEA guidelines, the development plan team as a whole carried out the assessment of the likely signifi cant effects of the plan by testing policies and, as a precautionary measure, objectives contained within the development plan against the environmental protection objectives devised by the SEA team. Policies and objectives were determined to have ‘A Signifi cant Benefi cial Impact’, ‘A Signifi cant Adverse Impact’, ‘An Insignifi cant Impact / or No Relationship with’ or an ‘Uncertain Impact’ on the environmental receptors.

Section 7 of this report contains the fi ndings of the detailed evaluation of the preferred alternative against the Environmental Protection Objectives.

2.9 MITIGATION

Annex I of the SEA Directive requires the Environmental Report to include measures envisaged to prevent, reduce and as fully as possible offset any signifi cant adverse impacts on the environment of implementing the plan. These measures are referred to as ‘mitigation’ measures. These mitigation measures include proactive avoidance of adverse effects on the environment as well as actions taken after any negative effects are noticed.

Section 8 of this report describes the measures devised to mitigate against any potential signifi cant impacts of implementing the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017.

2.10 MONITORING

The signifi cant environmental effects of the implementation of the development plan must be monitored in order to identify at an early stage unforeseen adverse effects and to allow for appropriate remedial action to be undertaken. A monitoring programme has been devised having regard to the existing monitoring mechanisms currently in place in Dublin City Council.

Section 9 of this report sets out the Monitoring Programme.

3CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENT IN DUBLIN CITY


Section 3 | CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENT IN DUBLIN CITY

3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE

3.1 RELEVANT ASPECTS OF THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT

The baseline data refers to the state of the existing environment of Dublin city. The main purpose of describing the existing environment is to identify the current state of the environment, against which the likely effects of implementing the development plan can be assessed. The impacts of the development plan can be estimated as the difference in environmental conditions with or without implementation of the plan. Dublin city’s existing environment is characterised by way of a description of the environmental receptors as set out in SEA Directive i.e.


■ Biodiversity, Flora and Fauna

■ Air (air quality and noise)


■ Water




Map 1: Dublin City Council in the context of the Dublin Region

3.2 POPULATION

Dublin City Council, one of four planning authorities in the Dublin Region, covers 115 sq.km. has a population of 506,211 persons and has an overall density of 4,400 persons per sq.km. which accounts for 45% of the population of the Dublin Region. Map 1 above for Dublin city’s location within the region and Map 2 for Dublin City in the Greater Dublin Area.


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Map 2: Dublin City in the context of the Greater Dublin Area

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The population of the city continues to grow, although at a lower rate than the region as whole. Population has risen by 10,430 persons since 2002 equating to a population increase of 2.1%. During the same period, population increase in the state was 8.2% and 5.7% for the region. However, the fi gures for the city mask the population increase in the inner city which has increased by 50% since 1991. Even from 2002 – 2006, some areas such has South Docks have experienced population growth of 36%, whereas there has been a decrease in population in Rathmines and Grangegorman. See Table 2 below

Table 2: Population growth across the City 2002 - 2006

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Overall 10,430 2.1

Dublin City South 6,422 3.1

Dublin City North 4,008 1.4

South Dock 1,359 36.1

Arran Quay C 1,339 56.4

Pembroke west A 1,021 31.5

Ashtown A 898 13.2

Grange B 732 34.2

Rathmines East C -296 -8.0

Rathmines West E -296 -8.3

Rathmines East A -300 -6.6

Grange C -368 -10.0

There has been uneven growth across the city with some Electoral Divisions (EDs), mainly in the inner city, experiencing sharp increases in population while others declined. A recent trend evident in Dublin is that people are moving out to the suburbs and the Greater Dublin Area. A further question therefore for the city council is whether it should encourage some of those

in the 30 – 50 year age group to move into the city centre. This option has its own benefi ts in terms of energy conservation and sustainability. It would also bring other issues into sharp focus, such as the provision of superior quality private residential and amenity space, superior quality public open spaces, parks, schools and shopping. Currently one in four people in the city are in their 20’s and one in fi ve is over 55.

The Housing Land Availability Study, submitted to the DoEHLG on an annual basis gives an indication of the land available in an each local authority area and the quantum of housing units that could be provided on that land at approximate densities. It is recognised that the city has a fi nite stock of zoned and serviced lands on which it must achieve sustainable compact living. The Housing Land Availability Study, 2008 estimates that there is circa 479 hectares of zoned available land for residential development in Dublin city, which at average densities of circa 135 units per hectare could provide 65,000 units.

Average household size in Dublin city is also declining. The average household size is 2.59 in the City compared to the State average of 2.81. This is also evident in the steady rise of one-person households. This demographic trend has potential implications for the size and type of new households. Occupancy levels will also result in greater demand for number of housing units.

Notwithstanding the falling economic downturn it remains a key objective to consolidate the city and maximise effi cient use of land. This approach is in accordance with the settlement strategy under the Regional Planning guidelines for



the Greater Dublin Region, 2010 – 2022, which places a strong policy emphasis for the metropolitan area to gain maximum benefi t from existing assets such as public transport and social infrastructure through the continuation of consolidation and increasing densities within the existing built-up footprint of the metropolitan area.

Dublin City Council’s housing strategy for Dublin city is based on the settlement strategy, minimum population targets and housing unit allocations contained in the RPGs for the GDA 2010-2022 (See Table 3). The available zoned residential land under the development plan equates to circa 503 hectares (Ha) which is capable of meeting the RPGs housing unit allocation of 42,400 Units for Dublin city for the period 2006-2016, while also allowing for a fi fty per cent ‘headroom’ as advised in the DoEHLG guidelines on Development Plans (2007).

Table 3: RPG 2010 – 2022 Population Targets & Housing Allocations for Dublin City

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506,211 563,512 606,110

Housing Allocation

223,098 265,519 319,903

The minimum population targets and housing unit allocations as prescribed under the RPGs relate to an initial 10-year period of 2006-2016 and a longer-term projection from 2016-2022. To align these targets and unit allocations to the period of this development plan, it is necessary to take cognisance of house completions for the years 2006-2010. The completions for these years, with a notable decline in the past few years (2007-2010), equate

to circa 19,700 units, which results in a requirement for Dublin city to deliver circa 22,700 units for the period 2011-2016. The average annual requirement for the period thereafter is 9,064. Therefore, the housing unit allocation for the lifetime of this plan is 31,700 units (approx) (See Table 3A below).

The RPGs calculations and assessment of housing demand take full account of the relatively high vacancy rates and excess of housing stock particularly for the short-term up to 2016, but it is also essential that each local authority makes adequate provision for housing supply and is in a good position for economic recovery in the medium to long term.

Table 3A: Housing Unit Allocations for Dublin City Council

RPG Allocation 2006 - 2016 42,400

DCC House Completions 2006 - 2010

19,700

Remaining RPG Allocation 2006 - 2016

22,700

RPG Allocation 2017 – 2022 54,384

Annual Average Requirement 2017 – 2022

9,064

DCC Target 2011 – 2017 31,764

Note: 2010 House Completions Estimate from DoEHLG Quarterly / Annual Housing Statistics 2009

3.2.1 Human Health The human health impacts relevant to SEA are those which arise as a result of interactions with environmental receptors e.g. environmental components such as air, water or soil through which contaminants or pollutants, which have the potential to cause harm and can be transported so that they come into contact with human beings.



The recreational open spaces available to the city’s population can be broken down into approximately 120 large open space/ recreational areas, approximately 260 playing fi elds, 230 play grounds, 180 public parks and gardens, 4 beaches, 2 nature reserves, 1 main river with associated boat clubs, river walks, two canals and associated green spaces and walking routes. There are approximately 128 places of worship, 54 hospitals including nursing and convalescence homes, 346 educational institutions and 396 childcare/crèche facilities.

3.2.2 Existing Environmental Issues relating to Population and Human Health The following broad range of issues has been identifi ed for Population and Human Health:

■ Need to encourage people to move into the city rather than out to the suburbs in the interests of sustainable development.

■ Demand for more housing units and fi nite stock of zoned and serviced lands

■ The effect of changing economic circumstances on population fi gures.

■ Transboundary impacts with other Dublin region local authorities. These cumulative impacts need to be taken into account.

■ Requirement for adequate infrastructure to serve areas of future development and/or areas of increased density.

■ Traffi c related air emissions.

■ Quality of housing, density and locations must be supported by adequate community facilities and services.

■ Additional quality open space must be provided to support our increasing density of population.

■ Existing green and recreational spaces must be maintained and developed.

■ Noise in city, if excessive, can be extremely detrimental to the physical and mental health of the population.

■ Water and sanitation systems must be of suffi cient capacity to provide clean, easily accessible water and remove waste products to sustain existing and future populations.

■ The supply, storage and treatment of water are all major issues for the city.

■ Greater co-ordination with the other planning authorities in the Greater Dublin Region to respond to shared regional issues.

3.3 BIODIVERSITY, FLORA AND FAUNA

Dublin city and its bay, as a natural harbour at the confl uence of several river basins, contain a variety of ecosystems which are biologically diverse and of international and national importance for the species which inhabit them and their associations – see Map 3. The ecological value of these areas is a resource for Dublin’s citizens and also remarkable for such an urbanised capital city.



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The City Council has an objective to promote connectivity of habitats and the enhancement of green corridors of public open space both for biodiversity and amenity values. The system of freshwater streams, rivers, estuarine habitats and beaches that is managed by Dublin City Council provides a network of connected natural areas, part of the green infrastructure of Dublin city. To protect

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3.3.1 Overview of habitat types The main habitat types of Dublin city include those of international importance under the Habitats Directive. These are classifi ed according to the Heritage Council’s classifi cation system:

■ Sand dunes (CD1, CD2, CD3)

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■ Other artifi cial lakes and ponds (FL8)

■ Depositing lowland rivers (FW2)

■ Canals (FW3)

■ Drainage ditches (FW4)

Other habitat types not listed above can be present and offer important areas for wildlife, including protected fl ora and fauna.

3.3.2 Protection of City’s Natural HeritageThere is a level of protection offered to sites of biodiversity which are zoned Z9.

Sites of international and national importance are protected under legislative designations (see below). However, where there are areas of local importance or within other zoning designations, protection may be limited.

Dublin city includes a number of designated sites. There are also Natura 2000 sites which are outside the city council boundary but could be

impacted. These have been be taken into consideration for any objectives and policies within the development plan, under EU and Irish laws on the effects of plans and proposals on associated sites. For example, plans for riverine environments in the city could affect estuarine environments in other local authority areas downstream.

3.3.2.1 Appropriate Assessment

As part of the development plan review an assessment under Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Fauna (commonly referred to as “The Appropriate Assessment) was undertaken. The purpose of this Appropriate Assessment is to determine whether the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 is likely to have any signifi cant impacts on the conservation objectives or qualifying features of twenty two European Designated Natura 2000 sites identifi ed within a 15 kilometre buffer of Dublin City Council’s administrative boundary. See Map 6.

The assessment process has resulted in a conclusion that mitigation measures identifi ed are adequate to ensure that the integrity of sites in the Natura 2000 network will not be receiving signifi cant effects as a result of potential impacts of the policies and objectives contained within the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017.

3.3.2.2 Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)

North Dublin Bay is a Candidate SAC. This includes North Bull Island. The site straddles both Dublin city and Fingal County Council administrative areas and covers the inner part of North Dublin Bay, the seaward boundary extending from the North Bull Wall Lighthouse to the Martello Tower at Howth Head.



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South Dublin Bay is also Candidate SAC. This site includes Booterstown Marsh, along the city boundary and straddles both Dublin City and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council administrative areas. The site lies south of the river Liffey and extends from the South Wall to the West Pier at Dun Laoghaire. The new habitats at Merrion Gates and just south is becoming increasingly important for roosting waterfowl and includes embryonic dunes and a sand spit. The largest stand of Eelgrass on the east coast occurs within this designated area at Merrion Gates.

3.3.2.3 Special Protection Areas (SPAs)

SPAs are sites which are legally protected for birds under the EU Birds Directive. There are two in Dublin city: South Dublin Bay / River Tolka Estuary and North Bull Island.

3.3.2.4 Natural Heritage Areas

Dublin City Council manages several proposed Natural Heritage Areas which are:

North Bull Island, South Dublin Bay, Mooring ‘Dolphins’, Dublin Docks near Pigeon House Harbour, the Royal Canal and the Grand Canal. These are designated under the Wildlife Act as of national importance for the habitat / species which are present.

3.3.2.5 RAMSAR sites

North Bull Island is the only listed site in Dublin city under the RAMSAR Convention (1971) as wetlands of international importance. It is a voluntary treaty of which Ireland is a signatory.

3.3.2.6 Special Amenity Area Order (SAAO) sites

North Bull Island is a designated SAAO. There is a proposed SAAO under consideration for the River Liffey Valley.

While these sites are designated by Ministerial Order on the basis of their outstanding amenity values, it is the natural heritage of both locations which provides the resource for recreation and amenity. Protection of biodiversity, fl ora and fauna is therefore a contributing factor to amenity potential.

3.3.2.7 National Nature Reserves

North Bull Island (1988) is designated a Reserve under the terms of the Wildlife Act.

3.3.2.8 Flora Protection Order Sites

The making of a Flora Protection Order under the Wildlife Act provides protection for nationally important sites for protected plants. North Bull Island is listed for Lesser Centaury, Hemp Nettle and Meadow Saxifrage. Royal Canal is listed for Opposite-Leaved Pondweed.

3.3.2.9 Conservation Areas

This designation is for sites of local importance as listed in the development plan. It includes the rivers Dodder, Tolka and Liffey.

3.3.2.10 Ecological Networks

The importance of ecological networks is recognised in the Habitats Directive under Article 10, which requires connectivity of ecological networks, including those habitats outside of designated sites, is maintained.

3.3.2.11 Biodiversity Action Plan (2008 - 2012) and Dublin City Development Plan 2005 - 2011

The Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) was produced by Dublin City Council as an objective of the Dublin City Development Plan 2005 - 2011 and as part of the Countdown 2010 initiative of the 5th Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference to demonstrate pan-European commitment to take necessary actions



to prevent loss of biodiversity by 2010. It also fulfi ls an objective of the Irish National Plan for sustainable development for local authorities to integrate sustainability into policies and functions.

The BAP lists actions for:

■ collection and management of data.

■ increasing community awareness of biodiversity through education, dissemination and interpretation.

■ developing plans and policies to protect biodiversity.

■ identifying, protection and implementing management programmes for biodiversity in public parks and open spaces.

■ targeting resources.

The BAP lists all fl ora, fauna and habitats in Dublin city protected by European and Irish legislation. Additionally, it lists invasive and pest species for fl ora and fauna which threaten the city’s biodiversity.

The council has an objective in the existing development plan to promote connectivity of habitats and the enhancement of green corridors of public open space both for biodiversity and amenity values. The system of freshwater streams, rivers, estuarine habitats and beaches that we manage provides a network of connected natural areas, the green infrastructure of Dublin city. To protect and enhance this natural asset, Dublin City Council has prepared several management plans for all aspects, including biodiversity and fl ora and fauna, during the previous development plan for:

■ Dodder

■ Tolka

■ Liffey

■ North Bull Island

By implementing Objective RO12, the Parks and Landscape Services Division has produced habitat management plans for individual parks:

■ Bushy Park

■ Le Fanu Park

■ Springdale Park

■ St. Anne’s Park

■ St. Kevin’s Park

The Masterplan for Cardiffsbridge Park includes a habitat survey of fl ora and fauna carried out on behalf of Dublin City Council’s Parks and Landscape Services Division, which showed the potential for a range of mammals and amphibians protected under the Habitats Directive along this portion of the river Tolka.

As noted above, the Water Framework Directive aims to ensure good ecological status of rivers. Dublin City Council has initiated some plans to further this objective.

A Fishery Enhancement Plan for Phase 1 of Cardiffsbridge Park, Finglas (2006) was prepared as part of the Master Plan for Cardiffsbridge Park.

3.3.3 Current Environmental Monitoring InformationDublin City Council currently surveys and monitors the habitats and species of the landscape of Dublin city fulfi lling the statutory obligations under Irish and European legislation. This also assists in the management of public parks and open spaces. Furthermore, the information is vital for the assessment of planning applications and for the making of local area plans. The information is still contained in different park management plan reports, as listed above, and in surveys by individual habitat/species, as described below. Data has also been merged into GIS.



3.3.3.1 Survey and Monitoring by Habitat

A number of habitat surveys have been undertaken by Dublin City Council during the previous development plan timeframe. They provide a baseline for monitoring by habitat types and ensure compliance with the Habitats Directive and the Wildlife Act. These will be updated on a regular basis, to inform management of parks and open spaces and determine areas of importance in private ownership. All of these surveys were mapped in GIS in 2008. It is the intention that a GIS database will be established for all parks and open spaces, to align biodiversity mapping with design and planning of our city landscape and to conform to best practice for the management of green infrastructure, in accordance with the Regional Planning guidelines for the Greater Dublin Region.

3.3.3.2 Survey and Monitoring by Species

A Butterfl y Monitoring Scheme for public parks commenced in 2008 on a city-wide basis, to provide data for parks management and to contribute to the national Irish Butterfl y Monitoring Scheme.

As part of the implementation of the St. Anne’s Park Management Plan the Red Squirrels Project is currently on-going since 2008, to continue the monitoring of the populations of red (native) and grey (non-native) squirrels in the Park. The red squirrel is protected under the Wildlife Act and the park is last site left in Dublin city for these species, which is threatened.

A Survey of Invasive Species was completed in 2009. The study area includes all watercourses in Dublin city, as the primary zone through which invasive plants can spread. It is the intention to include several key parks and open spaces. The information obtained will be used to monitor the composition, extent and nature of invasive species and to inform management practices.

For 2009 - 2012, Dublin City Council is also participating in a pilot survey of populations of Daubenton’s Bats along several watercourses in Dublin city. All species of bats in Ireland are protected under the Habitats Directive. These, along with data received from planning studies, will be collated into a city-wide database to monitor bat populations, which have been declining during the recent rapid urbanisation of parts of Dublin city and county.

3.3.4 Key Projects Likely to Infl uence Biodiversity in the CityAny projects which front onto the city’s system of rivers and canals will have potential impacts on natural heritage, due to the importance of designated habitats cited above. The exceptional rate of growth of the city in recent years has put greater pressure on biodiversity, and sites are being developed closer to these zones as space becomes scarce. In outlying areas, hedgerow loss has been a concern, with the development of greenfi eld sites. The North Fringe area contains greenfi eld sites on the river Mayne which will be of importance to natural heritage. The river offers a connecting greenway to the coast through parklands in the Fingal County Council administrative region. Dublin City Council has been managing public open space along the river Tolka at Glasnevin Downs and Violet Hill. Violet Hill is currently a monitoring site for Bat Conservation Ireland. The following sites have been identifi ed as having high biodiversity potential and, as a result, more sensitive to development:

■ Institutional lands at Holy Faith Convent at Glasnevin Hill / Old Finglas Road

■ Enclosed private lands between the National Botanic Gardens and Glasnevin Cemetery on the river Tolka

■ Institutional lands at Archbishop’s House, Drumcondra



Proposed development along watercourses and the foreshore should be sensitive to relevant aquatic and riparian species (protected and indicator species) both within the site and along the watercourse. River systems are covered under water quality directives – Freshwater Fish Directive and Bathing Water Directive (where they feed into such waters) and also contain species protected under the Habitats Directive.

Development of sites adjoining roosting, feeding and breeding sites can cause disturbance to fauna and threaten biodiversity. For example, construction activities can generate noise, dust and disturb patterns of migratory birds, otters and other highly mobile mammals. Lighting design can affect potential for bat roosting and feeding and connectivity of habitat. Removal of trees and hedgerows can have an impact of a range of protected fauna.

3.3.5 Non-Implementation of the Development Plan The Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 includes policies for the protection and enhancement of biodiversity, fl ora and fauna and it aims to strengthen the recognition of green corridors under the Habitats Directive. It will support measures for protection of important habitats and mitigation of impacts of construction and development. In the absence of the development plan and its proactive policies and objectives, it is likely that further loss and degradation of habitats would occur. It is also likely that the survival of individual species of fl ora and fauna would be threatened greatly with loss within the Dublin City Council area.

3.3.6 Existing Environmental Issues relating to Biodiversity, Flora and Fauna There are many potential threats to the management of biodiversity, fl ora and fauna inherent in the pressures of the high

density of population and development of Dublin city and the naturally diverse heritage of Dublin Bay and its associated riverine ecosystems. The following broad range of issues has been identifi ed, which include localised as well as more strategic issues:

■ Potential increased fl ood risk from changed land-use patterns, climate change and predicted sea rise level could result in loss or alteration of habitats through erosion and alteration of levels.

■ City Council area is traversed by a number of key regional river systems; future development within the city area should not have a deleterious effect on the aquatic life in these systems.

■ Increased volumes of surface water run-off due to conversion of permeable landscapes to impermeable. This can lead to increased fl ooding, erosion and alteration and direct loss of habitat.

■ Increased frequency of high rainfall events due to climate change can result in sudden elevated levels of pollutants contaminating aquatic habitats.

■ Existing faulty connections result in contamination of surface waters with effl uent and degradation of aquatic habitats.

■ Potential for interference with inland and marine waters morphology and aquatic habitats by watercourse diversions, channel diversions and alterations or removal of bank vegetation can threaten some of the most important species of fl ora and fauna.

■ Lack of mitigation on construction sites leading to localised pollution of watercourses.

■ Lack of protection and mitigation of impacts of existing fl ora and fauna on construction sites.



■ Changes in temperature and precipitation levels due to climate change resulting in some species being replaced or under stress.

■ Replacement of native species of fl ora and fauna by non-natives due to improper land management practices.

■ Recreational uses can result in pressures on the sand dune system of North Bull Island as identifi ed by the NPWS in the Coastal Monitoring Project Report.

■ Loss of connectivity of habitats for wildlife by development which interrupts or is too close to existing green corridors.

■ Greater powers and extent of enforcement of existing legislation required for local authorities to protect biodiversity, fl ora and fauna, for example, tree protection measures, control of dogs in vulnerable habitats in parks.

■ Need to ensure biodiversity interests taken into account in earliest stages of planning of new developments.

■ Further Dublin City Council’s objectives for sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) for public open spaces in existing and future developments.

■ Continued efforts with Heritage to ensure implementation of the Biodiversity Action Plan.

■ Demolition of older structures (buildings, walls, out-buildings) due to rapid growth results in loss of habitat for fauna.

■ Lack of survey and research data limits tools for decision-making in planning for biodiversity

■ Greater co-ordination with the other planning authorities in the Greater Dublin Region to respond to shared regional issues.

■ Balance between accommodating future development, recreational, heritage and biodiversity needs of Dublin city.

■ Protection EU and Irish designated sites especially Dublin Bay.

■ Protection of areas, sites and natural features of high biodiversity quality not designated under EU or national legislation.

■ Protection and enhancement of the biological diversity of surface water systems in the City.

■ Importance of ecological corridors to maintain biodiversity.

■ Incorporation of biodiversity into development proposals e.g. greenway, roof gardens etc.

3.4 AIR

The Air Quality Framework Directive 96/62/EC has been transposed into Irish Law by the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2002 and the Ozone Regulations 2004.

Air quality in Dublin is currently good. In particular years Dublin’s air quality has shown signifi cant improvement in the levels of black smoke, lead, sulphur dioxide), benzene, and carbon monoxide (CO). This is due largely to the success of the regulatory ban on the sale of bituminous coal in the Dublin region and the elimination/reduction of other substances in vehicle fuels. The legislation dealing with banning sales of bituminous coal has been so successful that its application has now been further extended to cover another 15 cities and large towns around Ireland.

As can be seen from the Figures 1 and 2 below the improvement in respect of a number of pollutants has been profound, sustained, and compares favorably with other urban centres in Ireland.



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According to the National Development Plan the key challenges in relation to air quality are Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and Particulate Matter (PM10).

Oxides of nitrogen (NOx) During the 1990’s nitrogen dioxide levels were exceeded. While the current results are in compliance with the annual limit value the levels are suffi ciently high to be of concern in relation to compliance in the future.

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PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations remain a threat in terms of exceeding limit values at some locations, should a combination of factors (including unfavorable weather conditions and traffi c emissions) occur. It should be noted though that from a national perspective the highest PM10 levels during 2007 were recorded in Ennis, Waterford and Navan.

The energy and transport sectors are major contributors to the emissions of these air pollutants. The pollutant emissions emanating from vehicular sources are also those to which the public may be most readily exposed, and they present a considerable risk in terms of their potential to contribute to breaches in air quality standards in areas subject to heavy traffi c. Although the emissions from individual vehicles will continue to fall as a result of technological advancements and cleaner fuel, improvements in the case of NOx have to date largely been offset by the increase in the number and size of vehicles on the road.

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construction industry, uncontrolled burning of waste, and localised emissions from a small number of industries.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 4th State of the Environment Report published in 2008:

“Emissions of air pollutants, particularly PM10 and NOx from road traffi c remain the main threat to air quality in urban areas. While new standards for car emissions and the resultant cleaner technology have curbed emissions from individual vehicles, this has been offset by the increasing number and bigger engine sizes of vehicles on Ireland’s roads. Air quality issues must therefore be an integral part of traffi c management and planning processes, and there needs to be a modal shift from the private car to high-quality public transport”.

Dublin City Council and the other local authorities in the Dublin Region are updating the ‘Dublin Regional Air Quality Management Plan’ which will address air quality issues, including emissions from the transport sector.



Another issue raised by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to the consultation phase on the Air Quality Management Plan also had signifi cance in the context of preparing the development plan: “some climate change solutions can impact negatively on air quality with many biofuels having higher emissions of air pollutants than the conventional alternative. In particular, changing fuel from gas to wood can increase particulate emissions tenfold and also increase particulate emissions of dioxins. Greater emphasis on the need to integrate air quality and climate change policies would be welcome”.

3.4.1 NoiseIn general, low environmental sound levels can contribute signifi cantly to the good health and quality of life for the population in Dublin city. Co-ordinated and sustained effort is required to protect those areas that have low environmental sound levels and to improve areas that are deemed to have undesirable high levels. The use and enjoyment of many natural resources, such as our green spaces and sea frontage can be further enhanced through the preservation of low sound levels or the reduction in undesirably high levels, thus providing respite from the noisy ‘hustle and bustle’ often experienced in the busy urban environment.

There are a number of bodies that implement ‘noise legislation’. The Health and Safety Authority under the various pieces of health and safety legislation enforces noise in the work place legislation, which can impact on employees’ health. Noise in the environment that has the potential to cause nuisance\annoyance comes within the remit of Environmental Protection legislation. The Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992, Sections 106, 107 and 108 - and can be enforced by

the local authorities. Environmental noise, which is all around us, can arise from many sources, such as traffi c, industrial activities, rail, and aircraft. The ‘Environmental Noise Directive’- 2002/49/EC, requires that action is taken by each member state, with a view to preventing and reducing environmental noise where necessary and particularly where exposure levels can induce harmful effects on human health and to preserving environmental acoustic quality where it is good.

There are no limits on permissible or impermissible sound exposure levels set down in Irish Statute law, in relation to environmental noise outside of the work place. However there are standards produced by other countries, which are used, such as the Calculation of Road Traffi c Noise (Welsh Offi ce). References are often made in relation to World Health Organisation Guidance for the protection of human health against environmental noise exposure. Industrial Pollution, Prevention and Control licenses (IPPC licenses) issued by the Environmental Protection Agency normally contain specifi c limits in relation to the sound levels produced by the industrial process at the boundary of the industrial site.

Dublin City Council, in its Noise Action Plan, has defi ned areas with undesirable high sound levels as areas with a night-time level greater than 55 decibels and a daytime level greater than 70 decibels. It has defi ned areas with desirable low sound levels as areas with a night time level less than 50 decibels and\or a daytime level less than 55 decibels. It also has defi ned a ’Quiet Area’ as: (a) an area exposed to an absolute value of below 55 decibels daytime and below 45 decibels at night time; (b) an area perceived as ‘Relatively



Quiet’. These types of locations will be defi ned by their proximity to areas of high sound levels.

Dublin City Council has assessed sound levels in its area using computer modelling, as required by EC directive 2002/49/EC and Irish Regulation S.I No. 40 of 2006. On foot of this computer modelling, it has produced a strategic Noise Action Plan for the period October 2008 - November 2013. The main aim of this plan is to ‘address local noise issues by reducing noise where necessary and maintaining the environmental acoustic quality where it is good.’

In summary, the statistics from computer modelling for the Dublin City Council area indicate that:

■ Traffi c noise is the dominant noise source

■ Railway, industrial, and aircraft noise, does not have a major impact on overall noise levels

■ Approximately 66% of citizens are exposed to 24-hour (Lden) sound levels from traffi c below 65 decibels

■ 24 hour (Lden) sound levels from traffi c do not drop below 55 decibels.

■ 58% of citizens are being exposed to night-time levels from traffi c above 55 decibels

■ Approximately 7,600 people are being exposed to average 24hour (Lden) sound levels equal to or greater than 75 decibels. There are approximately 228,100 residential addresses in the Dublin City Council region of which the following is the percentage breakdown for exposure to the various bands of ‘noise’

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Population exposure statistics from sound from traffi c noise can be found in Table 4 above.

Using the decision matrix, as set out in the Noise Action Plan, 6.1 % (13,914) of residential properties in the Dublin City Council area have been identifi ed as having a score of 17 or greater thus suggesting priority action should be considered. This 6.1% is broken down into:

a). 4.98% (11,359) being properties in quiet areas with exposure to low sound levels,

b). 1.14% (2,600) being properties being exposed to high sound levels. This equates to potential annoyance from high sound levels for approximately 5,720 people.

Movement from the priority action status to a lower status equates to a positive benefi t, estimated between €65,000 to €325,000 for a year – using the value of €25 per dB (Lden), per household per year. This will result in an estimated positive benefi t of between € 130,000 - € 650,000 over the period of the plan, assuming the positive infl uence of the Action Plan will impact in the 3rd year of the plan.



Using the decision\selection matrix, as outlined in the Noise Action Plan, it has been found that 96 of the 1,279 areas identifi ed as ‘noise sensitive’, Quiet or Recreational Open Spaces have a score of at least 17 – indicating priority action is required. These include 32 Child Care facilities, 32 Educational establishments, 2 Nature Reserves, 7 Hospitals, 4 Nursing Homes, 12 Parks & Gardens and 7 places of Worship.

The most recent annual report published by the Air Quality Monitoring and Noise Control Unit in 2007 indicates noise complaints steadily rising over the years to peak in 2004 with 688 complaints. There has been a slight continual decrease year on year to 573 complaints in 2007. The majority of complaints related to the construction industry followed by commercial \ industrial complaints, with domestic complaints in third place.

The Noise Action Plan sets out proposals and actions in relation to reducing noise where necessary and maintaining the environmental acoustic quality where it is good. As part of Phase One of the Implementation Plan a permanent sound-monitoring network has been set up. Data will become available from this network towards the end of 2009.

3.4.1.1 Existing Environmental Issues Relating to Air in Dublin City (air quality and noise)

The following broad range of issues has been identifi ed, which include localised as well as more strategic issues:

The effect of transport sector on air quality and noise emissions

Impacts on residents from excessive noise uses e.g. shops/restaurants/offi ces with air conditioning units and night-time uses

Requirements of the ‘Dublin Regional Air Quality Management Plan’ to be taken into account

Implementation of the ‘Dublin Agglomeration Action Plan relating to the Assessment and Management of Environmental Noise.’

Greater co-ordination with the other planning authorities in the Greater Dublin Region to respond to these shared regional issues set out

3.5 CLIMATIC FACTORS

3.5.1 InternationalNationally, Ireland ratifi ed the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1994 and the Kyoto protocol in 1997. Under the latter Ireland has agreed to limit the net growth of Green House Gases (GHG’s) to 13% above its 1990 levels. Currently the fi gure stands at 25% above 1990 levels and even with the current down turn in the economy and the associated reductions in emissions the projections are that the target will not be met.

European

For the period beyond 2012 the EU Councils of Ministers has agreed to an ambitious target of 20% reduction on 2005 GHG emissions levels, possibly increasing to 30% depending on other developed countries agreements. Ireland’s contribution to this has yet to be defi ned.

National

The National Climate Change Strategy incorporates Ireland’s international commitments into a range of actions that take into account commitments from government papers such as the White Paper on Delivering a Sustainable Energy Future and the National Bio-Energy Action Plan. There are numerous other directives



that will have positive effects on climate change such as the National Energy Effi ciency Action Plan etc.

Local - Dublin City

In May 2008 Dublin City Council adopted a Climate Change Strategy that sets ambitious targets for the city toward 2020. In May 2009 the Lord Mayor of Dublin signed the EU Covenant of Mayors under which 500 European cities will aim to go beyond the EU 2020 targets of a 20% reduction in GHG’s. The city council has recently produced a Sustainable Energy Action Plan the aim of which is to reduce the city’s energy consumption and associated emissions.

3.5.2 Current Environment As part of this process of preparing the Sustainable Energy Action Plan for Dublin City it was necessary to estimate the current energy consumption and associated CO2 emissions for the Dublin City Council area. The baseline was calculated between three sectors; Residential (32%), Commercial/Manufacturing (43%) and Transport (25%). See Figure 6 below.

Figure 6: CO2 share per sector for Dublin City 2006

Waste and agriculture are not big emitters within the city boundaries. In 2006, Dublin city (12% of national population), released approximately 5 million tonnes (10.5% of all Irish emissions). On average a Dubliner releases 9.7 tonnes of C02 per year, less than the national average which is 11.3 tonnes. Dublin city currently (2006) consumes 22.3 TWh of primary energy per year, the equivalent to 1.9 million tonnes of oil in the form of electricity, oil, natural gas and renewable energy (2006). See Figure 7 below.

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3.5.3 Monitoring InformationWith the adoption of the Dublin City Climate Change Strategy there will be a framework in place to monitor CO2 emissions from several activities. In addition it is will be good practice to update the 2006 baseline on a periodic basis.

3.5.4 Non-Implementation of the Development PlanIt is projected that if no measures were taken to reduce CO2 emissions, a business as usual model, that the increases in CO2 emissions in the three sectors will be as follows: Residential 17%, Commercial/Manufacturing 30% and Transport 32%. There would be little evidence of this increase on the city’s microclimate specifi cally but as part of the broader climate change scenario there may be many negative climatic impacts.

3.5.5 Existing Environmental Issues Relating to Climatic ConditionsThe following broad range of issues has been identifi ed, which include localised as well as more strategic issues:

Best practice methods for energy effi ciency, energy conservation and water conservation e.g. district heating Network, Combined Heat and Power systems.

■ Action Plan on Energy to be taken into account

■ Feasibility of renewable energy sources throughout the city

■ Reduction of CO2 emissions required

■ Rising sea levels

■ Pluvial (rainfall) fl ood risk

■ Importance of city vegetation / landscape to act as a carbon sink

■ Greater co-ordination with the other planning authorities in the Greater Dublin Region to respond to these shared regional issues set out

3.6 LANDSCAPE AND SOILS

3.6.1 LandscapeThe city landscape consists of the public and private landscape of the city. It fulfi ls an array of environmental, ecological, social, recreational and aesthetic functions of the developing city.

The modern city has developed over the original natural landscape of the lower reaches of the river Liffey and the coastline. Typically this would have included climax vegetation covering the relatively low-lying land around the Liffey and its tributaries. Over time the intervention of man has modifi ed the original landscape initially through agriculture and then more widely through urbanisation. The growth of urban Dublin has not included comprehensive city-wide landscape planning so that today’s format refl ects the organic growth of the city through the years.

The city park system forms one of the most recognisable components of the modern city landscape. This has evolved primarily from lands that were originally in private ownership, such as the Phoenix Park and the keyholder squares such as Mountjoy Square followed later by provision by public bodies. Today opportunities for new parks are more restricted due to the almost complete development of the city administrative area, however they do arise within redevelopment (e.g. docklands) and development densifi cation (e.g. institutional land developing surplus lands).

The public landscape is under management control of the City Council, the Offi ce of Public Works and other public agencies and is primarily composed of:

■ Parks and golf courses

■ Transport corridor landscape (road & rail)



■ Canals, rivers & coastline

■ Street trees & civic decoration

■ Public housing/buildings /offi ces landscape

The private landscape is under the management of individuals, institutions and commercial entities and is primarily composed of:

■ Private parks (e.g. Fitzwilliam square)

■ Institutional landscape (e.g. school grounds)

■ Commercial landscape (e.g. private golf courses, shopping centres, hotels etc)

■ Residential landscape (e.g. private gardens, apartment landscape)

3.6.1.1 Protection of the City Landscape

Growth and densifi cation of urban areas requires the protection of its landscape, which can be lost or marginalised by development pressure. The following landscape specifi c measures currently apply:

The European Landscape Convention (Florence 2000)

This convention, which Ireland is a signatory to, aims to promote landscape protection, management and planning and to organise European co-operation on landscape issue. Ireland, as a party to the treaty is required to undertake general measures to recognise landscapes in law, establish landscape policies with public participation and to integrate landscape into its existing policies, such as regional and town planning.

Development Plan

Development plan land-use zonings that primarily relates to landscape protection are Z8 Conservation Areas, Z9 Amenity/Open

Space and Z11 waterways – See Map 7. Open space, however, is a component of other zonings’ permissible uses.

Landscape Conservation Areas

Landscape Conservation Areas (LCAs) can be made by order for the preservation of the landscape. There are no LCAs within the city administrative area. However the Phoenix Park, the North Bull Island, the Botanic Gardens and St Anne’s Park are under consideration for this designation.

Environmental Impact Assessment

Landscape and visual impact assessment as part of EIA requirements for scheduled projects assesses the likely impact on landscape and visual baseline resources and propose mitigation measures to residual impact.

Tree Preservation Orders

Tree Preservation Orders can be made in the interest of amenity or the environment and allow for the protection of individual or groups of trees. There are currently 3 no. Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) in the plan area, namely in Darmouth Square Ranelagh, Bettyglen Estate Raheny and in Goldenbridge Inchicore – See Table 5 and and Map 8.



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These trees have been designated due to their landscape, amenity and ecological value. The trees may only be removed if they are a risk to public health and safety or in the interest of design.

Other non-landscape specifi c measures relating to architecture conservation, built structure conservation, conservation areas, natural habitats and wildlife also can bestow protection to the related landscape.

3.6.1.2 Evolution of Environmental Issues in the Absence of the Development Plan

The city development plan will build on the current development plan in promoting a city-wide planning approach to the city landscape as well as continuing the protection afforded to this resource. The balance between the ‘built’ component of a city and its ‘landscape’ component is an important indicator and it can be maintained or enhanced through the planning and development processes. The absence of the plan would put the landscape under pressure from development and densifi cation with signifi cant negative impacts to environmental, ecological, social, recreational and aesthetic attributes of Dublin.

3.6.1.3 Existing Environmental Issues Relating to Landscape in Dublin City


■ Provision of an accessible public landscape that meets the perception and demands of a European capital city, in particular in the quality of planning and design of the public landscape

■ Creating landscape linkages within an urban fabric that has reached almost full development

■ Balancing competing demands or incompatible uses within the public landscape, such as between biodiversity and recreational uses

■ Provision of universal accessible facilities for users of public landscape

■ Promoting sustainable landscape solutions (e.g. green roofs, green walls, permeable pavement, SUDS) in the city landscape

■ Development and environmental impacts on public landscape (e.g. road noise, air quality and services)

■ Changes in the private landscape through development and densifi cation, from small-scale removal of front residential gardens for parking to larger scale changes in the landscape associated with institutional facilities when redeveloped

■ Protecting designated landscapes or elements of the landscape (e.g. urban trees)



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3.6.2 Soils (including geology) 3.6.2.1 Soil Defi nition and Functions

Soil is defi ned as the top layer of the earth’s crust. It is comprised of mineral particles, organic matter, water, air and living organisms. It is an extremely complex, variable and living medium which acts as the interface between the earth, air and water.

Soil performs a number of key environmental, social and economic functions that are vital for life. It has a socio-economic and environmental role as a habitat and gene pool, a platform for human activities (including food production), landscape and heritage and as a provider of raw materials. This vital resource is non-renewable, and measures for soil conservation are required to sustain its functions.

The proposed Soil Framework Directive identifi es seven main environmental, economic, social and cultural functions performed by soil that need to be preserved. These functions are:

■ Biomass production, including in agriculture and forestry

■ Storing, fi ltering and transforming nutrients, substances and water

■ Biodiversity pool, such as habitats, species and genes

■ Physical and cultural environment for humans and human activities

■ Source of raw materials

■ Acting as carbon pool

■ Archive of geological and archaeological heritage 1.

1 SEA Practical Guidance for Practitioners on How to Take

Account of Soil (2009), Scotland & Northern Ireland Forum

for Environmental Research

At a national level, the National Soil Database (NSDB) has produced, for the fi rst time, a national baseline database of soil geochemistry, including data point maps and spatial distribution maps of major nutrients, major elements, essential trace elements, trace elements of special interest and minor elements. The National Soil Database project (2001-CD/S2-M2) has generated an archive of soils data based on a sampling campaign in Ireland from 2002 to 2005. However, the EPA has confi rmed that none of the sites surveyed are within the administrative area of Dublin City Council.

The existing baseline of data on soils in Dublin city is being developed by the Geological Survey of Ireland, in cooperation with Dublin City Council. This work has been in progress since 2009 under the SURGE Project, which will be completed toward the end of 2010. The sampling of 368 points within public parks and open spaces has been completed (See Map 9). Detailed soils analysis and mapping of results is progressing. Dublin City Council has provided access to sites and is preparing reports on site history for each sampling location.

At present, no baseline geochemical information of any signifi cance exists for Irish urban environments. The Geological Surveys of Europe (EuroGeoSurveys) have initiated an urban soils project in order to highlight the importance of urban soils to environmental health in European cities. Under this initiative, the Geological Survey of Ireland, in partnership with the Geological Survey of Norway, is to undertake systematic geochemical mapping of soils in the greater Dublin urban area.



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The objectives of the project are:

■ To determine the baseline concentrations of a wide range of inorganic and organic chemical pollutants in urban soils in order to identify contaminant sources, pathways to humans and health risk;

■ To assess natural and anthropogenic geochemical concentrations in soils;

■ To assist in environmental assessment, planning and development of urban areas/brown-fi eld sites;

■ To assist in compliance with EU Soil and Water Framework directives;

■ To develop GIS-based geochemical maps of Irish population centres that can be used for land use and planning purposes, environmental management and health risk assessment; and

■ To examine the dynamics and complex processes operative in urban soils in the accumulation and transport of pollutants.

3.6.2.2 Soils and Climate Change

The function of soils in abating climate change is particularly important in a regional context for cities such as Dublin experiencing rapid growth beyond city boundaries. The conversion of greenfi eld sites and sealing of soils can release CO2 into the atmosphere and further reduce areas of ‘carbon sinks’. Soils contain about three times the amount of carbon globally as vegetation, and about twice that in the atmosphere. Land use planning must target the use of brownfi eld sites. According to European Commission research, given that land use change is often driven by demand and short term economic revenues, the most realistic option for soil management strategies is to improve soil carbon stocks is to a) protect the carbon stocks in highly organic soils

such as peats mostly in northern Europe, and b) to improve the way in which the land is managed to maximise carbon returns to the soil and minimise carbon losses 2.

3.6.2.3 Overview of Geology of Dublin City

Bedrock Geology

The landscape of Dublin has been largely defi ned by the bedrock formations of the area, with limestone to the north and granite to the south. The more easily solubilised, less resilient limestone has eroded gradually, leaving a well-defi ned bay. The bay is restricted to the north and south where the limestone meets more resistant rocks (granite to the south and shale and conglomerate to the north). The changes in the bedrock geology are fault-controlled to the south of the Bay. A large fault, known as the Rathcoole Fault forms the southern margin of the basin, where there is an unconformity between the granite and the limestone. To the north of the Bay, there is a natural succession from the muddy limestones to the north into the calp limestone around the area of Sutton Cross.

Much of Dublin is dominated by rocks of Carboniferous age. During the early Carboniferous period, the eastern part of Ireland underwent uplift and erosion. Following this, there was a period of general subsidence in the area. This subsidence permitted the sea to invade the lower ground from the south

during the Carboniferous age. Continued subsidence resulted in shallow and then deeper marine sediments accumulating across most of Dublin city and county. The depth of the sea and type of seabed varied from place to place, as did the

2 Climsoil Study: Review of Existing Information on The

Interrelations Between Soil and Climate Change (2008),

European Commission Climsoil Project, Alterra.



rate of sedimentation and so a variety of carbonate sediments were produced in the area.

The calp limestone, which covers most of Dublin was deposited in the basins that formed over 300 million years ago. Thick sequences of muds and muddy limestones accumulated in the basins, sometimes showing graded bedding. The calp limestone itself is comprised of dark grey, fi ne-grained, graded limestone with interbedded black, poorly fossilised shales.

Most of the Carboniferous rock, i.e. the limestone, forms low ground, and is covered by a thick layer of Quaternary sediments. The deposits along the northern section of the bay are predominantly sand overlying gravels and clay. As one moves along the route towards the city centre, the depth of the deposits increases and depths of 10m or greater, of sands, gravels and estuarine muds have been recorded in Ringsend and East Wall 3.

3.6.2.4 Overview of Soil Types of Dublin City

The soil of Dublin is derived from glacial till of Irish Sea origin, with limestone and shale and is largely grey brown podzolics. Grey brown podzolic soils are usually formed from a calcareous parent material (limestone). The lighter-textured grey brown podzolics are good all-purpose soils, while the heavier-textured members are highly suited to pasture production, responding well to manurial and management practices. The coast of Dublin has a layer of alluvium overlying the topsoil, which is a result of the low-lying status of the city. This sequence of soils is only remaining in

3 Environmental Impact Statement, Sutton to Sandycove

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undisturbed areas of the coast. As Dublin is a very built-up city, much of the topsoil and alluvium have long since been removed 4.

3.6.2.5 Quarries

There are no active quarries in Dublin city. There were small quarries which closed in the past 50-60 years in the outer city suburbs as housing expanded. These include sites at Cabra (Quarry Road), Crumlin (Sundrive Park), Kimmage Road Lower, Kilmainham and Artane. Rockfi eld Park in Artane was named by residents after old quarry excavations on the site.

3.6.2.6 Infi lled/Reclaimed Land

A signifi cant portion of Dublin city is built on reclaimed or infi lled land. This reclamation began back in the 18th Century. The North Docklands were reclaimed between 1717 and 1729. A 1km stretch of land between the city centre and the River Dodder was reclaimed by Sir John Rogerson between 1917 and 1927. North Lotts and East Wall were reclaimed by the end of the 1750’s. A bank was constructed along the present South Lotts Road by 1760. The area between these banks was gradually reclaimed together with adjoining areas of the Dodder Estuary. The dry dock between the Grand Canal Dock and the Dodder was fi lled in 1918. Reclamation continued progressively in an easterly direction from the beginning of the 19th Century.

Traditionally the material used for reclamation in Dublin included construction and demolition waste, waste topsoil and municipal and industrial wastes. For example, the East Wall Business Park EIS shows the composition of the layers of fi ll and subsoil in the area. The upper fi ll layer was reported to be between 4 –


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6m, overlying silt, gravel and stony clay, overlying boulders at a depth of 13m+. Bedrock was not encountered.

Any material excavated from this area may be contaminated. For example, Ringsend Park was originally a landfi ll site of unknown material and has only a thin layer of topsoil. The existing promenade along Strand Road was also infi lled with landfi ll materials 5. Many of the City’s parks were built over landfi ll sites, including Fairview Park and Tolka Valley Park.

3.6.3 Areas of Geological InterestAccording to the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI), areas of geological heritage in Dublin city are:

■ North Bull Island – evolving sand spit

■ Dodder river valley – Lower Carboniferous sections at Smurfi ts, Clonskeagh and Donnybrook Mills sites

■ Guinness Wells – fi rst Victorian borehole wells in Ireland

■ Temple Bar Street Well, Eustace Street – street well example outside the Norseman Pub 6

3.6.4 Protection of Soils and GeologyEuropean Measures

3.6.4.1 Soil Framework Directive

There is no specifi c European legislation on soil protection. The proposed Soil Framework Directive will establish a strategy for the protection and sustainable use of soil, and soil concerns will be integrated into policies of member states. The main themes in the proposed Directive are:


(S2S) Project

6 Geological Sites of Interest, GSI (2009) from website:

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■ Soil sealing

■ Erosion

■ Organic matter decline

■ Compaction

■ Salinisation

■ Landslides 7

3.6.4.2 Pesticides Framework Directive

The proposed Pesticides Framework Directive (2009) will control the storage, use and disposal of pesticides to minimise risk to health and environment from their usage. The directive includes measures which relate to soil management strategies in land use planning:

■ Soils as media for pesticides to travel through and knowledge of the ‘fate and behaviour’ of specifi c pesticides in soils with regard to persistence in soils

■ Use of soil treatment products to be included in controls

■ Soil as part of the environment receiving impacts and effects on biodiversity

■ Knowledge of soil types before determination of buffer zones 8.

3.6.4.3 Habitats Directive (1992/43/EEC)

Soil types are included for many of the habitats listed under Annex I of the Habitats Directive as they infl uence the range of vegetation types associated with them. Soil is also a living resource. It is one of the most diverse habitats on earth and contains one of the most diverse assemblages of living organisms. Soil




8 Framework for Community action to achieve a sustainable

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organisms have important effects not only on soil properties but also on the functioning of the ecosystem 9.

3.6.4.4 Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EEC)

The directive includes issues related to soil such as increased siltation in waterways and water contamination 10. Disturbance of contaminated soils in urban areas could result in potential for increased water pollution, as many pollutants (e.g. heavy metals, pesticides) are bound to organic matter.

3.6.4.5 Designated or Proposed Conservation Areas

A site has been identifi ed by the Geological Heritage Programme of the Geological Survey of Ireland as of geological importance, opposite the junction of Clontarf Road and Castle Avenue. There is an old lead mine on the shore along Clontarf Road. Nothing is visible on the surface at present; all of the structures are below ground.

3.7 RELEVANT OBJECTIVES, POLICIES AND PLANS

3.7.1 Biodiversity Action Plan (2008-2012)The Biodiversity Action Plan is described in Section 3.3.2.11. It includes specifi c actions with regard to geology and geomorphology:

■ Collation and collection of information

■ Raise awareness and make information available







■ Protection and enhancement measures, including protection from inappropriate development 11

It is an objective of the Biodiversity Action Plan for Dublin City Council to liaise with the NPWS in seeking designation as Earth Science pNHA’s for the geological heritage sites determined by the GSI. It is also planned to map the sites digitally.

3.7.2 Dublin City Council’s Guidelines for Open Space and Development Taking in Charge (2009)Dublin City Council’s Parks and Landscape Services Division has issued guidelines which include required measures for addressing soil compaction, quality assurance and storage of soils Dublin City Council’s policy is that existing topsoil is viewed as a resource to be valued and managed in accordance with the council’s Biodiversity Action Plan and sustainable development practices 12. These policies have been adopted with a view toward implementation of the Soils Framework Directive.

3.7.3 Habitat Management Plans The River Dodder Management Plan (2007) notes that the river has exposed limestone in several locations, near Bushy Park, under the Luas Bridge, at Clonskeagh (near ‘Scully’s fi eld’) and particularly at Donnybrook (Beaver’s Row). This rock underlies the city, but exposures are rare 13.

11 Dublin City Biodiversity Action Plan 2008-2012, DCC

12 Guidelines for Open Space and Development Taking in

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13 River Dodder Habitat Management Plan 2007, DCC



3.7.4 Current Environmental Monitoring Information

■ Data on geology from GSI

■ Archaeological record – National Monuments Section of DOELG

■ Invasive species

■ EPA monitoring of waste disposal licences

■ Landfi ll monitoring

■ Air pollution data

3.7.5 Key Projects Likely to Infl uence Soils and Geology in The CityThe main effects of urban development on soils are:

■ Soil sealing and loss

■ Soil erosion and stability

■ Soil structural degradation and compaction

■ Loss of soil organic matter

3.7.6 Projects which contribute to these effects would include any where there occurs:

■ Soil stripping, storage and re-use

■ Soil replacement

■ Soil sealing with impermeable surfaces e.g. concrete and asphalt

■ Road and rail cuttings

■ Use of heavy machinery on soils

■ Work on wet soils

■ Reinstatement of worked areas

■ Soil disturbance and removal/drainage of soil during construction operations

■ Works which result in alteration of water levels and contribute to soil erosion 14.




The level or scale of a project may have less importance for soils and geology, as relatively minor interventions can have direct effects on contamination of sites, for example. A policy of strategic management will guide practices on a site by site basis.

Any key projects which involve development of greenfi eld sites will be of greatest concern for strategic management of soils. This includes the North Fringe Area Action Plan, which involves conversion of agricultural lands to new housing and commercial settlement. Issues here would be those associated with soil sealing, soil structural degradation and compaction, loss of organic matter, and soil erosion. A signifi cant issue is the removal of high-quality existing soils by developers and replacement with poor-quality fi ll. Good-quality soils are a commodity in urban areas and existing soils within the administrative area of Dublin city should be re-used within the locality, in the interests of retaining biogeographical characteristics of soils, such as soil types, seeds and organisms within native soils and habitat values. The transport of soils should be minimised also in the interests of sustainability. Any proposed development of former institution lands, such as Grangegorman site, will have potential greenfi eld issues,

The reclamation of lands in Dublin Bay, proposed both at Dublin Port and at the Poolbeg peninsula, will involve operations on contaminated soils potentially and include dredging, soil disturbance and soil replacement/infi ll.

Roads and infrastructure projects such as the S2S project and proposed Eastern by-pass route will have potential impacts on coastal erosion, disturbance of potentially contaminated soils, soil replacement/



infi ll and alteration of sedimentation. The proposed Metro North project will involve considerable disturbance, development of greenfi eld sites, soil cutting/removal, reinstatement and alteration of drainage.

3.7.7 Evolution of Problems in the Absence of the Development PlanThe Dublin City Development Plan 2011 - 2017 includes greater measures for the protection and management of soils. It has strengthened the development of soil management strategies for future developments under the Soils Framework Directive. This includes the encouragement of re-development of brownfi eld sites and remediation of soils which are contaminated or compacted. It will support measures for protection of soils and their habitats and mitigation of impacts of construction and development. The development of strategies for green infrastructure will ensure that soil permeability is maintained at levels required for drainage and ecosystem functions. In the absence of the plan and its proactive policies, it is likely that further damage could be done to soils and geology of greenfi eld sites, in particular, and that management and remediation of brownfi eld sites would be limited.

3.7.8 Existing Environmental Issues Relating to Soils and Geology in Dublin City The following broad range of issues has been identifi ed, which include localised as well as more strategic issues:

■ Potential increased fl ood risk from changed land use patterns, climate change and predicted sea rise level could result in loss of soil organic matter through erosion and alteration of levels

■ Increased volumes of surface water run-off due to conversion of permeable landscapes to impermeable causes increased fl ooding, erosion and alteration of soils and their associated habitat

■ Lack of protection and mitigation of impacts of construction on soils, causing soil structural degradation and compaction

■ Replacement of existing soil with inferior soil or soil contaminated with invasive species due to improper land management practices

■ Release of contaminants bound to organic matter in soils due to disturbance, dredging and removal of soils

■ Contamination of soils by improper storage of materials, pesticides and waste

■ Direct contact, inhalation and ingestion of contaminated soils and uptake through plants causing adverse effects on human health

■ Reduced water-holding capacity through compaction by construction, causing increased risk of erosion and fl ooding

■ Damage or loss of the historic environment (e.g. cultural soils)

■ Reduced groundwater re-charge and loss of supply and quantity to surface waters by increased soil impermeability from development

■ Changes in hydrological regimes of rivers by increased soil impermeability from development

■ Recreational uses can result in pressures on soils and their habitats, including erosion



■ Alteration of catchments of rivers can result in increased erosion, loss of sediments downstream and in coastal environments

■ Transboundary effects of air pollution from elsewhere in Europe could lead to soil contamination/acidifi cation due to alteration of climate and weather patterns

■ Increases in extreme rainfall events leading to increased soil erosion and landslides

■ Effects on foundations of built infrastructure by increased erosion

■ Continued co-operation with the drainage division to further Dublin City Council objectives for sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) for public open spaces in existing and future developments

■ Use of Flood Risk Assessment for projects where erosion is a potential impact

■ Lack of detailed mapping of soils and groundwater data limits tools for modeling and decision-making in planning

■ Greater co-ordination with the other planning authorities in the Greater Dublin Region to respond to these shared regional issues set out in RPG’s

3.8 WATER

3.8.1 Water Services Strategic Plan 2009 The Water Services Act 2007 provides that each Water Services Authority makes a Water Services Strategic Plan (WSSP) with regard to the provision of water services in its functional area with three primary objectives:

■ Protection of human health and the environment

■ Provision of suffi cient water services

■ Support proper planning and sustainable development

While this section of the Act has not been enabled as yet, Dublin City Council has completed a non-statutory Water Services Strategic Plan 2009 which sets out all current Strategic Issues and Plans.

Water Services cover the areas of:

■ Drinking Water,

■ Drainage (both Foul / Wastewater and Surface / Stormwater)

■ Flood Protection

In the Dublin Region, the four local authorities (Dublin City Council, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin County Councils) adopt a co-ordinated approach to the delivery of water services. This approach also applies to neighbouring areas in Counties Kildare, Meath and Wicklow. It follows that an Integrated Dublin Region Water Services Strategic Plan is appropriate to these areas and services.

The Dublin City Council Water Services Strategic Plan 2009 is the current strategic plan in place for Dublin city and sets out a number of objectives in relation to fl ood risk management including an objective to meet the requirements of the Floods Directive. This plan is the mechanism for the required alignment between the River Basin Management Plans and the Flood Management Plans.



3.8.2 Drinking Water Services3.8.2.1 Drinking Water Supply

The vision for water supply services in the Dublin Region is “to supply adequate drinking water to meet present and future demand in a sustainable manner to appropriate quality standards to all customers within the region” based on the consideration of the three principal aspects of quality, quantity and sustainability.

The Dublin Region Water Supply Area is defi ned by the combined areas served by the Dublin Region Water Supply Schemes namely:

■ Liffey Water Treatment Plant at Ballymore Eustace (Dublin City Council),

■ Liffey Water Treatment Plant at Leixlip (Fingal County Council),

■ Vartry Plant at Roundwood (Dublin City Council)

■ Dodder Plant at Ballyboden (Dublin City Council)

■ Bog of the Ring Groundwater. (Fingal County Council)

The Dublin Regional Water Services Strategic Plan examines the supply, treatment storage and delivery of water in the Dublin Water Supply Area (WSA). The population of this area has grown signifi cantly over the past ten years. It is estimated that by 2031 the Dublin WSA will have a population of approximately 2.2 million people. Currently, the average daily water requirement for the WSA, with a population of 1.5m, is 550 million litres. However, with the forecasted increase in population it is estimated that demand will increase to approximately 800 million litres by 2031. The existing water treatment plants at Ballymore Eustace, Ballyboden, Leixlip and Roundwood are working to their full capacity in order to supply the daily

demands and, while Ballymore Eustace and Leixlip are currently being expanded this will only match the demand growth that will have taken place by the time they are completed.

In order to meet future demands, Dublin City Council has embarked on a study to determine a new major water source to meet projected demand in the long-term called the Water Supply Project for the Dublin Region. This project is studying the options of either using a desalination process to treat water from Dublin Bay or bringing water from the river Shannon via a new storage reservoir in the midlands. This study is subject to a separate SEA process, however the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 - 2017 has had regard to the current water supply constraints and the requirement for the development of a new major water source, in this regard the plan includes policies to support and ensure the development of water systems to meet the anticipated demand for the city and regions, in conjunction with other local authorities.

3.8.2.2 Drinking Water Conservation

Dublin City Council has established a number of water supply by-laws to reduce waste and demand levels. These by-laws include the mandatory use of water saving devices in new buildings. The development plan places an emphasis on water conservation and will seek to ensure the effi cient use of water services. It will seek to maximise the potential for benefi cial re-use of water and to reduce leakage to the minimum level possible in the water supply system through the watermains rehabilitation programme.



Dublin City Council has also embarked on a major watermain rehabilitation project to reduce unaccounted for water lost through leakage in older watermains in the Dublin WSA.

3.8.2.3 Drinking Water Quality

The Central Laboratory carries out daily monitoring of drinking water.

An extensive water quality-monitoring programme is in place covering raw water sources, in process water at the water treatment plants and treated water throughout the distribution network.

Sampling and analysis is carried out in fulfi lment of the requirements of:

■ European Communities (Drinking Water) (No.2) Regulations, 2007. (S.I. 278 of 2007) and

■ European Communities (Quality of Surface Water Intended for the Abstraction of Drinking Water) Regulations, 1989. (S.I. 294 of 1989).

Monitoring results are returned to the Environmental Protection Agency annually. The quality of drinking water supplied by each local authority is summarised in an annual report produced by the EPA.

3.8.2.4 Assessment of Drinking Water Quality

In the most recent report on drinking water quality in Ireland the Environmental Protection Agency has made the following assessment of the monitoring and quality of the water supply in Dublin City:

■ Dublin City Council carried out 13,548 individual tests on drinking water during 2007. Thus, Dublin City Council met (and indeed exceeded) the monitoring requirements as outlined in the regulations.

■ The overall rate of compliance in Dublin City in 2007 was 98.9% (up from 98.8% in 2006), was above the national average and the quality of water in Dublin which was good.

Dublin City Council Datasets for drinking water are available and form the basis for Annual Drinking Water Monitoring returns to the EPA.

3.8.3 Drainage ServicesThe vision for drainage services for the Dublin Region is to achieve and maintain good ecological status of all receiving waters by 2015. This is in line with the requirements of the Water Framework Directive which requires that the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of both foul sewage and stormwater are managed effectively to achieve this.

3.8.3.1 Foul Sewage Treatment

All foul sewage in the Greater Dublin Drainage Region is currently transmitted to the Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) for treatment.

The Ringsend WWTP treats an average load of 1.9 million p.e. All of the sludge products generated are either recycled as a useful fertiliser, or used as a green energy source. Sampling and analysis of Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Plant effl uent is carried out daily in fulfi lment of the requirements of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Regulations 2001 (S.I. 254 of 2001).

The latest EPA Report on urban wastewater discharges (for years 2004 & 2005) indicated that Ringsend WWTP failed to meet the standards with respect to Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and Total Suspended Solids (TSS) in the effl uent discharge. Dublin City Council’s data for



the discharge in 2008 indicated an overall improvement in the quality of the discharge with reduced instances of failures to meet the required discharge standards although the discharge was still in breach of the COD and TSS standard.

The capacity of this plant to treat the volume and loading of wastewater created by the growing population is inadequate and will continue to be problematic, even with the planned upgrade of the Ringsend Waste Water Treatment Plant, with maximum capacity of the extended WWTP being exceeded by 2014.

The only solution to this problem as recognised by the Water Services Strategic Plan is the development of a new Regional WWTP. Fingal County Council has carried out a separate Strategic Environmental Assessment on this and is working towards the provision of such a WWTP and associated trunk sewers and coastal outfall in the Fingal area. There is recognition of the need to upgrade the existing treatment plants and the drainage connection network in the region, to the ultimate capacity as set out in the Greater Dublin Strategic Drainage Study.

The European Union Water Framework Directive requires that all natural waters achieve “good ecological status” by 2015. The catchments with the Dublin City Council administrative boundary fall within the Eastern River Basin district (ERBD). Environmental objectives and the measures needed to achieve them are set out in the River Basin Management Plan for the Eastern River Basin district (ERBD). The agreed plan, and accompanying Environmental Report has recently been published.

See Plate 1 below detailing the Eastern River Basin district boundary.

Under the Waste Water Discharge (Authorisation) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 684 of 2007) wastewater discharges above a certain threshold will have to be licenced by the Environmental Protection Agency. Dublin City Council currently has a licence application in respect of the discharge from Ringsend wastewater treatment plant with the EPA and will have to adhere to the discharge emission limit values that which will be set by the EPA. Local authorities are expressly forbidden under these regulations from knowingly allowing further developments if these developments are likely to result in a deterioration in the status of any waterbodies.

3.8.3.2 Foul Sewage Collection

The sewer systems within the Greater Dublin Drainage Region are made up of older combined sewer systems, partially combined systems and more modern separate systems. In the latter, surface water is not supposed to enter the foul sewer network. However, there is, inevitably, some infi ltration due to incorrect connections, defective pipes and manholes etc. The older combined and partial systems allow surface water enter the system. This leads to the capacity of the sewer network being exceeded from time to time during heavy rainfall (storm) events. Such sewer networks are designed to include mechanisms to allow this excess fl ow spill into separate surface water systems or directly into receiving waterbodies. These mechanisms are called Combined Sewer Overfl ows (CSOs).

Increased levels of development in the catchment of a combined or partially combined sewer system will lead to increased fl ows in the sewer network through increased foul sewage loading and also through increased surface water runoff due to an increase in impermeable pavements etc. This in turn will lead to



increasing frequency of spills from CSOs and also to increased amounts of foul sewage within those spills. These events will result in increased pollution of receiving waters. In the case of the more modern separate systems, increased development may also result in increased pollution as these systems have a limited capacity and, if this is exceeded, there will be inevitable spills from the network at overfl ows or pumping stations. The pollution loading in this latter case will be higher, albeit with smaller volumes.

Signifi cant parts of the Dublin sewer network have insuffi cient capacity to effectively collect and transport the sewage from the point of collection to the point of treatment. This results in increasing dependence on CSOs and consequent pollution and deterioration of waterbodies. In common with WWTWs all sewage collection systems must now be licenced by the EPA under the Waste Water Discharge (Authorisation) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 684 of 2007) Dublin City Council currently has a licence application in respect of the entire sewage collection system (agglomeration) including sewers, CSOs, pumping stations with the EPA and will have to adhere to the discharge emission limit values that which will be set by the EPA. Local authorities are expressly forbidden under these regulations from knowingly allowing further developments if these developments are likely to result in increased spills or pollution leading to deterioration in the status of any waterbodies.

3.8.3.3 Stormwater Collection and Discharge

The issues surrounding surface water or stormwater collection and disposal are inextricably linked to those of the foul sewer network as outlined above due to the impact of sewage overfl ows on the

quality of the stormwater. The quality of stormwater within an urban area is also affected by ingress of surface pollutants from pavements. Both of these issues can be signifi cantly improved by the adoption of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) which will result in reduced or delayed runoff quantities into the system and, potentially, improvement in runoff quality by percolating runoff through SUDS devices such as swales or wetlands.

Dublin City Council policies to ensure that Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) are implemented in accordance with the Greater Dublin Drainage Study guidelines including the provision of green roofs, swales, attenuation and semi permeable paving. To future progress the use of (SUDS) and to ensure that principles of (SUDS) are incorporated in design proposals, the development plan includes a number of policies in relation to (SUDS).

The essential elements of these policies are to replicate, insofar as possible, the drainage characteristics of natural landscapes in the urban environment and thereby reduce the impact of impermeable areas and quick surface water runoff on the drainage network and on the receiving waterbodies.

3.8.3.4 Quality of Waterbodies in General

The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60/EC establishes a framework for the protection of all waters (inland surface waters, transitional and coastal waters and groundwaters) throughout Europe. The aim of the directive is to enhance and restore aquatic ecosystems so that they achieve good ecological and chemical status by 2015.



Plate 1: Eastern River Basin district



The Water Framework Directive was transposed into Irish legislation through the European Communities (Water Policy) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 722 of 2003). The Directive promotes integrated river basin management as the most effi cient way to achieve its aims. For the purposes of implementing the directive Ireland has been divided into eight river basin districts. Dublin City Council is one of the twelve local authorities that make up the Eastern River Basin district (ERBD) and acts as lead local authority for the district. A preliminary Characterisation Report was produced in December 2004, which included an analysis of the ERBD’s characteristics followed by the “Water Matters” document in 2007. This document reported on signifi cant water management issues in the ERBD together with proposed measures to solve the problems identifi ed. Based on these preliminary documents a River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) for the ERBD was published in December 2008. The plan sets out the aims and objectives for improving water quality throughout the district e.g. in the case of surface waters the objectives are to:

■ Prevent deterioration and maintain high or good status,

■ Improve waters where appropriate to achieve at least good status,

■ Progressively reduce chemical pollution, and

■ Achieve protected area objectives.

To achieve good status for our waters by 2015 will require specifi c programmes of measures to be undertaken. See Plate 2 for the targets set for ecological status of rivers.

Basic measures are those required by existing legislation while supplementary measures are those required in situations where basic measures alone are judged to be inadequate to achieve good status. Dublin City Council has drawn up a Programme of Measures for the protection and improvement of waters in its functional area.

3.8.3.5 Monitoring

The Dublin City Council Central Laboratory maintains baseline information for a number of areas including general water quality in rivers and streams and major infl ows, bathing water quality, water quality in rivers and streams under the Dangerous Substances Regulations, and quality of infl uent to and effl uent from Ringsend sewage treatment plant.

The fi ve principal rivers fl owing through the Dublin city area are the Camac, Dodder, Liffey, Santry and Tolka. Dublin City Council carries out monitoring of chemical and microbiological quality of the river waters regularly. In addition, the EPA carries out biological monitoring of Irish rivers and publishes periodic reports – See Map 10.

In its most recent report the EPA gives the rivers in Dublin city the following biological quality ratings (sampling point is either within the Dublin City Council functional area or the nearest point upstream if no sampling point exists within the Dublin City Council area).



Table 6: Water Quality in Rivers

River Biological Q Value

Camac Q2/0

Dodder Q3

Liffey Q3

Santry Q2-3

Tolka Q2/0

Q5 Good Quality; Q4 Fair; Q3-4 Transitional; Q3 Doubtful; Q2 Poor; Q1 Bad Q2/0 0 indicates toxic conditions

In addition, the Characterisation Report prepared for the ERBD classifi ed the rivers in the Dublin City Council area as either “at risk” or “probably at risk” of not being of good status by 2015 unless improvement measures were implemented. It should be mentioned that the quality of river waters fl owing into the Dublin City Council area will, to a large extent, be determined by activities in the upstream catchments in adjoining local authorities. However, the management of water quality on a river basin district under the Water Framework Directive should lead to a more integrated approach to the management of the entire river catchments.

Implementation of the Management Plan and Programme of Measures for the Eastern River Basin district (ERBD) will form a major element of ongoing protection and enhancement of the quality and status of the water environment. The development plan has had regard to the provisions of the Water Framework Directive and includes policies to promote and improve the ecological status of water services and bodies in the city.

3.8.3.6 Bathing Water Quality

There are three designated bathing waters within the Dublin City Council area at Dollymount, Merrion and Sandymount. Regular monitoring of bathing water quality is carried out during the bathing season in conformance with the requirements of the Bathing Water Quality Regulations 2008 (S.I. 79 of 2008).

Assessment of Bathing Water Quality

The Dublin Bay Project, on of Europe’s largest wastewater projects is now in operation contributing signifi cantly to water quality of Dublin Bay. While all three bathing waters were in compliance with the EU mandatory and the Irish national standards for bathing water quality in 2007 and 2008, water quality at Merrion Strand failed to meet the more stringent EU guide values in both years. While Dollymount has achieved Blue Flag status in 2008 and 2009, the Development Plan will include policies which relate to zone management and the improvement of water quality and bathing facilities Dublin Bay.



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Plate 2: Targets for High / God Ecological Status (Rivers 2015)



3.8.3.7 Quality of Water in Liffey Estuary and Dublin Bay

Monitoring of water quality in the Liffey Estuary and Dublin Bay is carried out by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In addition, in 2009 Dublin City Council began an intensive programme of monitoring of water quality in the estuary, Dublin Bay and freshwater infl ows in relation to the expansion of the Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Plant with the programme lasting for a minimum of 12 months.

The Liffey Estuary has been designated as a sensitive area under the Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations, 2001 (S.I. 254 of 2001). In its most recent assessment of water quality in the Liffey Estuary for the period 2002-2006 the trophic status has been assessed as intermediate by the EPA which represents no change from the previous assessment period 1999-2003. Dublin Bay has been assessed as unpolluted in both 1999-2003 and 2002-2006 periods.

One potentially negative aspect of water quality trends in the Liffey Estuary and Dublin Bay highlighted in the EPA report has been the reoccurrence of opportunistic macroalgae in the Tolka Estuary and south Dublin seashore. The presence of these macroalgae can have an effect on marine benthic fauna by smothering the underlying sediment.

The reoccurrence of strands of macroalgae (Ectocarpus) along the south Dublin seashore is also of concern as they are unsightly and give rise to unpleasant odours during the decay process. The EPA has stated that the abundance and distribution of the opportunistic algal

species within Dublin Bay will be assessed as part of the national Water Framework Directive monitoring programme.

3.8.3.8 Impact of the Development Plan on the Status of Waterbodies

As evident from the above Dublin City Council is committed to maintaining and improving the status of the various waterbodies referenced in the Water Framework Directive as required by the various regulations that transpose this directive into Irish law. While various engineering projects are in train to address the current capacity constraints in the collection, treatment and disposal network for sewage and stormwater fl ows, proper development management must also form a key part of Dublin City Council’s delivery on that commitment. In this regard, all policies in the plan have been assessed to ensure that they are in accordance with the overall requirement to protect and enhance the status of the waterbodies.

3.8.3.9 Flood Protection

The most signifi cant development in this area is the publication of the government guidelines on the Planning System and Flood Risk Management (2009). These guidelines are specifi cally aimed at linking Planning and Development with Flood Protection and Flood Risk Assessment. It is a requirement of the guidelines that the development plan and all future planning decisions have regard to the guidelines.

There are three separate strands to Dublin City Council’s fl ood protection policy –

i). Coastal Flooding

ii). River Flooding

iii). Pluvial Flooding

In relation to coastal fl ooding, the policy is based on the 2005 report by Royal Haskoning on the Dublin Coastal Flood



Protection Project. This study is likely to be reviewed and updated during the lifetime of the 2011 – 2017 development plan. Certain coastal fl ood protection projects are either constructed or planned. The implementation of the recommendations of the Dublin Coastal Flood Protection Plan (DCFPP) and any subsequent review, particularly in the light of revised data on sea level rise, are currently being considored as possible policy options by Dublin City Council.

Current City Council policy is to examine the feasibility of off shore fl ood protection options – referred to as Projects 2030 and 2050. Policy to further progress these studies would be desirable.

In relation to river fl ooding Dublin City Council has been working closely with the Offi ce Public Works (OPW) in the implementation of certain fl ood protection works on the Tolka and Dodder. Dublin City Council must have regard to the requirements of the EU Floods Directive which, in common with the WFD, has 2015 as its implementation date. Dublin City Council is to carry out Catchment wide Flood Risk Assessments (CFRAMS) in conjunction with the OPW and adjacent local authorities.

In relation to fl ooding away from rivers and coastal areas arising from intense rainfall i.e. pluvial fl ooding, Dublin City Council has entered into a partnership with a number of EU partners in the Resilient Cities Project. This seeks to incorporate fl ood planning into the very centre of urban planning. In this regard, all new developments in the city council area, including proposed roads, parks and open space developments proposed by Dublin City Council, should be assessed as to their compliance with the best practice standards being developed

under this project. The new Development Plan has placed a strong emphasis on Sustainable Urban Drainage (SUDS) and includes a range of policies and standards to ensure that all new development is undertaken in accordance with best practice.

In relation to fl ood protection generally, Dublin City Council has constructed and will continue to construct a number of fl ood defence or fl ood routing structures around the city. These are not often recognised as such and are subject to alteration in later years without reference to their fl ood protection role. Such fl ood protection structures or identifi ed fl ood routes need to be identifi ed in the development plan to ensure their protection and long term viability.

3.8.3.10 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment and SEA

This section addresses the relationship between the Dublin City Development Plan 2011-2017, the guidelines that have been issued by the DoEHLG on “The Planning System and Flood Risk Management” and the Regional Planning guidelines in relation to fl ood risk and the management of fl ood risk. It also gives an overview of the response of the city council to the risk of fl ooding and sets out the projects/works, which have been undertaken and/or completed.

Flooding is a natural process that can happen at any time in a wide variety of locations and plays a role in shaping the natural environment. It is recognised that the risk of fl ooding has increased due to climate change and sea level rise. There are three types of fl ooding events, which can arise separately or in combination; Coastal Flooding arising from the sea or



estuary, Fluvial Flooding arising from Rivers or streams and Pluvial Flooding arising from extreme rainfall.

National Policy Guidance

The Offi ce of Public Works is responsible at a national level for monitoring and addressing fl ood risk and along with the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government has published a national policy guidance document on the consideration of fl ood risk within planning and development management. The guidelines recommend a clear and transparent assessment of fl ood risk at all stages in the planning process, including the preparation of development plans and in the development management process. The regional authorities are required to prepare regional level strategic fl ood risk assessment and subsequently at a city level the new fl ood risk assessment system will be aligned with the existing Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). The key guiding principles are to:

■ Avoid the risk, where possible,

■ Substitute less vulnerable uses, where avoidance is not possible, and

■ Mitigate and manage the risk, where avoidance and substitution are not possible.

Regional Policy Guidance

The Regional Planning guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area 2010-2022 states that Dublin city is vulnerable to two key sources of fl ooding- fl uvial and coastal; effective management of fl ood risk coupled to wider environmental, sustainability and economic considerations mean that it is possible to facilitate the continued consolidation of the development of the existing urban structure of the GDA. As the national capital, largest city and a national and international

gateway, the guidelines outline measures through which both the fl ood risk and the continued development of the City can be reconciled. The guidelines also set out the key policy recommendations regarding avoiding and managing fl ood risk within the GDA along with actions to be included in the Regional Planning guidelines with respect to fl ood risk assessment, which are as follows;

■ 100% completion, in co-operation with all local authorities in the GDA, of CFRAM Studies covering the GDA by 2016, including a review of long term fl ood risk management options and consideration of appropriate land use policies.

■ All local authorities to have completed Strategic Flood Risk Assessments (SFRAs) for all Development and local area plans by 2016.

■ The proportion of newly zoned housing lands located in areas classifi ed as Flood Zone A or B that are not within fl ood protection scheme areas would decrease to a minimal level during the life of the RPGs.

■ Inclusion in development plans of policies and objectives on requiring non-sensitive uses and designs which provide fl ood protection for ground fl oors of buildings in fl ood vulnerable locations within existing urban centres.

Current approach to Flood Risk Assessment – Dublin City Council

The OPW are currently involved in preparing catchment-based fl ood risk management plans (Flood Risk Assessment and Management Studies (FRAMs) with the relevant local authorities, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other key agencies, providing an integrated and pro-active approach to fl ood



risk and the mechanism through which predictive fl ood maps and Catchment Flood Risk Management Plans (CFRMPs) are being developed. These CFRAM Studies when completed will establish a prioritised set of fl ood risk management measures for their relevant areas, including the use of physical and management responses.

Dublin City Council has built up a high level of expertise and centre of excellence in urban fl ood risk management and also cutting edge drainage solutions. The three types of fl ooding outlined above have been addressed by various measures and policies including:

■ Dublin Coastal Flood Protection Project 2005

■ A new tidal early warning system to deal with coastal tidal surges

■ River Tolka Flood Risk Reduction Scheme

■ Spencer Dock advanced protection works/tidal gate scheme (which will allow for the reopening of the Royal Canal to navigation)

■ River Dodder Flood Risk Reduction Scheme (under construction)

Dublin City Council is currently involved in two EU INTERREG funded fl ooding projects, the SAFER project - Strategies and Actions for Flood Emergency Risk Management and the Flood ResilienCity (FRC) Project. The SAFER project aims to develop computing fl ood hazard maps, develop fl ood emergency management systems and develop fl ood partnerships between the four participants, Gewässerdirektion Neckar, Germany, Forestry Commission Scotland, Federal

Offi ce for Water & Geology, Switzerland and École Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne, Switzerland.

The Flood Resilient City project is a fl ood risk management best practice project consisting of 11 partner organisations from 8 major European Cities each with an interest in promoting fl ood resilience in the urban environment. The project is to run until 2012 and is developing a fl ood risk management model based on engagement with politicians and policy makers, professional and the public to address the threat to Dublin from pluvial fl ood risk, the residual fl ood risk and how to adapt new resilient construction techniques.

The recommendations of the Greater Dublin Strategic Drainage Study regarding the use of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems have been adopted and referenced in the Dublin City Development Plan 2005-2011 and in the Dublin City Development Plan 2011-2017.

In the longer term Dublin as a coastal city will be impacted on by gradual rise on mean sea level. Dublin City Council, mindful of the potential impacts, has already commissioned a pre-feasibility study for a project called “Project 2030” that will investigate the potential for tidal barrages to protect the city and region.

Flooding and the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 - 2017

The vision for the city and the strategic approach translate into a core strategy which will ensure effective realisation of the National Spatial Strategy (NSS), Regional Planning guidelines (RPGs) and consequent local area plans (LAPs). The core strategy takes account of national and regional population targets and provides the policy framework for local area plans.



It represents a spatial expression of the delivery of essential infrastructure and services within an over-arching sustainable framework. It is also part of the core strategy to consolidate the city and achieve a compact city, which makes optimum use of urban land and existing or proposed public infrastructure.

Through the application of the sequential approach and justifi cation test as set out in the Planning System and Flood Risk Management guidelines it is considered that the elements of the core strategy can be achieved while managing fl ood risk appropriately. Furthermore, by supporting and encouraging the consolidation of the city it is considered that this approach will ensure that areas of the Dublin metropolitan area particularly those along fl oodplains do not suffer from development pressures and can be protected for reasons of fl ood risk management.

Section 4.20 of the Planning System and Flood Risk Management guidelines states that the development plan should be proactive by including for example, general policies needed for protecting, improving or restoring fl oodplains or the coastal margins. It also outlines the potential consequent benefi ts in terms of amenity, biodiversity and climate change mitigation. In this regard, the development plan sets out the following policies:

■ To assist the Offi ce of Public Works in developing catchment-based Flood Risk Management Plans for the Dublin city area and have regard to their provisions/recommendations

■ To have regard to the guidelines for Planning authorities on Flood Risk

■ Management, published by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, when

assessing planning applications and in the preparation of plans both statutory and non-statutory.

■ To put in place adequate measures to protect the integrity of the existing fl ood defence infrastructure and to ensure that the new development do not have the effect of reducing the effectiveness or integrity of such fl ood defence infrastructure and that fl ood defence infrastructure provision has regard also to nature conservation and amenity issues

■ To require applicants to undertake a fl ood risk assessment, where fl ood risk may be an issue for any proposed development. The food risk assessment shall accompany the planning application and should be suffi ciently detailed to quantify the risks and the effects of any necessary mitigation/adaptation, together with the measures needed to manage residual risks.

■ To incorporate and promote the use of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems within City Council Developments and other infrastructural projects where appropriate.

■ To require the use of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems in all new developments where appropriate.

Many riverbanks and fl oodplains are zoned Z9 in the city development plan 2011-2017 with the zoning objective “To preserve, provide and improve recreational amenity and open space and green networks”, thus protecting these areas for reasons of fl ood risk management and related functions such as biodiversity protection and recreational/amenity uses. The core strategy also recognises green infrastructure as an essential part of a sustainable city performing on a number of levels with ecological, environmental



and social benefi ts including water soakage for sustainable urban drainage and biodiversity. It also recognises it as an important instrument in tackling climate change. The policies and objectives contained in plan relating to green infrastructure and sustainable Dublin will help to mitigate climate change.

Dublin City Council is actively seeking to prevent, control and manage fl ooding. Dublin City Council at present is working with the OPW in preparing Catchment Flood Risk Management Plans (CFRAMS) and regard to their provisions/recommendations will be had when available in due course and incorporated into the development plan by way of Variation if required. It is envisaged that Flood Risk Mapping will be completed by 2013 at a national level. In the longer term, future development plans will have regard to the Flood Risk Management Plan arising from the Catchment Flood Risk Management Plans, which are currently being prepared and are to be completed by 2013-2015.

3.8.3.11 Existing Environmental Issues Relating to Water in Dublin City


■ Compliance with the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive is required

■ Dublin Region Water Services Strategic Plan to be taken into account

■ Requirements of Eastern River Basin Management Plan and associated Programme of Measures (ERBD and POM) to be taken into account.

■ The supply, treatment, storing, delivery and quality of drinking water are all major issues for the city.

■ New major drinking water source to meet projected water demand is required. Dublin Region Water Supply Project is currently examining potential major water sources for the future

■ Water conservation policies to be incorporated into development plan

■ Wastewater treatment capacity, particularly with regard to environmental impacts of Ringsend WWTW on Dublin Bay, is a major issue for the city and region. The development plan must take account of this and of licence conditions for all discharges set by EPA

■ Limitations in the capacity of the sewer network to be taken into account in the development plan, particularly the need to comply with EPA licence conditions.

■ Implementation of Greater Dublin Sustainable Urban Drainage Strategy (SUDS) to be incorporated into the development plan

■ City Council area traversed by a number of key regional river systems; future development within the City area should not have a deleterious effect on the ecological status of these systems

■ Data on GIS maps for Water Framework Directive (WFD) and EPA’s ENVision to be taken into account

■ Existing and proposed fl ood defence structures to be identifi ed for protection in the development plan

■ Potential increased fl ood risk from changed land use patterns, climate change and predicted sea rise level

■ Government guidelines on the Planning System and Flood Risk Management to be taken into account



■ Potential for interference with inland and marine waters morphology and aquatic habitats by watercourse diversions, channel diversions and alterations or removal of bank vegetation

■ Greater co-ordination with the other planning authorities in the Greater Dublin Region to respond to these shared regional issues set out

3.9 MATERIAL ASSETS

For the purposes of SEA, Material Assets are deemed to include transport and waste management.

3.9.1 TransportThe Dublin City Council area covers an area of approximately 115Ksq.m and is populated by 506,211 people. Within its boundaries there are just over 31km of Irish Rail track and just under 13km of Luas track. The entire rail track within the Dublin City Council area is designated as major rail. There is approximately 1280km of roads, 16% of which was designated as Major Road i.e. carrying more than 16,438 vehicles per 24 hours.

3.9.1.1 Existing Road Network:

A total of c.1200km of road is currently in the charge of Dublin City Council. The roads are of varying quality and are maintained on a demand/priority basis.

Most of the information readily available relates to the city centre i.e. the area within the canals. It is known that over 200,000 people access the city centre in the morning peak by all modes. It is also known that 25,000 people per hour access the city centre by car. The network within the city centre (i.e. the canals) is full at 20,000 cars.

The road network is generally at capacity where private cars are concerned. Increasing road space has been, and will continue to be, given over to public transport, cyclists and pedestrians.

3.9.1.2 ITS – Signals and Traffi c Management:

SCATS is a traffi c management system that integrates the management of traffi c signals and the co-ordination and timing of junctions in real time. Currently 618 junctions and pedestrian crossings are linked to the SCATS system. It is intended, subject to funding, to link all junctions and pedestrian crossings to the SCATS system. The system is monitored on a 24-hour basis by Dublin City Council and a contractor.

3.9.1.3 Existing Public Transport Network:

The existing public transport network currently comprises bus, DART and the Luas tram lines. There are currently 200km of bus lanes passing through the area, with more QBCs planned and under construction.

The DART line runs through the Dublin City Council area from Malahide in the North (Fingal County) to Greystones in the south (Wicklow County).

There are two existing Luas tramlines running through the Dublin City Council area. The Red Line, which is 15km in length, links Tallaght in the south (South County) to Connolly Station in the city centre. The Green Line, which is 10km in length, links Sandyford in the south (Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown) to St. Stephen’s Green in the city centre. The Line C1 to Docklands extension to the red line has recently been completed while the Line A1 to Saggart is scheduled for completion in 2011. Line B1, which extends the green line to Cherrywood, has recently been completed and has been operational since late 2010.



3.9.1.4 Existing Cycle Network:

To date a total of c.199km of cycle lanes has been provided within the Dublin City Council area. This is made up of both segregated lanes and combined bus and cycle lanes. The cycle lanes provided form part of a citywide cycle network. Over 1000 cycle stands have been provided within the canals to date.

Construction is complete on a bicycle rental scheme for the city centre – Dublin’s City Bikes. The scheme began operation in September 2009. See Photo 1 below of the launch of the Dublin Bike Scheme.

3.9.1.5 Pedestrian Network & Environment:

It is estimated that there is approximately 2,400km of footpath within the City Council area. This is of varying quality and it is maintained on a demand/priority basis.

See Map 11 below for details of Dublin city centre’s key pedestrian routes.

Work is underway on a public realm strategy for the city council area that seeks, among other things, to improve the pedestrian experience. A way-fi nding strategy is also currently being implemented for the city centre.

3.9.1.6 Modal Split

The modal split fi gures available relate predominantly to the city centre area. The change in modal split for the city centre over the past 10 years has seen a rise in the use of public transport. Between1997 and 2007 private car commuters reduced from 49.85% to 35.1% of the AM modal split. Over the same period, public transport mode share rose from 34.91% to 50.04%. This took place against a background increase of 13.5% in a.m. commuting peak numbers since 1997.

Photo 1: Launch of the Dublin Bikes Scheme (photo Jason Clarke Photography).



Map 11: Key Pedestrian Routes in Dublin City Centre



Between 2003 and 2007 bus passenger numbers declined from 67,792 to 57,201. Bus share is now at 28.05% of the modal split. Rail passengers increased over the same period from 21,416 to 35,692. The rail share is now 17.5% of the modal split. When Luas is included the total rail mode split comes to 22%.

Cyclist numbers declined from 5,616 in 1997 to 3,941 in 2004. However since then cyclists numbers have been increasing (5,676 in 2007).

The 15% plus shift away from private cars has been achieved through increased public transport supply but also through pro-active travel demand management policies. The removal of free parking in the city and restrictive parking policies has been particularly infl uential in achieving a shift to more sustainable forms of transport.

3.9.1.7 Environmental Monitoring

The following information is available which can assist in monitoring the environment from a movement point of view. Some monitoring is carried out on an annual basis for the same area. Other information is ad hoc and relates to particular sites or junctions.

■ Annual Cordon Counts (for all modes crossing the canals)

■ Traffi c Counts – carried out on an ad hoc basis and relate to particular junctions/streets etc.

■ Traffi c Impact Assessments and Transport Assessments on a site basis

■ Mobility Management Plans – on a site basis

■ ITS – day to day monitoring of junctions and pedestrian crossings by Dublin City Council and a contractor;

■ Noise and Air Pollution Monitoring – There is an existing plan, ‘Dublin Agglomeration Action Plan Relating to The Assessment and Management of Environmental Noise October 2008 - November 2013’. This action plan will be reviewed on a 5-year basis

3.9.1.8 Key Projects Likely to Infl uence the Environment

There are several large-scale projects that will effectively transform the city and its movement networks over the next few years. These projects will have signifi cant effects on the environment.

There are several proposals as part of Transport 21 that will impact signifi cantly on the Dublin City Council area. These are of national and regional importance and include:

■ The provision of Metro

■ The extension of the Luas network

■ The provision of DART Underground i.e. the Interconnector

■ The Kildare Route Project

■ The extension of Quality Bus Network

These projects will provide signifi cantly increased capacity on the public transport network. See Maps 12 and 13.

At a regional/inter county level there are also projects/plans coming on stream, which will infl uence the environment of the Dublin City Council area. These include the S2S project, which will run along the east coast.

The implementation of the City Centre Transportation Plan will impact signifi cantly on the environment of the city centre.

The Dublin Bikes Scheme and the Wayfi nding project will also infl uence the environment of the city centre.



Box 1: Modal Share for the City Centre 1997 – 2006

3.9.1.9 Non-Implementation of the Dublin City Development Plan

From a movement point of view the Dublin City Development Plan will continue to promote a shift away from private car use towards more sustainable forms of transport. It will support a redistribution of road space away from the private car to accommodate this. In the absence of the plan and its proactive policies, it is likely that the city will continue to be congested by private cars. It is also likely that noise and air pollution would continue to increase.

The absence of the plan would result in the loss of potential for modal shift to public transport, cycling and walking. An increased modal share for these modes would contribute to a reduction in pollution and a healthier city environment generally.

The most signifi cant environmental problem experienced in the area of movement and transport is that of traffi c congestion.

Traffi c contributes substantially to noise and air pollution in the city. It also poses health and safety risks where confl icts may arise between different road users.

Mode Share Summary – Persons Crossing Canal Cordon 0700 - 1000

Year Total Bus Bus % Rail Rail % Luas Luas % All PT PT % Car Car % Taxi Taxi % Walk Walk % Cycle Cycle % CV CV % MC MC %

1997 179557 41270 22.98% 21416 11.93% 0 0.00% 62866 34.91% 89506 49.85% N/A N/A 16649 9.27% 5616 3.13% 3257 1.81% 1843 1.03%

1998 188987 52022 27.53% 24906 13.18% 0 0.00% 76928 40.71% 87009 46.04% N/A N/A 15541 8.22% 4574 2.42% 3090 1.64% 1845 0.98%

1999 N/A 55220 N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A N/A 88647 N/A N/A N/A 18064 N/A 5335 N/A 3084 N/A 2244 N/A

2000 N/A N/A N/A 27554 N/A 0 N/A N/A N/A 82201 N/A N/A N/A 15808 N/A 4464 N/A 3000 N/A 2345 N/A

2001 197097 58372 29.62% 26626 13.51% 0 0.00% 84998 43.12% 82607 41.91% N/A N/A 18558 9.42% 5085 2.58% 3004 1.52% 2845 1.44%

2002 195464 65483 33.50% 25339 12.96% 0 0.00% 90822 46.46% 76102 38.93% 1575 0.81% 16603 8.49% 4675 2.39% 2789 1.43% 2898 1.48%

2003 195618 67792 34.66% 24927 12.74% 0 0.00% 92719 47.40% 73701 37.68% 1878 0.96% 17305 8.85% 4711 2.41% 2653 1.36% 2651 1.36%

2004 192308 62345 32.42% 28201 14.66% 5622 2.92% 96168 50.01% 69918 36.36% 1738 0.90% 15241 7.93% 3941 2.05% 3053 1.59% 2249 1.17%

2005 N/A 59814 N/A N/A N/A 7244 N/A N/A N/A 63041 N/A 2078 N/A 16332 N/A 4404 N/A 2711 N/A 2187 N/A

2006 200171 59874 29.91% 33534 16.75% 9029 4.51% 102437 51.17% 68457 34.20% 2638 1.32% 17114 8.55% 4839 2.42% 2291 1.14% 2395 1.20%

Notes No Rail Passenger data available for 1999 or 2005No bus passenger data available for 2000Bus Passengers for 1997 to 2001 are BAC passengers onlyBus Passengers for 2002 onwards are for all buses ie including Bus Eireann and Private OperatorsCar fi gures are persons not cars – car occupancy levels counted by DCCTaxi fi gures only available from 2002 onwards – included with car 1997 to 2001Taxi fi gures are passengers carried – taxi occupancy counted by DCCCV – Commerical vehiclesMC – MotorcylesLuas services we introduced in 2004All data collected in November of each year



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3.9.2 Waste Management National waste policy is well established in Ireland with the foundation laid in the publication of Changing Our Ways in 1998. At the core of this national policy statement is the EU Waste Hierarchy with a preference for the prevention, reuse and recycling (including biological treatment) of waste ahead of energy recovery and landfi ll disposal. The waste sector is estimated to account for an estimated 3% of total green house gas emissions in 2005. 15

The Waste Management Plan for the Dublin Region 2005 – 2010 sets out the current regional policy framework for Dublin to

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progress the sustainable management of waste arising in the Region to 2010. The strategy in the Waste Plan aims to deliver maximum recycling, use thermal treatment for the treatment of residual wastes and by doing so minimize the use of landfi ll disposal.

In 2007, the quantity of household waste generated in the region was 470,220 tonnes, 800,641 tonnes of commercial & industrial waste was reported and for C&D waste 7,052,034 tonnes was reported to the local authorities.

In the Dublin region, progress towards achieving the adopted waste targets has been steady. The municipal waste recycling rate is the headline indicator for municipal waste and a target of 45% by 2010 was



set in the Regional waste plan 2005 - 2010. A municipal waste recycling rate of 41% was reached in 2007 and represents a 1% increase on the 2006 fi gure. The commercial sector continues to perform well with high levels of segregation of dry recyclable and packaging waste types driving recovery in this sector.

The household recovery rate continues to progress with the roll out of the brown bin. The household waste recycling rate is a secondary indicator for municipal waste and increased to 28% in 2007. The long term household waste recycling target of 59% by 2013 remains a challenge.

Table 7: Dublin Region – Waste Arising, Generated and Managed in the Dublin Region for 2007

Waste Type Total (tonnes) 2007 Percentage + or – since 2006

Household Waste 470,220 + 1.3%

Commercial /Industrial Waste 800,641 - 2.3%

Construction and Demolition 7,052,034 - 7.9%

Contaminated soils 9,542 -12.2%

Litter and Street Cleaning 35,580 - 2.8%

Packaging Waste 288,081 + 3%

TOTAL 8,656,098 - 20.9%

Priority Waste Streams

Waste Tyres 9,542 + 88.7%

End of Life Vehicles 14,187 + 89.2%

Household Hazardous Waste 2,054 - 2%

Waste Electrical/ Electronic 24,088 + 7.1%

Water Treatment Sludge 7,061 + 3.5%

Sewerage Sludge 7,466 + 61.5%

The aim is for the region to become, as far as possible, self-reliant in terms of waste management and to this end the development of centralised biological treatment, materials sorting, waste-to-energy and landfi ll facilities are underway.

Prevention and minimization, which aim to reduce waste at source, are at the top of the waste hierarchy and remain a priority with resources dedicated to awareness campaigns.

As of October 2009, approximately 110,000 householders across the city have received a 140L Brown Bin for the

separate collection of organic waste (food waste and light garden waste). The organic waste collected is treated biologically by a third party contractor and a nutrient based compost is produced which is used by landscapers and tillage farmers.

Recycling remains central to the waste plan with a new Regional Materials Recovery Facility at Ballymount in South Dublin for the processing of all green bin recyclables. Regional Materials Recovery facility at Ballymount, Dublin 12 became operational in 2009. The regional MRF is designed to cater for the processing of green materials



Photo 2: Launch of Dublin City Council’s Brown Bin System

approximately 50,000 houses in the form of energy supplied to the National Grid. The facility will also have the capacity to provide district heating for up to 60,000 homes. Planning permission, an EPA Licence and a licence from the Commissioner for Energy Regulation has been granted. A grid connection application was lodged with the ESB in June 2008. An application for foreshore lease or licence was completed and submitted to the Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Food in July 2008; a decision is awaited. 16

A new regional landfi ll facility in north County Dublin is planned. Delivery of the proposed landfi ll is required to provide adequate, safe disposal capacity for the Region’s regional waste in the short-term. At the time of writing the facility is due to be operational by end of 2010 based on the

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Infrastructure Act 2006 and the Foreshore Acts 1933-2003

in the Dublin Region for the next 20 years. The facility has an annual capacity of 100,000 tonnes per annum.

An issue for recycling is developing recyclable markets as most materials are exported to foreign markets for reprocessing and recycling, as the quantities generated in Ireland do not provide the necessary economies of scale for indigenous reprocessing. In 2007, the DOEHLG Market Development Group published a 5-year programme for the stimulation of recycling markets.

Energy recovery is part of the management plan and the region will thermally treat residual waste with a new Waste to Energy Plant (5.5 hectares) in Poolbeg which is due to become operational in 2012. The facility will be able to handle 600,000 tonnes of municipal waste annually. The facility will produce energy to meet the needs of



current programme. Decisions by both An Bord Pleanála on the planning application and the EPA waste licence are awaited.

In 2008, a Litter Management Plan was prepared and adopted by the City Council. The plan deals with litter in fi ve main headings, prevention and awareness, responsibility and partnership, litter management and cleaning, graffi ti, and enforcement.

3.9.3 Existing Environmental Issues Relating to Material Assets in Dublin City The following broad range of issues has been identifi ed for transport. These include localised as well as more strategic issues:

■ Traffi c congestion

■ The critical need to further integrate transport and land use in a timely manner

■ Long lead in time until delivery of Transport 21 projects

■ Sustainable travel patterns i.e. need to motivate greater numbers of people to cycle, walk or use public transport including regional initiatives such as the Sutton to Sandycove (S to S cycle route)

■ Need to accommodate the needs of public transport, pedestrians, cyclists and the private vehicles given the city’s limited road space

■ Importance of the National Road Network and other road infrastructure to the economy and connectivity within the Dublin region

■ Safe, good quality and attractive streets are key

■ Requirement for ease of movement of people, goods and services in the city

The following broad range of issues has been identifi ed for waste management. These include localised as well as more strategic issues:

■ As the construction industry accounts for a large quantity of waste generation, should the development plan promote sustainable material use in development by developing relevant policies and standards

■ Reuse of materials rather than the use of new materials in development; whether in any development, the planning authority should insist on a proportion of building materials being recycled materials, such as, concrete, brick, stone

■ Use of renewable materials and those low embodied energy materials and low toxic materials: whether in any development, the planning authority should insist on a proportion of materials being from renewable sources

■ Assessment of whole life environmental impacts

■ Whether residential and commercial developments are providing suffi cient quantity and high quality recycling facilities for waste sorting located conveniently for collection

■ What is the role of local plans in addressing local waste recycling facilities as part of the social and capital infrastructure audits?

3.10 CULTURAL HERITAGE (INCLUDING ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE)

Dublin is an ancient city with many sites of archaeological, architectural and cultural heritage importance. As a vibrant and expanding city, there is a continuing need



to balance day to day operations with protection of the cultural resource that is so much a part of the fabric of Dublin and one of the key draws for our tourism industry. See Map 14.

Within Dublin City, there are a number of methods to protect the integrity of cultural assets including appropriate zonings (Z2 and Z8), Architectural Conservation Areas (ACAs), Record of Protected Structures (RPS) and Record of Monuments and Places (RMPs), Zones of Archaeological Interest and Conservation Areas (for example along the Liffey quays). See Map 15.

Conservation grants are also available to owners of protected structures and particularly to owners of protected structures which are on the Buildings at Risk Register. Dublin City Council works with outside agencies e.g. DoEHLG and the Heritage Council, to protect the cultural heritage resource of Dublin city.

3.10.1 Record of Protected StructuresThere are currently just over 9000 structures listed for protection in the Record of Protected Structures. These structures include individual houses, warehouses, shopfronts, churches, boundary walls, bridges, building exteriors etc. A considerable number of these buildings are considered to be of Local Importance under the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) guidelines.

In addition to the Record of Protected Structures, structures of architectural heritage merit, although not put forward for inclusion in the Record of Protected Structures (RPS) may be of local value and may continue to contribute to the identity of a particular area of the city. The development plan seeks to actively protect buildings/structures of heritage value, which may not be protected, but which

make a positive contribution to the area and identity of the city. Dublin city is unique in form and character. The contribution of any features, which give identity to and enhance that uniqueness, have been given recognition in the preparation of the development plan.

3.10.2 Architectural Conservation Areas An Architectural Conservation Area (ACA) is a place, area, group of structures or townscape, taking account of building lines and heights, that is of special architectural, historical, archaeological, artistic, cultural scientifi c, social or technical interest or that contributes to the appreciation of a Protected Structure, and whose character is an objective of a development plan to preserve.

There are currently 7 ACAs in Dublin city. These include Grafton Street and environs, O’Connell Street and Dartmouth Square, Marino, South City Retail Quarter, Capel Street and Prospect Square – De Courcy Square.

3.10.3 Residential Conservation Areas – Z2Lands zoned Z2 in the Dublin City Council Development Plan 2011 – 2017 consist mainly of housing areas, but also in limited cases can include a limited range of other secondary and established uses. These residential conservation areas have extensive groupings of buildings and associated open spaces with an attractive quality of architectural design and scale. The general objective for such areas is to protect them from unsuitable new developments or works that would have a negative impact on the amenity of architectural quality of the area. Z2 areas make up approximately 7% of the city’s land area.



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3.10.4 Conservation Area - Z8Lands zoned Objective Z8 in Dublin city’s development plan incorporate the main conservation areas in the city, primarily the Georgian squares. The aim of this zoning objective is to protect the architectural design and overall setting of such areas. Z8 areas make up approximately 0.8% of the city’s land area.

3.10.5 Conservation Areas In addition to the Z2 and Z8 zoned areas of the city, conservation areas are also denoted by red hatching delineated on the accompanying zoning objective maps for the development plan. The river Liffey and its quays is a designated conservation area.

3.10.6 Archaeology Dublin City Council is rich in archaeology and has a diverse range of monuments covering a number of historic eras. It is deemed that the plan area is of high archaeological potential due to the potential for the presence of hitherto unknown sub-surface archaeological remains. This determination is based on the presence of substantial archaeological remains from many periods of the past within the City area. Dublin originated fi rst as two separate monastic enclosures (Átha Cliath and Linn Dubh), and then as a Viking ship fortress the Liffey. After the Anglo Norman invasion of 1170 the walled city expanded. Land was reclaimed at wood quay and large suburbs developed to the north (Oxmantown), to the south and west around Ship Street,



St Patrick’s Cathedral and the Liberties. Outlying were villages such as Chapelizod, Finglas, Donnybrook etc. Much of the medieval city was still intact in 1610 when John Speed mapped it for the fi rst time. During the 18th century however the Wide Streets Commission reshaped the old medieval city, and created a network of main thoroughfares by wholesale demolition or widening of old streets or the creation of entirely new ones. The result is that it is diffi cult to grasp the form of the old city or to understand the context of surviving medieval fabric/street patterns at ground level. Nevertheless, much remains that is of value and which can be reinforced or stitched back together and presented in the city’s renewal. A clear strategic vision is required for the oldest part of the city. The City Walls Conservation Plan goes some way to addressing this but should be extended to address the suburbs as a second phase.

Attempts have been made to tackle some of the issues faced by renewal of the medieval city. Framework plans have been commissioned for Ship Street and the Markets Area. The City Walls Conservation Plan has proved an important tool in unlocking funding for signage, virtual reconstruction and the presentation of the city wall, which is Dublin’s largest civic monument.

Archaeological sites and archaeological zones of interest are identifi ed by a recorded monument reference number on the land use zoning maps.

3.10.7 Industrial HeritageIreland’s industrial heritage is being changed and destroyed at an unknown rate. Over the past decade there has been a growing public awareness of Ireland’s industrial heritage, as seen in a number

of sites which have been restored by enthusiasts and are now open to the public as tourist and educational attractions. The canal in Dublin city is an example of tourist and educational attraction based on industrial heritage in Ireland.

From around 1750 onwards numerous large-scale industries developed in Dublin, which had a profound effect on the city’s economy and society, and which contributed greatly to the physical character of today’s city. The term industrial heritage covers everything from the extraction of raw materials, manufacturing and processing into usable forms or fi nished products, public utilities, transport, communications and energy production. In some contexts it also includes military maritime and institutional functions

The importance of Industrial Heritage in the shaping of Dublin City cannot be underestimated. The Guinness brewery is one of Dublin’s most important industrial heritage sites and Guinness is identifi ed as a signifi cant brand internationally and is inextricably linked with the capital. With the exception of Guinness however, industry is currently a critically underutilised and undervalued aspect of Dublin’s built heritage.

A key issue in the conservation of the city’s built heritage is recording and conserving Dublin’s unique industrial heritage, a substantial portion of which has already disappeared without record. Industrial buildings are not always of high architectural signifi cance and so are poorly represented on the Record of Protected Structures for this reason. The National Monuments Act (amended) protects sites and monuments down to, but not after, 1700 AD. In this way, Industrial Heritage has continually fallen between the two



primary statutory instruments for protection of built heritage. Dublin City Council has undertaken an inventory of industrial heritage. The Dublin City Industrial Heritage Record (DCIHR) and the development plan have regard to this record.

3.10.8 Protection of the City’s Cultural Heritage The Dublin City Development Plan 2005 - 2011 development plan contains a policy to protect the buildings and features of industrial heritage in situ, and their related artefacts and plant where appropriate. However, until 2005, there has been no accurate public record of these sites and many have been demolished without being recognised as worthy of record. Such loss cannot be sustained going forward. It has resulted in a cultural defi cit and a loss or degradation of character.

There is a continuing need to balance the needs of a consolidating city with the need to protect its cultural character. The retention and adaption of historic buildings must proceed, while protecting their intrinsic character. Dublin’s tourism industry relies heavily on its built heritage.

In the northern part of the city, some of buildings in the Georgian squares and nearby historic streets are suffering from vacancy and underuse. Parts of the Liberties are similarly affected. Such areas would benefi t from greater investment and enhancement. In addition, the upper fl oors of protected structures are vacant or underutilised in successful commercial streets. These problems are likely to worsen if investment and initiatives are not forthcoming.

A key issue for the city’s built heritage is recording and conserving Dublin’s unique industrial heritage. The network of the city’s churches and graveyards represents an

important aspect of its character. While some of the deconsecrated churches and graveyards have been maintained and managed as public parks, some are used as pocket parks resulting in the removal of monuments from their contexts, while many have suffered from vandalism or have been landscape inappropriately, resulting in further heritage loss.

3.10.9 Key Projects Likely to Infl uence Cultural Heritage in the City

■ Recording and conserving of Dublin’s unique industrial heritage

■ Additional Architectural Conservations Areas designated in the city

■ Review of the RPS with a view to reducing the number of former List 2 buildings (prior to 2000 Planning and Development Act) and replacing them with ACAs

■ Addition of signifi cant late 20th century buildings to the RPS

■ Introduction of a policy on signifi cant views and prospects

■ Heritage Projects, in conjunction with the Heritage Council – including fi nal phase of Dublin city Industrial Record Heritage, and Urban Tree Survey

3.10.10 Evolution of Problems in the Absence of the Development PlanThe Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 will continue and build on the policies of the 2005 – 2011 plan in relation to built heritage. More ACAs will be initiated in tandem with reducing the numbers on the RPS and policies in relation to archaeology and industrial heritage will be given priority.

The absence of the plan and its policies would result in a potential loss of historic fabric and character to the condition of protected structures and bring about a lack



of standards for redevelopment of sites in the Zone of Archaeological Interest. This in turn would lead to a loss of irreplaceable fabric, to the detriment of existing and future generations and also to visitors to Dublin.

3.10.11 Environmental Issues Affecting Cultural Heritage The following broad range of issues has been identifi ed for cultural heritage in the city. These include localised as well as more strategic issues

■ Impact of major infrastructural projects on protected structures

■ Diffi culty / expense in providing thermal protection to protected structures

■ Excavation of rear garden areas of protected structures, to provide underground accommodation

■ Excessive parking in the front gardens of protected structures

3.11 DATA GAPS AND DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED

Some data gaps and diffi culties have been identifi ed by the SEA inter-departmental team for various environmental receptors as follows:

Landscape and Soils: The National Soil Database project (2001-CD/S2-M2) has generated an archive of soils data based on a sampling campaign in Ireland from 2002 to 2005. However the EPA confi rmed to Dublin City Council in July 2010 that none of the sites surveyed are within the administrative area of Dublin City Council. Furthermore, there is no baseline geochemical information of any signifi cance exists for Irish urban environments. The Geological Surveys of Europe (EuroGeoSurveys) have initiated a 3.2n urban soils project in order to highlight the

importance of urban soils to environmental health in European cities. Under this initiative, the Geological Survey of Ireland, in partnership with the Geological Survey of Norway, is to undertake systematic geochemical mapping of soils in the Greater Dublin Area.

Climatic Conditions: The Baseline Emission Inventory for Dublin City Sustainable Energy for Action Plan 2010 -2020 is the fi rst attempt to quantify the energy and CO2 emissions for the Dublin city area and as such will inherently highlight data gaps. The methodology and assumptions made in the document are satisfactory, but for future baselines there are a number of desired outcomes, namely:

■ More accurate data on business types, employee numbers and fl oor areas

■ Complete Building Energy Rating (BER) database for Dublin city

■ Modal splits for the city (not estimated)

This would lead to a more accurate database. In addition the database needs to be updated for future use as all fi gures relate to 2006, as do predictions. There has been a huge shift in economy and activity since its conception. The database highlights other areas that need to be addressed, such as other greenhouse gas emissions.

The above desired information depends on a number of agencies conducting research and compiling data for dissemination, such as Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), Department of Transport (plus other transport authorities) and the Department of Finance (plus other authorities). At present nearly all information is at the state level and at best provincial or regional level.



This needs to be addressed so that there is accurate local information to aid processes such as SEA and policy documents.

Furthermore, the ecological footprint of Dublin city is unknown. Currently, the city council is considering a proposal to calculate same. This will assist in establishing baseline data and measuring progress over the lifespan of the development plan.

Biodiversity Flora and Fauna: The Dublin City Biodiversity Action Steering Group identifi ed the main issues for biodiversity as (i) a knowledge gap and (ii) an awareness defi cit. They determined that biodiversity is undervalued and suffers due to competing demands. The group also identifi ed that direction and good examples are needed. The proximity of human dwellings and wildlife is a great opportunity to help inform and enthuse people about natural heritage. It also creates some major challenges in trying to protect and enhance space for wildlife. Fortunately, Dublin has close cultural connections with much of its wildlife such as Bull Island, The Phoenix Park, its street trees, and its waterways in particular. The challenge is to make sure that there is an appreciation and awareness of the wider natural heritage. This will facilitate understanding and protection (e.g. of birds and bats) and ensure that what is locally and nationally available is not eroded but actively protected and enhanced. Raising awareness of what Dublin city has, and taking actions to protect it, is key to retaining healthy populations of species and enhancing our appreciation of natural heritage and quality of life. It is acknowledged that progress has been made on natural heritage in Dublin city. However, as the Biodiversity Action Plan identifi es, there is need to collate existing information so that that the gaps

in knowledge can be identifi ed, to target resources and to inform decision-making. Four strategic actions / visions have been identifi ed:

■ Spreading the Word – to inform and engage people in biodiversity; to help people understand biodiversity in the city across all sectors

■ Planning Together – developing policies and mechanisms to incorporate biodiversity and weighting of biodiversity interests appropriately, and providing a framework for creating and enhancing natural heritage in the city

■ Making Space for Nature – integrating biodiversity into day-to-day and innovative operations, demonstrating how this can be done, and integration into site specifi c and strategic work programmes

■ Making it Work – Key partnerships created with other local authorities and with steering group members.

The Biodiversity Plan has set the following action: ‘Use of GIS to fi ll information gaps on the following species and habitats in the city: (i) Bats, (ii) Birds, (iii) Otters, (iv) Red Squirrels, (v) Salmonids, (vi) selected invertebrate groups, (vii) Hedgerows and Urban Trees, (viii) Protected Rare, Scarce of Threatened plants, (ix) Semi-natural grasslands and (x) wetlands. It is also an action to use GIS to interpret data for practical use and to use GIS to update existing data.

Material Assets (Transport):

The following data gaps have been identifi ed for Material Assets (transport):

■ There is only limited information available regarding traffi c patterns for the Dublin City Council area. Annual



cordon counts are undertaken for different transport modes at the canal cordons. This process provides very useful information regarding modal splits for the city centre. However, this information is not available for the area outside of the canals.

■ The main general source of travel information comes from the Census. This provides information on how people travel to work. However, the smallest level at which it is available is by Electoral Division. This may be too large a scale to be useful. The Census 2006 data is also now out of date and may no longer refl ect currently reality.

■ The former DTO (now NTA) model could be interrogated for more detailed travel information. However, this is not readily accessible to the City Council.

■ While traffi c counts are carried out for some junctions and streets within Dublin city, they are generally carried out on project-needs basis. They do not exist for all streets, are not carried out regularly and if they do exist may be well out of date.

■ Pedestrian counts are generally not undertaken unless for specifi c purposes. As a result there is a dearth of information regarding pedestrian movements within the City Council area.

General Gaps / Diffi culties Encountered:

■ The lack of a centralised mapping database also posed some diffi culties, particularly for GIS based maps, and those maps showing spatial data not normally held in the Planning and Economic Development Department.

■ The lack of a centralised data source of environmental baseline information posed some diffi culty for the process. This was overcome in most instances however by Dublin City Council setting up an interdepartmental team at the beginning of the process for the duration of the plan. This interdepartmental group will also assist in monitoring.

3.12 KEY INTERRELATIONSHIPS IDENTIFIED BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL RECEPTORS

The majority of environmental receptors interact with one another to some degree however only those interrelationships of signifi cance were considered. Table 4A below identifi es the main interrelationships arising in this SEA. In carrying out the environmental assessment these interrelationships have been taken into account during the assessment of the various alternatives and also formed a central consideration during the assessment of the potential impacts that may result from the development plan. The interrelationships between environmental topics have been addressed in the Environmental Report as they arise between each environmental receptor. A synopsis of some of the key interrelationships identifi ed is set out below.



Table 7A: Key Interrelationships Identifi ed between Environmental Receptors

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Population and Human Health (PHH) X X X X X X X

Biodiversity, fl ora and fauna (BFF) X X x X X / X

Water (W) X X / X X / X

Air (A) X X / X X / /

Climatic Factors (CF) X X X X X / X

Material Assets (MA) X X X X X X X

Cultural Heritage (CH) X / / / / X X

Landscape & Soil (LS) X X X / X X X

X Signifi cant Interrelationship / Insignifi cant Interrelationship

Population & Human Health has some form of interrelationship between all of the other seven environmental receptors e.g. people rely on water (potable) for drinking, for provision of food (e.g. fi sh and shellfi sh). Clean water is required for recreation and leisure. Environmental sound levels can contribute signifi cantly to the health and quality of life for the population in Dublin city. Globally, humans are having dramatic effects on climate. On average a Dubliner releases 9.7 tonnes of CO2 per year. Dublin city currently (2006) consumes 22.3 TWh of primary energy per year, the equivalent to 1.9 million tonnes of oil in the form of electricity, oil, natural gas and renewable energy.

Material Assets and Population & Human Health and Air also display key interrelationships. The transport sector is a major contributor to the emissions of air pollutants. The pollutant emissions emanating from vehicular sources are

also those to which the public may be most readily exposed, and they present a considerable risk in terms of their potential to contribute to breaches in air quality standards in areas subject to heavy traffi c.

Biodiversity Flora & Fauna is another environmental receptor with a number of interrelationships between other environmental receptors as identifi ed in the Dublin City Biodiversity Action Plan 2008 – 2012. Biodiversity/wildlife, the city and its people have always been interacting and continue to interact and respond to each other. Development patterns, traditional land uses and population changes can dictate the type of city spread which can also dictate the natural heritage resource remaining. Dublin’s geographical and topographical spread has also shaped the city. While the development of the city continues is it necessary to improve



the management of nature to protect our natural heritage, habitats, plants and wildlife.

Biodiversity Flora and Fauna and Climatic Conditions display signifi cant interrelationships. Vegetation acts as a carbon sink and plants and animals are

used as indicators of climate change. Biodiversity can also provide other environmental services such as pollution control, fl ood attenuation and erosion prevention. Biodiversity can help reverse the negative impacts of climate change. Vegetation absorbs carbon dioxide. Good coastal wetlands can improve protection against rising sea levels and healthy fl oodplain and other wetland ecosystems can limit the effects of river fl ooding. Rising sea levels combined with weather extremes are serious concerns for all coastal cities, including Dublin city. Soft areas of coast, such as Bull Island, can provide a buffer to such weather extremes. Retaining green spaces to absorb water, creating wetlands in coastal areas, allowing the build-up of sand dunes and minimising development along the coast are all actions of Dublin City Council’s Climate Change Strategy 2008-2012. Furthermore, this issue is listed as a specifi c project in the Biodiversity Action Plan i.e. to actively link biodiversity to wider sustainability issues such as fl ooding, climate change and waste.

Water and Biodiversity Flora and Fauna also display critical interrelationships in the city. The designated sites of North Bull Island and North and South Dublin Bay constitute part of the Irish and European network of protected areas for biodiversity as the Bay supports habitats and wildbird populations of international importance. The waterways of Dublin city, including the Liffey, Tolka and Dodder,

support a signifi cant wildlife resource including otters, bats, Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Sea Trout, King Fisher (many of European importance and for which strict protection is required). All of these waterways and their associated riparian/edge vegetation provide important feeding and commuting corridors for a range of species. Furthermore the ecological value of these habitats is a resource for Dublin’s citizens and also remarkable for such an urbanised city.

Landscape consists of the public and private landscape of the city. It fulfi ls an array of environmental, ecological, social, recreational and aesthetic functions of the developing city. Dublin city has signifi cant green spaces through the provision of parks such as the Phoenix Park in particular, St. Anne’s Park and a number of institutional lands, including Trinity College Dublin. The city’s parks, institutional lands, private gardens and graveyards all contribute signifi cantly to the biodiversity resource in the city. Remaining hedgerows, semi-natural grasslands and trees are of particular importance. The city’s landscape and parks contain signifi cant wildlife resources including woodland, semi-natural grasslands and remnant hedgerows. In this way, Dublin’s city’s parks support species of local and national importance including otters, bats, hedgehogs and kingfi shers. The city’s parks also play a signifi cant amenity and educational role in the city.

Soils perform a number of key environmental, social and economic functions that are vital for life. It has a socio-economic and environmental role as a habitat and gene pool, a platform for human activities (including food production), landscape and heritage and as a provider of raw materials. The function of soils in abating climate change is



particularly important in a regional context for cities such experiencing rapid growth beyond city boundaries as is the case in Dublin city. The conversion of greenfi eld sites and sealing of soils can release CO2 into the atmosphere and further reduce areas of ‘carbon sinks’. Soils contain about three times the amount of carbon globally as vegetation, and about twice that in the atmosphere.

3.13 OVERARCHING STRATEGIC ISSUES AFFECTING DUBLIN CITY’S ENVIRONMENT

Following the scoping exercise, and the carrying out of the above baseline study it has been determined that there are a number of overarching environmental challenges which must be addressed. These are as follows:

1. The housing of Dublin city’s growing population in balanced, sustainable and attractive neighbourhoods on the limited amount of suitable land available within Dublin City Council’s administrative boundary to allow for a compact city and region.


3. In order to meet projected demands up to 2031 and beyond for drinking water a new water source must be determined. Currently the River Liffey is at its limit for safe abstraction.

4. The European Union Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that all governments aim to achieve “good ecological status” in all their natural

waters by 2015. The rivers in Dublin City Council are currently either ‘at risk’ or ‘probably at risk’ of not being able to achieve good status by 2015 unless improvement measures are taken.

5. Existing wastewater treatment infrastructure required by an increasing population in the Dublin Region is inadequate. Maximum capacity will be reached by 2014. Additional wastewater treatment infrastructure must be constructed in order to avoid signifi cant adverse impacts upon water quality, biodiversity, fl ora and fauna and human health

6. There is a need to secure the necessary land, plant and underground corridors for major utility infrastructure, including water supply, delivery and drainage in a compact city to facilitate its growth and well-being while also integrating utility infrastructure into lands so that other uses are not compromised (e.g. rights of way limiting recreational provision)

7. There is a need to ensure, through the implementation of measures such as Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS), that changes in land use do not lead to increased fl ood risk. Increased fl ood risks arising from climate change and sea level rise need to be addressed through proper planning and risk management measures in accordance with national guidelines

8. There is a continuing need to ensure better integration of land-use and transport which promotes more sustainable forms of transport, greater use of public transport as well as signifi cant improvements in public transport



9. A balance must be struck between accommodating the future development, recreational, heritage and biodiversity needs of Dublin city

10. Under the Kyoto Protocol Ireland has agreed to limit the net growth of Green House Gases (GHGs) to 13% above its 1990 levels (current fi gure is 25% above 1990 levels). There is a pressing need for Dublin city to reduce its GHG emissions

11. Emissions, mainly from the transport sector, are the main threat to air quality in the Dublin Region (oxides of nitrogen NOx and PM10 and PM2.5). These emissions must be reduced by switching to more sustainable modes of movement and transport.

4ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OBJECTIVES, TARGETS AND INDICATORS


Section 4 | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OBJECTIVES, TARGETS AND INDICATORS

4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OBJECTIVES, TARGETS AND INDICATORS

4.1 OVERARCHING ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES

Following the scoping exercise, which included consultation and feedback from the environmental bodies, and the carrying out of the baseline study a number of overarching environmental challenges have been identifi ed which must be addressed. These are set out in Section 3.12.12 previous and are repeated here for ease of reference. These are as follows:

1. The housing of Dublin city’s growing population in balanced, sustainable and attractive neighbourhoods on the limited amount of suitable land available within Dublin City Council’s administrative boundary to allow for a compact city and region.


3. In order to meet projected demands up to 2031 and beyond for drinking water a new water source must be determined. Currently the river Liffey is at its limit for safe abstraction.

4. The European Union Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that all governments aim to achieve “good ecological status” in all their natural waters by 2015. The rivers in Dublin City Council are currently either ‘at risk’ or ‘probably at risk’ of not being able to achieve good status by 2015 unless improvement measures are taken.

5. Existing wastewater treatment infrastructure required by an increasing population in the Dublin region is inadequate. Maximum capacity will be reached by 2014. Additional wastewater treatment infrastructure must be constructed in order to avoid signifi cant adverse impacts upon water quality, biodiversity, fl ora and fauna and human health

6. There is a need to secure the necessary land, plant and underground corridors for major utility infrastructure, including water supply, delivery and drainage in a compact city to facilitate its growth and well-being while also integrating utility infrastructure into lands so that other uses are not compromised (e.g. rights of way limiting recreational provision)

7. There is a need to ensure, through the implementation of measures such as sustainable urban drainage systems, that changes in land use do not lead to increased fl ood risk. Increased fl ood risks arising from climate change and sea level rise need to be addressed through proper planning and risk management measures in accordance with National guidelines

8. There is a continuing need to ensure better integration of land-use and transport which promotes more sustainable forms of transport, greater use of public transport as well as signifi cant improvements in public transport

9. A balance must be struck between accommodating the future development, recreational, heritage and biodiversity needs of Dublin city

10. Under the Kyoto Protocol Ireland has agreed to limit the net growth of Green House Gases (GHGs) to 13% above its 1990 levels (current fi gure is 25%


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above 1990 levels). There is a pressing need for Dublin city to reduce its GHG emissions

11. Emissions, mainly from the transport sector, are the main threat to air quality in the Dublin region (oxides of nitrogen NOx and PM10 and PM2.5). These emissions must be reduced by switching to more sustainable modes of movement and transport.

Identifying environmental problems is an opportunity to defi ne key issues and Environmental Protection Objectives for each of the environmental receptors. Based on an understanding of existing and emerging environmental issues in an area a series of Environmental Protection Objectives have been developed.

4.2 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OBJECTIVES

SEA Environmental Protection Objectives are measures used to show whether the objectives of a development plan are benefi cial to the environment, to compare the environmental effects of alternatives, or to suggest improvements. If complied with in full, the environmental objectives set should result in an environmentally neutral impact from implementation of the plan. The environmental protection objectives, which usually express a desired direction of change, are established for each of the environmental receptors and are often aspirational in nature. They serve a different purpose from the objectives of the development plan, though they may overlap with them in some cases.

The SEA Directive requires the identifi cation of objectives relevant to the plan only, so a process of selection was necessary. Objectives set have been adapted to the local circumstances and environmental issues of Dublin city. The environmental protection objectives set for the SEA have been derived from environmental protection objectives which have been established in law at international, European Union, national and local level and from a review of baseline information and the environmental problems identifi ed by the SEA team.

It is necessary to devise accompanying targets for the objectives set. Targets set aims and thresholds which should be taken into consideration to effectively assess the impact of the development plan on the environment. These targets once breached would require remedial action.

Along with the targets, indicators have also been devised. Indicators are those measures used to track the achievements of the Environmental Protection Objectives towards the particular targets set and to monitor the impact of the development plan on the environment.

Table 8 below details the Environmental Protection Objectives set for the protection of each of the environmental receptors. Associated targets and indicators have also been set and are included in the table below. It should be noted that all environmental protection objectives set impact on population and human health.



Table 8: Environmental Protection Objectives, Targets and Indicators

ENVIRONMENTAL RECEPTOR

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OBJECTIVE

TARGET INDICATOR

Population and

Human Health

Promote the creation of

a sustainable, compact

and healthy city in which

to live, recreate and work

All Drinking Water and Drinking

Water Sources to comply with the

European Communities (Drinking

Water) (No.2) Regulations, 2007

and European Communities

(Quality of Surface Water Intended

for the Abstraction of Drinking

Water) Regulations, 1989

Status of drinking water and

drinking water sources

All designated bathing waters to

comply with the requirements

of the Bathing Water Quality

Regulations 2008 (S.I. 79 of 2008)

Status of bathing waters

All water bodies to meet targets

set in ERDB plan as adopted by

Elected Public Representatives

nd by Minister for Environment by

Notice in July 2010 in accordance

with S.I. 722 of 2003

Ecological status of water bodies

Sustainable densities achieved

in new residential / mixed-use

schemes

Average density of new residential

development





TARGET INDICATOR

Biodiversity / fl ora

& fauna

Protect and enhance the

diversity of habitats and

species in the city

No adverse impacts on

designated nature areas / species

/ habitats

Total area of designated sites

(Natura 2000 and pNHA’s)

Total area of Conservation Areas

Survey and monitor extent and

distribution of invasive species

Survey and monitor distribution of

butterfl y populations

Survey and monitor distribution of

bat populations

Survey and monitor street trees of

Dublin City

Identify opportunities

for new habitats, buffer

zones and wildlife / green

corridors

Provision of new wetlands (artifi cial

and integrated)

Increased area of wetlands/

Swales/SUDS/ in square metres

on new developments

Length of channel converted from

culvert to natural channel

Identifi cation of other

undesignated areas of natural

heritage throughout the city

Survey and mapping of migratory

routes of protected species

Implementation of new setback

/ buffer zones for developments

along watercourses or adjoining

habitats

Length of linked green corridor

Increased provision for soft

landscape in existing and new

developments

Permeability index for new sites for

development

Air Protect good air quality

status and minimise the

output of Nitrogen Oxides

(NOx) and Particulate

matter (PM10)

Meet value targets for named

pollutants in line with Air Quality

Framework directives

Values of monitored pollutants

in the air, including the levels

of Nitrogen Oxides (NOx ) and

Particulate matter (PM10)

Reduce noise where

necessary and maintain

the environmental

acoustic quality where it

is good

Minimisation of noise pollution for

city’s residents

% of residential properties

exposed to high sound levels





TARGET INDICATOR

Climatic Factors Reduce waste of energy

and maximise use

of renewable energy

source/ generation

Increase energy effi ciency (reduce

energy waste) by 3% a year to

2020

Total share of renewable energy for heat

Total share of renewable energy for public buildings and installations, including traffi c

Number of (social) housing units, public buildings and community centres connected to district and group heating systems

Number of CHP units within the private housing and commercial sectors

Number of A and B rated buildings within the social and private residential sector and as a percentage of the total stock

Number of A and B rated buildings within the commercial and public buildings sector and as a percentage of the total stock

Average energy consumption of new residential housing stock

Minimise emissions of

greenhouse gases

Decrease in GHG emissions Tonnes of CO2 /capita/year

Tree canopy cover within the city area to contribute to carbon sequestration (no. of trees)

Reduce and manage the risk of fl ooding

Compliance with the Floods Directive and with OPW / DoEHLG ‘Flood Risk Management in the Planning Process’ standards

Number of planning permissions compliant with the Floods Directive and OPW / DoEHLG’s ‘Flood Risk Management in the Planning Process’ standards

Flood Risk Assessment be carried out for all new developments

Number of planning permissions incorporating fl ood risk assessment and conditions requiring appropriate fl ood resilient measures for new developments

Avoid the development risk of destruction of fl ood defences, fl ood defence structures and features

Number of fl ood defences, fl ood defence structures and features identifi ed in the development plan

Identify Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (and features which are identifi ed as having a fl ood defence function) in all new developments

Number of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems and fl ood defence features required in new planning applications





TARGET INDICATOR

Water Comply with EU Water

Framework Directive

2000/60/EC i.e. to ensure

and maintain good

ecological status of all

receiving waters in the

Dublin region into the future

All water bodies to meet targets

set in ERDB plan as adopted by

Public Representatives and by

Minister for Environment by Notice

in July 2010 in accordance with

S.I. 722 of 2003

Ecological Status of Water Bodies

Provide adequate

wastewater treatment,

water distribution

networks and drainage

networks

Provision of adequate water,

wastewater treatment and drainage

infrastructure / fl ood prevention

works in accordance with Dublin

City Council’s Strategic Water Plan

for Water Services 2009

Capacity of water supply and

wastewater infrastructure versus

demand

Material Assets

(transport and waste

management)

Reduce traffi c levels

by encouraging modal

change from car to

more sustainable forms

of public transport and

encourage non-car

dependent development

Extension and improvement of the

cycling and walking network

% change in modal split

Number of pedestrians and cyclists

crossing the canals as measured

by the annual cordon survey

Reduce the generation

of waste and adopt a

sustainable approach to

waste management

59% recycling target by 2013

Ensure that landfi ll gas capture

rates of 85% - 90% are achieved

at existing and proposed

landfi ll facilities in the interest of

minimising emissions

% of waste recycled

Tonne of waste per capita per year

Tonnes of (methane producing)

organic waste diverted from landfi ll

Landfi ll gas capture rates





TARGET INDICATOR

Cultural Heritage Protect and enhance the

city’s cultural, including

architectural and

archaeological, heritage

Ensure that the cultural heritage

of the city is maintained and

protected from damage and

deterioration

Percentage of Protected Structures

‘at risk’

Number of Architectural

Conservation Areas (ACAs)

Number of archaeological sites

investigated

Number of formal advice

statements issued (Section 57s and

Section 5s)

Review and updating of the Record

of Protected Structures on an

ongoing basis including the review

of the RPS in relation to the DCIHR

Retention of Conservation Offi cers,

City Archaeologist and teams

Number of planning applications/

Part VIII applications/strategic

plans (development plan, LAPs/

framework plans/Urban framework

plans etc.) with input from or

screened by the City Archaeologist

Landscape and

Soils

Conserve and enhance

areas and elements of

the city landscape

Develop new areas of open space

and increase number of trees

Change in area parks and number

of trees planted

Preserve and enhance

the city landscape

vegetation carbon sink

through photosynthesis

To balance the carbon generation

of the city with natural carbon sink

i.e. a carbon neutral target

% Area of vegetation as carbon

sink

Preserve or enhance

area of natural rainfall

infi ltration to water table

within the city landscape

to minimise storm water

fl ooding

No storm water fl ooding and

associated risks (e.g. water

contamination)

% Area of city landscape as

pervious area

Preserve or enhance

linkage in city landscape

to support wildlife

corridors and protect

riverine zones

Creation of a well-connected city

landscape consisting of linear

elements (e.g. river corridors) and

networks)

Length of linked landscape

corridor

Give preference to the use

re-use of brownfi eld lands,

rather than developing

greenfi eld lands

Brownfi eld lands to be developed Total area of brownfi eld

development

5IDENTIFICATION OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN ALTERNATIVES


Section 5 | IDENTIFICATION OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN ALTERNATIVES

5.0 IDENTIFICATION OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN ALTERNATIVES

5.1 INTRODUCTION

Article 5 of the SEA Directive requires the plan-making authority to identify, describe and evaluate alternative ways of realising the objectives of the plan. As stated in the Directive “an environmental report shall be prepared in which the likely signifi cant effects on the environment of implementing the plan, and reasonable alternatives taking into account the objectives and the geographical scope of the plan or programme, are identifi ed, described and evaluated.”

5.2 POLICY GUIDANCE

In making a new development plan for the city, the city council is directed by national and regional policies such as the National Spatial Strategy (NSS) 2002 - 2020, the National Development Plan, (NDP) and the Regional Planning guidelines (RPGs) for the Greater Dublin Area 2010 - 2022. The development plan has also taken on board other policy documents such as the Retail Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area, recent government policy for transport set out in ‘Smarter Travel – A Sustainable Transport Future, 2009 – 2020’ and recent Ministerial guidelines for Planning authorities, ‘Sustainable Residential Development in Urban Areas’ 2009. The full list of plans and programmes with which the development plan has a relationship with is set out in Table A of this report (see Section 1.3 and Table A).

Dublin city, lying at the heart of the metropolitan area, is recognised as the national gateway and is the most important national and international economic engine in the state. The RPGs require the consolidation of development in the

metropolitan area in order to achieve the optimum use of urban land, support investment in public transport infrastructure and allow people to live and work in sustainable, mixed-use communities.

The NDP prioritises signifi cant investment in public transport and social infrastructure, requiring that land use policies support this investment by making effi cient use of land in close proximity to transport routes and hubs.

The Retail Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2008-2016 also sets out the hierarchy of retail centres with Dublin Centre reconfi rmed as the primary retail centre for the greater Dublin Area supported by centres at district level, including Ballymun, Finglas, Northside, Rathmines, Crumlin, Point Village and Poolbeg.

The government’s Smarter Travel Policy emphasises the need to reduce overall travel demand, to maximise the effi ciency of the transport network, to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, to reduce transport emissions, and to improve accessibility to transport.

The Sustainable Residential Development guidelines (2009) require planning authorities to plan for the sustainable development of their areas with guidance that densities in cities should be set at a minimum of 35 - 50 dwellings per hectare, with the higher end of the density spectrum to be applied to those developments closest to rail stations / bus stops / public transport nodes.

5.3 IDENTIFICATION OF ALTERNATIVES

It is standard practice when devising a plan that various ways of fulfi lling its objectives are considered. Dublin City Council, as the plan-making authority, is

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obliged therefore to consider alternative ways of achieving the objectives of the development plan for Dublin city. SEA involves a systematic and explicit appraisal of alternatives. The alternatives considered must be reasonable, realistic, capable of implementation and also set at the appropriate level at which the plan will be implemented, operating within the planning hierarchy i.e. the higher the level of the plan the more strategic the options which are likely to be available.

A facilitated workshop was held with the SEA and development plan teams to consider alternative ways of delivering on objectives of the development plan.

For the purposes of Dublin City Council’s development plan review, three possible realistic alternatives have been identifi ed and described, refl ecting the need to achieve the following objectives:

■ To protect and strengthen the role of Dublin city as the premier gateway

■ To develop the city region as the engine of Ireland’s economy

■ To consolidate the city and make the most effi cient use of land

■ To ensure the provision of an integrated transport network supporting a compact, consolidated city

■ To protect and strengthen the role of Dublin city centre as the prime retail centre for the region and ensure a retail environment which offers consumers more choice, affordability

■ To integrate the inner city and regeneration areas into a more coherent urban structure

■ To ensure an appropriate balance between accommodating development, recreation use, heritage, biodiversity,

needs of the city and identify mechanisms for the greening of the city landscape

■ To value the city’s built and natural heritage as a unique resource

■ To recognise culture as integral to Dublin city’s identity and quality of life

5.3.1 Do-Nothing Scenario The existing policies and objectives of the current development plan, i.e. 2005 – 2011 Dublin City Development Plan, would prevail. Policies of the current plan would become out of date, would not refl ect the changes in national and regional polices and would be likely to drift with ad-hoc development management. Furthermore, the current development plan has not been subjected to a statutory environmental assessment, as the requirement for SEA was transposed into Irish law subsequent to the preparation of the current development plan.

However the do-nothing scenario is not considered to be a reasonable alternative as the review of the existing, and the making of a new, development plan is statutorily required under planning legislation.

5.3.2 Alternative I - Low Intensity Approach This scenario plans a more consolidated and compact city with relatively low-intensity development on infi ll and key development sites across the city. In line with national and regional policy, densities of new developments would be in accordance with the minimum net densities advised in recent Ministerial guidelines, Sustainable Residential Development in Urban Areas, issued to planning authorities, i.e. 35 dwellings per hectare. Along the routes of existing / proposed transport lines new developments would be planned for at



the higher end of the scale, with densities of 50 dwellings per hectare delivered at, or close to, transport stations and hubs.

The height of new development city-wide would be at the lower end, most likely rising to between two and four storeys.

Clustering of economic and cultural activities and the designation of key areas for redevelopment would be less likely to occur due to the sprawling of physical development across the city. In order to cater adequately for housing demand, urban sprawl would occur with future potential development seeping into the administrative areas of the adjoining Dublin authorities and beyond.

All lands zoned for employment i.e. Zoning Objective Z6, would continue to accommodate low-density, warehouse employment and enterprise related uses in buildings of one to two storey in height with a low plot ratio and surrounded by extensive amounts of car parking. Some of these lands may witness an increase in employment-generating uses but at a very low level of intensity and overall increase in employee numbers would be low.

Retail development would be spread across the city with less emphasis on building up the primacy of the city centre and key district centres (Level 3). The city centre would be less competitive and would lose out economically to the regional centres.

Existing buildings, including structures of architectural merit, would remain underused or suffer from lack of use and underinvestment due to lower levels of intensifi cation and consequent lack of demand for space in the city’s existing building stock.

Due to the relatively low intensity of development and low concentrations of employees and residents investment in social and public transport would be minimal as signifi cant investment in public transport would not be justifi ed.

Key Elements of Alternative I are:

■ Densities of between 35 – 50 residential units per hectare delivered in the city

■ Height of new development no greater than four storeys with one to two storeys delivered on lands zoned for employment i.e. Zoning Objective Z6

■ Lower levels of investment in public transport and supporting community / social infrastructure as densities would be too low to justify the increased investment

■ Non-clustering of economic activities

■ Existing buildings that are currently under-used or vacant remain

5.3.3 Alternative II – Mid Intensity Approach This scenario plans a more compact, consolidated city on a medium-intensity basis with the development of the city focused on ensuring that Dublin city functions as the primary economic engine of the state.

Density and intensity of development would increase across the entire city but would vary depending on location and connections of areas to supporting infrastructure. Relatively higher densities and intensity of development would be realised on underutilised and vacant sites in the city-centre, inner-city and designated areas such as key developing areas, key district centres, areas in need of regeneration, etc. and along existing and planned-for public transport routes and at hubs. Spatial and sectoral clusters

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of economic, cultural and educational activities would occur in the city centre, along designated corridors in well connected areas of the city and along good public transport routes radiating from the city centre.

In line with achieving a more compact and consolidated city throughout the entire city area, the outer city and suburban areas of the city would also witness increases in intensity levels, albeit at a more moderate scale, achieved through subdivision of existing building stock and sites and through smaller-scale, infi ll developments. Densities, however, would not be as high as those in the city centre and key designated areas.

The city would remain a predominantly low-rise city with the height of new developments largely in the range of six to eight storeys in the city centre, district centres and developing areas and would be lower in outer city and the suburbs. Higher buildings would be possible in some limited locations.

Under-utilised lands served by existing and / or planned public transport initiatives such as those lands, including brownfi eld, currently zoned for employment, i.e. Z6-zoned lands, would be redeveloped at higher densities accommodating mixed-use formats.

Residential densities of approximately 120 units per ha could be delivered with plot ratios of 1:2 to 1:3 for employment-generating uses.

The designation of areas for more intense development in a targeted manner would allow for mechanisms for the greening of the city landscape to come into play such as allowing for an integrated network of quality green spaces and corridors and for

the realisation of the full potential of public areas such as the City Quays, College Green etc.

Key Elements of Alternative II are:

■ A targeted approach to the future development with the city centre, (including all the underutilised and vacant sites), areas in need of signifi cant regeneration, and other areas of the city identifi ed and designated for greater intensities of development served by existing and planned quality public transport infrastructure

■ The city region developed as the engine of the national economy with a network of spatial and sectoral clusters

■ Densities of approximately 120 units per hectare realised in city centre, inner city, key district centres, key developing areas, and on those under-utilised lands well served by existing and planned public transport infrastructure

■ The outer city and suburbs would also witness increases in densities, although at a more modest scale

■ Height of new developments would generally be in the 6 to 8 storey range in central and designated areas, 2 to 4 storeys in suburban and outer city areas, with some scope for higher buildings in limited locations for reasons of investment, identity and vitality

■ Lands currently zoned for employment and in close proximity to existing or future public transport corridors redeveloped to higher densities accommodating primarily more intense employment-generating uses in the knowledge and green economies



■ Identifi cation of mechanisms for the greening of the city landscape to allow for an appropriate balance between accommodating future development with the recreational, heritage and biodiversity needs of the city

■ Development planned to ensure that the economic role and competitiveness of the city centre are strengthened to allow it to continue to develop as the prime retail centre for the region

■ Smaller-scale neighbourhood retail centres retained and developed in the outer city and suburban areas to complement and underpin the city centre

5.3.4 Alternative III – High Intensity Approach This scenario plans a more compact, consolidated city on a high-intensity basis. All areas of the city would be potentially available for increases in density, including the suburbs, outer city, open spaces, environmentally more vulnerable areas etc. A more fl exible, market-driven approach to developing the city would prevail with the majority of the city area available for higher-intensity development.

There would be no upper limit on amount of potential development permitted or on the height of buildings proposed. Densities of up to 250 units per hectare could be achieved across the city. Less emphasis would be placed on the achievement of sustainable densities where quality of life issues are to the fore.

Enterprise and employment-zoned lands would be permitted to develop to maximum intensities with high plot ratios of 1:5 facilitated, along with intense levels of development in key district centres.

Existing building stock, including that of architectural importance, would be considered as having potential for redevelopment and / or intensifi cation of use.

There would be no need to designate certain areas for more concentrated forms of development potential as all city lands would be available for concentrated development and increased intensities of retail, commercial and residential uses. Signifi cant amounts of development would be possible in areas where currently only small-scale development is permitted i.e. informal and formal open spaces and environmentally sensitive areas.

Key Elements of Alternative III are:

■ Higher density and intensity of development possible across the city

■ Maximum height and plot ratios possible in developments throughout the city, city centre and suburbs alike with less regard given to the existing conservation, environmental or character of areas

■ No particular areas designated or targeted for redevelopment as all areas of the city would be available for intense redevelopment

6EVALUATION OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN ALTERNATIVES


Section 6 | EVALUATION OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN ALTERNATIVES

6.0 INTRODUCTION

Article 5 of the SEA Directive requires the Environmental Report to evaluate the alternatives identifi ed i.e. “…..reasonable alternatives taking into account the objectives and geographical scope of the plan or programme, are identifi ed, described and evaluated.”

6.1 TESTING THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN ALTERNATIVES

The three identifi ed alternatives have been identifi ed as per Section 5. These three alternative scenarios have been assessed against the set Environmental Protection Objectives.

The environmental objectives have each been given a unique code e.g. BFF1 equates to the objective ‘To protect and enhance the diversity of habitats and species in the city’, CF2 equates to the objective ‘Minimise emissions of greenhouse gases’ and so forth. This allows for ease of legibility and reference in the assessments matrices as set out in Appendix 1.

Box 2 below sets out the Environmental Protection Objectives alongside their unique shorthand code.

Box 2: Environmental Protection Objectives and Corresponding Codes

POPULATION AND HUMAN HEALTH

PPH1 Promote the creation of a healthy and sustainable city in which to live, recreate and work

BIODIVERSITY, FLORA AND FAUNA

BFF1 Protect and enhance the diversity of habitats and species in the city

BFF2 Identify opportunities for new habitats, buffer zones and wildlife / green corridors

AIR

A1 Protect good air quality status and minimise the output of Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and Particulate matter (PM10),the main threats to air quality

AIR

A2 Reduce noise where necessary and maintain the environmental acoustic quality where it is good

CLIMATIC FACTORS

CF1 Reduce waste of energy and maximise use of renewable energy source / generation

CF2 Minimise emissions of greenhouse gases

CF3 Reduce and manage the risk of fl ooding

WATER

W1 To comply with EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60/EC i.e. to ensure and maintain good ecological status of all receiving waters in the Dublin region into the future

W2 Provide adequate wastewater treatment, water distribution and drainage networks

MATERIAL ASSETS

MA1 To reduce traffi c levels by encouraging modal change from car to more sustainable forms of public transport and encourage non-car dependent development

MA2 Reduce the generation of waste and adopt a sustainable approach to waste management

CULTURAL HERITAGE

CH1 Protect and enhance the city’s cultural, including architectural and archaeological, heritage

LANDSCAPE AND SOILS

LS1 Conserve and enhance areas and elements of the city landscape

LS2 Preserve and enhance the city landscape vegetation carbon sink through photosynthesis

LS3 Preserve or enhance linkage in the city landscape to support wildlife corridors and protect riverine zones

LS4 Give preference to the re-use of brownfi eld lands, rather than developing greenfi eld lands


EVALUATION OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN ALTERNATIVES | Section 6

Table 9 and Section 6.2 below contain the detail of the evaluation of the three alternative development plan alternatives as tested against each of the environmental protection objectives using the following key:

SYMBOL IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT

+ / + + Potentially Signifi cant Benefi cial Impact on the status of the Environmental Protection Objective

- / - - Potentially Signifi cant Adverse Impact on the status of the Environmental Protection Objective

0 No Relationship with, or an Insignifi cant Impact on, the status of the Environmental Protection Objective

It should be noted that where impacts are increased, this increased level of impact has been recorded with double symbols e.g. + + or - -


Section 6 | EVALUATION OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN ALTERNATIVESTa

ble

9: A

sses

smen

t of t

he D

evel

opm

ent P

lan

Alte

rnat

ives

Env

ironm

enta

l R

ecep

tor

Env

ironm

enta

l P

rote

ctio

n O

bje

ctiv

es

Alte

rnat

ive

I – L

ow In

tens

ity

Alte

rnat

ive

II –

Mid

Inte

nsity

A

ltern

ativ

e III

– H

igh

Inte

nsity

Po

pu

lati

on

/

Hea

lth

Pro

mot

e th

e cr

eati

on

of

a su

stai

nab

le, c

om

pac

t

and

hea

lth

y ci

ty in

wh

ich

to

live,

rec

reat

e

and

wo

rk

- -

Low

den

sity

dev

elop

men

t spr

ead

acro

ss th

e ci

ty r

esul

ting

in d

ispe

rsio

n

and

seep

age

of d

evel

opm

ent i

nto

adjo

inin

g pl

anni

ng a

utho

rity

area

s;

Pla

ces

of w

ork

/ ed

ucat

ion

and

resi

denc

es le

ss li

kely

to b

e w

ithin

sust

aina

ble

trav

el d

ista

nces

of o

ne

anot

her

Wou

ld n

ot a

llow

for

the

criti

cal m

ass

of

popu

latio

n le

vels

req

uire

d to

sup

port

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd g

row

th o

f Key

Dev

elop

men

t Are

as, k

ey d

istr

ict

cent

res

etc

Unc

o-or

dina

ted

disp

erse

d pa

tter

n of

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t

+ +

Seq

uent

ial a

ppro

ach

to fu

ture

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

city

with

desi

gnat

ion

of b

est c

onne

cted

area

s fo

r hi

gher

den

sitie

s an

d

conc

entr

ated

leve

ls o

f mix

ed-u

se

deve

lopm

ent;

Pos

sibl

e to

pro

vide

for

mix

ed-u

se

deve

lopm

ents

in a

med

ium

den

sity

form

at, w

ith h

ighe

r de

nsiti

es a

long

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort c

orrid

ors,

ens

urin

g

that

peo

ple

have

the

choi

ce to

live

in c

lose

pro

xim

ity to

thei

r w

ork

/

plac

es o

f edu

catio

n et

c.

Incr

ease

d le

vels

and

den

sity

of

deve

lopm

ent i

n a

co-o

rdin

ated

,

sequ

entia

l man

ner

wou

ld a

llow

for

pote

ntia

l to

incr

ease

com

mun

ity

infr

astr

uctu

re th

roug

h pl

anni

ng g

ain

Crit

ical

mas

s of

pop

ulat

ion

and

com

mer

cial

dev

elop

men

t cou

ld b

e

built

up

to s

uch

a le

vel t

o su

ppor

t

the

prim

acy

of th

e ci

ty c

entr

e

unde

rpin

ned

by k

ey d

evel

opm

ent

area

s, d

esig

nate

d di

stric

t cen

tres

and

area

s in

nee

d of

reg

ener

atio

n

Gre

ater

inve

stm

ent i

n pu

blic

tran

spor

t jus

tifi e

d du

e to

dem

and

gene

rate

d al

low

ing

for

inte

grat

ion

of

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort a

nd la

nd u

ses

- -

+

Less

co-

ordi

nate

d, m

ore

fl exi

ble

appr

oach

to b

uild

ing

up th

e ci

ty w

ith n

o pa

rtic

ular

area

s de

sign

ated

for

grea

ter

inte

nsity

of

deve

lopm

ent o

r re

gene

ratio

n

Gre

ater

dev

elop

men

t pre

ssur

es p

lace

d on

open

spa

ces,

env

ironm

enta

lly s

ensi

tive

area

s

and

inst

itutio

nal l

ands

for

max

imum

den

sity

deve

lopm

ent

Very

hig

h de

nsity

dev

elop

men

ts m

ore

likel

y to

be p

rovi

ded

in a

mon

o-us

e fo

rmat

res

ultin

g

in lo

nger

com

mut

ing

times

bet

wee

n pl

ace

of

wor

k an

d ho

me

and

supp

ortin

g se

rvic

es

Less

opp

ortu

nitie

s to

pro

vide

for

netw

ork

of

gree

n op

en s

pace

s in

a h

igh

inte

nsity

, unc

o-

ordi

nate

d ur

ban

envi

ronm

ent

Ultr

a-co

mpa

ct d

evel

opm

ents

less

con

duci

ve to

good

pla

ce m

akin

g du

e to

the

limits

on

mix

ed

uses

, mix

ed te

nure

s, fe

w o

pen

spac

es e

tc

Dis

adva

ntag

ed o

r le

ss d

esira

ble

area

s

less

like

ly to

ben

efi t

from

muc

h ne

eded

rede

velo

pmen

t due

to th

eir

unat

trac

tiven

ess

to p

oten

tial i

nves

tors

Com

mun

ity in

fras

truc

ture

thro

ugh

plan

ning

gain

in th

e ar

eas

of h

ighe

r de

nsity



Env

ironm

enta

l R

ecep

tor

Env

ironm

enta

l P

rote

ctio

n O

bje

ctiv

es

Alte

rnat

ive

I – L

ow In

tens

ity

Alte

rnat

ive

II –

Mid

Inte

nsity

A

ltern

ativ

e III

– H

igh

Inte

nsity

Bio

div

ers

ity

/

Flo

ra a

nd

Fau

na

`

Pro

tect

an

d e

nh

ance

the

div

ersi

ty o

f h

abit

ats

and

sp

ecie

s in

th

e ci

ty

- -

Low

den

sity

of d

evel

opm

ent s

prea

d

acro

ss th

e ci

ty r

esul

ting

in in

crea

sed

pote

ntia

l for

dev

elop

men

t to

encr

oach

into

gre

enfi e

ld, d

esig

nate

d an

d

unde

sign

ated

hab

itats

res

ultin

g in

poss

ible

dis

turb

ance

, hab

itat l

oss

and

/ or

hab

itat f

ragm

enta

tion

Pro

mot

ion

of a

mor

e co

mpa

ct

cons

olid

ated

city

, and

pla

ns fo

r

incr

ease

d po

pula

tion

num

bers

wou

ld p

lace

incr

ease

d pr

essu

res

on th

e w

aste

wat

er in

fras

truc

ture

,

whi

ch in

turn

cou

ld p

oten

tially

lead

to d

eter

iora

tion

in w

ater

qua

lity

and

impa

ct n

egat

ivel

y up

on b

iodi

vers

ity in

the

city

if n

ot m

itiga

ted

agai

nst.

With

incr

ease

in c

onst

ruct

ion

and

due

to d

ispe

rsed

nat

ure

of th

e

city

’s d

evel

opm

ent,

likel

ihoo

d th

at

perm

eabl

e la

ndsc

apes

are

con

vert

ed

to h

ard

surf

aces

lead

ing

to fl

oodi

ng

eros

ion,

alte

ratio

n an

d di

rect

loss

of

habi

tat u

nles

s m

itiga

ted

agai

nst

+ -

Opp

ortu

nitie

s pr

esen

ted

in

mod

erat

e de

nsity

dev

elop

men

ts

to p

rovi

de n

ew o

pen

spac

es a

nd

gree

n co

rrid

ors;

Pro

mot

ion

of a

mor

e co

mpa

ct

cons

olid

ated

city

, and

pla

ns fo

r

incr

ease

d po

pula

tion

num

bers

will

plac

e in

crea

sed

pres

sure

s on

the

was

te w

ater

infr

astr

uctu

re, w

hich

in tu

rn c

ould

pot

entia

lly le

ad to

dete

riora

tion

in w

ater

qua

lity

and

impa

ct n

egat

ivel

y up

on b

iodi

vers

ity

in th

e ci

ty if

not

miti

gate

d ag

ains

t.

With

incr

ease

in c

onst

ruct

ion

in th

e

city

ther

e w

ould

be

a lik

elih

ood

that

som

e pe

rmea

ble

land

scap

es a

re

conv

erte

d to

har

d su

rfac

es le

adin

g

to fl

oodi

ng e

rosi

on, a

ltera

tion

and

dire

ct lo

ss o

f hab

itat b

ut

oppo

rtun

ities

will

exis

t to

incr

ease

area

s of

gre

en s

pace

s, g

reen

linka

ges,

etc

as

part

of m

id-d

ensi

ty

sche

mes

- -

Incr

ease

d pr

essu

res

on b

iodi

vers

ity in

envi

ronm

enta

lly s

ensi

tive

and

impo

rtan

t

area

s fr

om h

igh

dens

ity d

evel

opm

ent a

nd

recr

eatio

nal n

eeds

With

incr

ease

in c

onst

ruct

ion

in th

e ci

ty th

ere

is a

n in

crea

sed

likel

ihoo

d th

at p

erm

eabl

e

land

scap

es a

re c

onve

rted

to h

ard

surf

aces

lead

ing

to fl

oodi

ng e

rosi

on, a

ltera

tion

and

dire

ct lo

ss o

f hab

itat;

Pro

mot

ion

of a

mor

e co

mpa

ct c

onso

lidat

ed

city

, and

pla

ns fo

r in

crea

sed

popu

latio

n

num

bers

will

plac

e in

crea

sed

pres

sure

s on

the

was

te w

ater

infr

astr

uctu

re, w

hich

in tu

rn

coul

d po

tent

ially

lead

to a

det

erio

ratio

n in

wat

er q

ualit

y an

d im

pact

neg

ativ

ely

upon

biod

iver

sity

in th

e ci

ty if

not

miti

gate

d ag

ains

t

Iden

tify

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

new

hab

itat

s, b

uff

er

zon

es a

nd

wild

life

/

gre

en c

orr

ido

rs

- Few

opp

ortu

nitie

s to

iden

tify

new

habi

tats

due

to d

ispe

rsed

foot

prin

t of

low

inte

nsity

, low

den

sity

dev

elop

men

t

+ Opp

ortu

nitie

s to

dev

elop

gre

en

corr

idor

s an

d ne

twor

ks a

s pa

rt o

f

co-o

rdin

ated

, mod

erat

e de

nsity

prop

osal

s

- Due

to p

oten

tial h

igh

leve

ls o

f dev

elop

men

t

with

hig

h pl

ot r

atio

s in

all

loca

tions

acr

oss

the

city

ther

e w

ill be

ext

rem

ely

limite

d

oppo

rtun

ities

for

new

hab

itats

, buf

fer

zone

s

and

wild

life

/ gr

een

corr

idor

s


Section 6 | EVALUATION OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN ALTERNATIVESE

nviro

nmen

tal

Rec

epto

rE

nviro

nmen

tal

Pro

tect

ion

Ob

ject

ives

A

ltern

ativ

e I –

Low

Inte

nsity

A

ltern

ativ

e II

– M

id In

tens

ity

Alte

rnat

ive

III –

Hig

h In

tens

ity

Air

P

rote

ct g

oo

d a

ir q

ual

ity

stat

us

and

min

imis

e

the

ou

tpu

t of

Nit

rog

en

Oxi

des

(NO

x) a

nd

Par

ticu

late

mat

ter

(PM

10),t

he

mai

n t

hre

ats

to a

ir q

ual

ity

- Dev

elop

men

t spr

ead

acro

ss th

e ci

ty

at lo

wer

den

sitie

s; g

reat

er a

mou

nt o

f

cros

s-ci

ty a

nd o

ut o

f city

com

mut

ing

by c

ar r

esul

ting

in g

reat

er a

ir po

lluta

nts

incl

udin

g N

Ox a

nd P

M10

;

Inve

stm

ent i

n pu

blic

tran

spor

t

unde

rmin

ed b

y sp

read

of p

opul

atio

n

acro

ss th

e ci

ty

+

Ens

urin

g ne

w m

ixed

-use

deve

lopm

ents

of h

ighe

r de

nsity

and

occu

panc

y ra

tes

are

wel

l ser

ved

by

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort w

ill re

duce

leve

l of

jour

neys

und

erta

ken

by p

rivat

e ca

r,

havi

ng a

n ov

eral

l pos

itive

impa

ct o

n

air

qual

ity

Furt

her

impr

ovem

ents

and

effi c

ienc

ies

in p

ublic

tran

spor

t

also

ach

ieva

ble

due

to in

crea

sing

conc

entr

ated

dem

ands

res

ultin

g

in a

n ev

en g

reat

er m

odal

shi

ft fr

om

priv

ate

car

to p

ublic

tran

spor

t

+ -

Impr

ovem

ents

in p

ublic

tran

spor

t and

mod

al

shift

but

num

ber

of v

ehic

les

in th

e ci

ty

rem

ains

hig

h du

e to

inte

nsity

of r

esid

entia

l

and

com

mer

cial

act

ivity

thro

ugho

ut th

e ci

ty

Red

uce

no

ise

wh

ere

nec

essa

ry a

nd

mai

nta

in

the

envi

ron

men

tal

aco

ust

ic q

ual

ity

wh

ere

it is

go

od

- Dev

elop

men

t spr

ead

acro

ss th

e

city

res

ultin

g in

gre

ater

am

ount

of

com

mut

ing

by p

rivat

e ca

r ac

ross

the

city

; gre

ater

num

ber

of p

rope

rtie

s

bein

g af

fect

ed b

y tr

affi c

noi

se

+

Incr

ease

d de

nsiti

es a

cros

s th

e ci

ty

allo

win

g fo

r gr

eate

r in

vest

men

t in

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort (

mai

nly

rail

base

d)

and

less

nee

d to

trav

el b

y pr

ivat

e

car

with

less

per

sons

affe

cted

by

nois

e fr

om c

ars;

Ther

e m

ay b

e so

me

incr

ease

in

nois

e le

vels

for

resi

dent

s liv

ing

alon

g Q

BC

s; R

ail-b

ased

pub

lic

tran

spor

t not

a m

ajor

con

trib

utor

in

term

s of

noi

se

+ -

Incr

ease

d de

nsiti

es a

cros

s th

e ci

ty a

llow

ing

for

grea

ter

inve

stm

ent i

n pu

blic

tran

spor

t

(mai

nly

rail

base

d) a

nd le

ss n

eed

to tr

avel

by p

rivat

e ca

r w

ith le

ss p

erso

ns a

ffect

ed b

y

nois

e fr

om c

ars;

ther

e m

ay b

e so

me

incr

ease

in n

oise

leve

ls fo

r re

side

nts

livin

g al

ong

QB

Cs;

Rai

l-bas

ed p

ublic

tran

spor

t not

a m

ajor

cont

ribut

or in

term

s of

noi

se

Very

hig

h de

nsiti

es m

ay b

e pr

oble

mat

ic in

term

s of

noi

se p

ollu

tion

with

in a

nd b

etw

een

resi

dent

ial s

chem

es a

nd a

lso

in m

ixed

use

sche

mes

with

a r

ange

of l

and-

uses

in c

lose

prox

imity

to o

ne a

noth

er in

a h

igh

dens

ity

form

at



Env

ironm

enta

l R

ecep

tor

Env

ironm

enta

l P

rote

ctio

n O

bje

ctiv

es

Alte

rnat

ive

I – L

ow In

tens

ity

Alte

rnat

ive

II –

Mid

Inte

nsity

A

ltern

ativ

e III

– H

igh

Inte

nsity

Clim

atic

Fac

tors

Red

uce

was

te o

f

ener

gy

and

ma

xim

ise

use

of

ren

ewab

le

ener

gy

sou

rce

/

gen

erat

ion

- Gre

ater

com

mut

ing

by p

rivat

e ca

r

Inve

stm

ent i

n pu

blic

tran

spor

t

unde

rmin

ed b

y lo

w p

opul

atio

n

num

bers

livi

ng a

nd w

orki

ng a

long

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort r

oute

s an

d cl

ose

to

tran

spor

t hub

s;

Som

e in

crea

se in

CO

2 em

issi

ons

as a

res

ult o

f bui

ldin

g ac

tivity

in th

e

resi

dent

ial a

nd c

omm

erci

al s

ecto

rs;

oppo

rtun

ities

to o

ffset

with

the

cons

truc

tion

of b

uild

ings

with

gre

ater

ener

gy e

ffi ci

ency

+ +

Gre

ater

den

sitie

s al

low

ing

for

peop

le to

live

in p

roxi

mity

to th

eir

pla

ces

of e

mp

loym

ent t

here

by

redu

cing

the

need

to tr

avel

Sig

nifi c

ant i

mpr

ovem

ents

to

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort u

nder

Tra

nspo

rt

21, c

yclin

g ne

twor

ks a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n of

wor

kpla

ce

trav

el p

lans

in n

ew d

evel

opm

ents

resu

lting

in a

low

er c

arbo

n ci

ty

Gre

ater

pot

entia

l for

ren

ewab

le

ener

gy u

se in

hig

her

dens

ity

deve

lopm

ents

Som

e in

crea

se in

CO

2 em

issi

ons

as a

res

ult o

f bui

ldin

g ac

tivity

in

the

resi

dent

ial a

nd c

omm

erci

al

sect

ors;

opp

ortu

nitie

s to

offs

et w

ith

the

cons

truc

tion

of b

uild

ings

with

grea

ter

ener

gy e

ffi ci

ency

+ +

Gre

ater

den

sitie

s al

low

ing

for

peop

le to

live

in p

roxi

mity

to th

eir

plac

es o

f em

ploy

men

t

ther

eby

redu

cing

the

need

to tr

avel

Sig

nifi c

ant i

mpr

ovem

ents

to p

ublic

tran

spor

t

unde

r Tr

ansp

ort 2

1, c

yclin

g ne

twor

ks a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n of

wor

kpla

ce tr

avel

pla

ns

in n

ew d

evel

opm

ents

will

resu

lt in

a lo

wer

carb

on c

ity

Gre

ater

pot

entia

l for

ren

ewab

le e

nerg

y us

e in

high

er d

ensi

ty d

evel

opm

ents

Som

e in

crea

se in

CO

2 em

issi

ons

as a

res

ult

of b

uild

ing

activ

ity in

the

resi

dent

ial a

nd

com

mer

cial

sec

tors

; opp

ortu

nitie

s to

offs

et

with

the

cons

truc

tion

of b

uild

ings

with

gre

ater

ener

gy e

ffi ci

ency

Red

uce

an

d m

anag

e

the

risk

of

fl o

od

ing

- Low

er d

ensi

ty d

evel

opm

ent r

esul

ting

in in

crea

se in

com

mut

ing

and

grea

ter

CO

2 em

issi

ons

lead

ing

to fu

rthe

r

clim

ate

chan

ge a

nd fl

oodi

ng

Dev

elop

men

t dis

pers

ed a

cros

s th

e

city

res

ultin

g in

incr

ease

d lik

elih

ood

of

deve

lopm

ent i

n ar

eas

liabl

e to

fl oo

d

+ Less

was

te o

f ene

rgy

due

to le

ss

com

mut

ing

by p

rivat

e ca

r and

incr

ease

d am

ount

s of

trav

el b

y

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort,

bicy

cle

and

wal

king

Dev

elop

men

t foc

used

in d

esig

nate

d

and

esta

blis

hed

area

s w

hile

s

avoi

ding

are

as a

t ris

k of

fl oo

ding

+ -

Less

was

te o

f ene

rgy

due

to le

ss c

omm

utin

g

by p

rivat

e ca

r and

incr

ease

d am

ount

s of

trav

el

by p

ublic

tran

spor

t, bi

cycl

e an

d w

alki

ng

Gre

ater

pre

ssur

e to

loca

te d

evel

opm

ent i

n

area

s lia

ble

to fl

oodi

ng



nviro

nmen

tal

Rec

epto

rE

nviro

nmen

tal

Pro

tect

ion

Ob

ject

ives

A

ltern

ativ

e I –

Low

Inte

nsity

A

ltern

ativ

e II

– M

id In

tens

ity

Alte

rnat

ive

III –

Hig

h In

tens

ity

Clim

atic

Fac

tors

(co

nt.

)

Avo

id t

he

dev

elo

pm

ent

risk

of

des

tru

ctio

n o

f

fl o

od

def

ence

s, fl

oo

d

def

ence

str

uct

ure

s

and

fea

ture

s

- Pos

sibl

e ris

k to

fl oo

d de

fenc

es,

stru

ctur

es a

nd fe

atur

es a

s pa

tter

n of

deve

lopm

ent s

praw

ls a

cros

s th

e ci

ty

+ Dev

elop

men

t ris

k to

fl oo

d de

fenc

es,

stru

ctur

es a

nd fe

atur

es a

void

ed

as d

evel

opm

ent c

once

ntra

ted

in

desi

gnat

ed a

reas

of t

he c

ity

- Sig

nifi c

ant d

evel

opm

ent p

ress

ures

pla

cing

the

fl ood

def

ence

s, s

truc

ture

s an

d fe

atur

es a

t

pote

ntia

l ris

k of

des

truc

tion

as a

mor

e ad

-hoc

appr

oach

is ta

ken

rega

rdin

g lo

catio

ns fo

r

deve

lopm

ent

La

nd

sca

pe

&

So

ils

Pro

tect

an

d e

nh

ance

area

s an

d e

lem

ents

of

the

city

lan

dsc

ape

- Spr

ead

of d

evel

opm

ent r

ight

acr

oss

the

city

; pot

entia

l to

encr

oach

on,

or h

ave

a ne

gativ

e vi

sual

impa

ct

on, n

atur

al la

ndsc

apes

, des

igna

ted

land

scap

es o

r re

sult

in th

e lo

ss o

f

natu

ral e

lem

ents

of t

he la

ndsc

ape

e.g.

urba

n tr

ees

- +

Whi

le in

crea

sed

deve

lopm

ent c

ould

pote

ntia

lly h

ave

a ne

gativ

e im

pact

on th

e ci

ty la

ndsc

ape,

it w

ould

be p

ossi

ble

to lo

cate

a s

igni

fi can

t

prop

ortio

n of

dev

elop

men

t in

desi

gnat

ed, h

ighe

r de

nsity

are

as to

avoi

d lo

ss o

r m

argi

nalis

atio

n of

the

city

’s v

alue

d la

ndsc

apes

, pro

tect

ion

of fu

ture

des

igna

ted

land

scap

es o

r

natu

ral e

lem

ents

of t

he la

ndsc

ape

e.g.

urb

an tr

ees.

Sig

nifi c

ant a

dditi

onal

new

deve

lopm

ent w

ould

be

targ

eted

into

des

igna

ted

area

s an

d co

uld

be

man

aged

to a

llow

the

enha

ncem

ent

of th

e ci

ty la

ndsc

ape

- Pre

ssur

es fo

r de

velo

pmen

t in

all a

reas

of t

he

city

pot

entia

lly r

esul

ting

in a

neg

ativ

e vi

sual

impa

ct o

n na

tura

l lan

dsca

pes,

des

igna

ted

land

scap

es o

r lo

ss o

f nat

ural

ele

men

ts o

f the

land

scap

e e.

g. u

rban

tree

s

Pre

serv

e an

d e

nh

ance

the

city

lan

dsc

ape

veg

etat

ion

car

bo

n s

ink

thro

ug

h p

hot

osy

nth

esis

- Less

con

cent

rate

d fo

rm o

f

deve

lopm

ent u

tilis

es g

reat

er a

mou

nt o

f

the

natu

ral l

ands

cape

res

ultin

g in

less

pote

ntia

l for

pho

tosy

nthe

sis

+

Incr

ease

d op

port

uniti

es fo

r

gree

ning

the

city

and

gre

ater

pote

ntia

l for

pho

tosy

nthe

sis

to

occu

r

-

Incr

ease

d lik

elih

ood

that

per

mea

ble

land

scap

es a

re c

onve

rted

to h

ard

surf

aces

redu

cing

the

pote

ntia

l for

pho

tosy

nthe

sis

to

occu

r



Env

ironm

enta

l R

ecep

tor

Env

ironm

enta

l P

rote

ctio

n O

bje

ctiv

es

Alte

rnat

ive

I – L

ow In

tens

ity

Alte

rnat

ive

II –

Mid

Inte

nsity

A

ltern

ativ

e III

– H

igh

Inte

nsity

La

nd

sca

pe

&

So

ils (C

on

t.)

Pre

serv

e o

r en

han

ce

linka

ge

in c

ity

lan

dsc

ape

to s

up

po

rt

wild

life

corr

ido

rs a

nd

pro

tect

riv

erin

e zo

nes

- Dev

elop

men

t per

mitt

ed to

spr

ead

out

to th

e ur

ban

frin

ges

in a

dis

pers

ed

man

ner

wou

ld p

lace

und

ue p

ress

ures

on p

rote

cted

riv

erin

e zo

nes

and

may

resu

lt in

frag

men

tatio

n of

exi

stin

g, o

r

pote

ntia

l, gr

een

linka

ges

+ Opp

ortu

nitie

s to

inco

rpor

ate

open

spac

e an

d gr

een

linka

ges

as

part

of m

ediu

m d

ensi

ty s

chem

es

whi

ch a

re lo

cate

d in

are

as w

ith th

e

carr

ying

cap

acity

to a

bsor

b fu

rthe

r

deve

lopm

ent

- -

Unc

o-or

dina

ted

built

urb

an fa

bric

lim

iting

oppo

rtun

ities

to c

reat

e gr

een

land

scap

e

linka

ges

and

corr

idor

s

Pre

ssur

e fo

r de

velo

pmen

t on

wild

life

corr

idor

s

and

clos

e to

or

in r

iver

ine

zone

s

Giv

e p

refe

ren

ce t

o th

e

reu

se o

f b

row

nfi

eld

lan

ds,

rat

her

th

an

dev

elo

pin

g g

reen

fi el

d

lan

ds

- Gre

ater

pre

ssur

e on

gre

enfi e

ld s

ites

on

the

urba

n fr

inge

s by

a m

ore

spra

wlin

g,

less

den

se p

atte

rn o

f dev

elop

men

t

+ Con

cent

ratin

g po

pula

tions

into

cent

ral a

nd d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

of th

e

city

will

allo

w fo

r su

stai

nabl

e re

use

of u

nder

-util

ised

bro

wnfi

eld

site

s

whi

lst a

void

ing

gree

nfi e

ld la

nds

+ -

Whi

le b

row

nfi e

ld s

ites

wou

ld li

kely

be

deve

lope

d, in

crea

sed

pres

sure

s w

ould

als

o

be p

lace

d on

gre

enfi e

ld la

nds

as a

res

ult o

f a

mor

e la

isse

z fa

ire a

ppro

ach

to d

evel

opm

ent

acro

ss th

e ci

ty

Wat

er

To c

om

ply

wit

h E

U

Wat

er F

ram

ewo

rk

Dir

ecti

ve (

WF

D)

200

0/6

0/E

C i.

e. t

o

ensu

re a

nd

mai

nta

in

go

od

eco

log

ical

sta

tus

of a

ll re

ceiv

ing

wat

ers

in t

he

Du

blin

reg

ion

into

th

e fu

ture

-

Incr

ease

d po

pula

tion

plac

ing

incr

ease

d pr

essu

res

on th

e w

aste

wat

er in

fras

truc

ture

whi

ch is

alre

ady

clos

e to

cap

acity

. Thi

s si

tuat

ion

turn

coul

d po

tent

ially

lead

to a

det

erio

ratio

n

in w

ater

qua

lity

if no

t miti

gate

d ag

ains

t

- Pro

mot

ion

of a

mor

e co

mpa

ct

cons

olid

ated

city

will

plac

e

incr

ease

d pr

essu

res

on th

e w

aste

wat

er in

fras

truc

ture

whi

ch is

alre

ady

clos

e to

cap

acity

. Thi

s si

tuat

ion

turn

cou

ld p

oten

tially

lead

to a

dete

riora

tion

in w

ater

qua

lity

if no

t

miti

gate

d ag

ains

t

- Pro

mot

ion

of a

mor

e co

mpa

ct c

onso

lidat

ed

city

will

plac

e in

crea

sed

pres

sure

s on

the

was

te w

ater

infr

astr

uctu

re w

hich

is a

lread

y

clos

e to

cap

acity

. Thi

s si

tuat

ion

turn

cou

ld

pote

ntia

lly le

ad to

a d

eter

iora

tion

in w

ater

qual

ity if

not

miti

gate

d ag

ains

t

Pro

vid

e ad

equ

ate

was

tew

ater

tre

atm

ent,

wat

er d

istr

ibu

tio

n

net

wo

rks

and

dra

inag

e

net

wo

rks

0 Neu

tral

Impa

ct o

n th

e pr

ovis

ion

of

adeq

uate

wat

er d

istr

ibut

ion

and

drai

nage

net

wor

ks

0 Neu

tral

Impa

ct o

n th

e pr

ovis

ion

of

adeq

uate

wat

er d

istr

ibut

ion

and

drai

nage

net

wor

ks

0 Neu

tral

Impa

ct o

n th

e pr

ovis

ion

of a

dequ

ate

wat

er d

istr

ibut

ion

and

drai

nage

net

wor

ks



nviro

nmen

tal

Rec

epto

rE

nviro

nmen

tal

Pro

tect

ion

Ob

ject

ives

A

ltern

ativ

e I –

Low

Inte

nsity

A

ltern

ativ

e II

– M

id In

tens

ity

Alte

rnat

ive

III –

Hig

h In

tens

ity

Mat

eria

l Ass

ets

To r

edu

ce t

raffi

c le

vels

by

enco

ura

gin

g m

od

al

chan

ge

fro

m c

ar t

o

mo

re s

ust

ain

able

fo

rms

of p

ub

lic t

ran

spo

rt

and

en

cou

rag

e

no

n-c

ar d

epen

den

t

dev

elo

pm

ent

-

Urb

an d

evel

opm

ent s

prea

d ac

ross

the

city

res

ultin

g in

crea

sed

depe

nden

ce

on th

e pr

ivat

e ca

r; B

enefi

ts o

f pub

lic

tran

spor

t inv

estm

ents

som

ewha

t offs

et

by lo

w le

vels

of p

opul

atio

n w

orki

ng

/ liv

ing

with

in w

alki

ng d

ista

nce

of

prov

isio

n of

sam

e

+ +

Sig

nifi c

ant i

nves

tmen

ts in

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort t

o su

ppor

t hig

h

popu

latio

n le

vels

Incr

ease

d op

port

uniti

es to

pro

vide

for

open

spa

ces,

net

wor

ks a

nd

cycl

eway

s in

the

city

as

part

of m

id-

dens

ity s

chem

es

+ -

Sig

nifi c

ant i

nves

tmen

ts in

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort t

o

supp

ort h

igh

popu

latio

n de

nsity

leve

ls; l

imite

d

oppo

rtun

ities

to c

reat

e fo

r pe

dest

rian

linka

ges

due

to h

igh

inte

nsity

and

cov

er o

f urb

an

deve

lopm

ent

Red

uce

th

e g

ener

atio

n

of w

aste

an

d a

do

pt

a

sust

ain

able

ap

pro

ach

to w

aste

man

agem

ent

- Pla

ns fo

r an

incr

ease

in p

opul

atio

n an

d

incr

ease

in c

onst

ruct

ion

wou

ld h

ave

the

pote

ntia

l to

incr

ease

was

te le

vels

unle

ss m

itiga

ted

agai

nst

- +

Pla

ns fo

r an

incr

ease

in p

opul

atio

n

and

incr

ease

in c

onst

ruct

ion

wou

ld

have

the

pote

ntia

l to

incr

ease

was

te

leve

ls u

nles

s m

itiga

ted

agai

nst

This

alte

rnat

ive

plan

s fo

r th

e re

use

of b

uild

ings

- +

Pla

ns fo

r an

incr

ease

in p

opul

atio

n an

d

incr

ease

in c

onst

ruct

ion

wou

ld h

ave

the

pote

ntia

l to

incr

ease

was

te le

vels

unl

ess

miti

gate

d ag

ains

t

This

alte

rnat

ive

plan

s fo

r th

e re

use

of

build

ings

Cu

ltu

ral H

eri

tag

e P

rote

ct a

nd

en

han

ce

the

city

’s c

ult

ura

l,

incl

ud

ing

arc

hit

ectu

ral

and

arc

hae

olo

gic

al,

her

itag

e

- -

Low

den

sity

dev

elop

men

t and

urb

an

spra

wl o

f new

dev

elop

men

ts r

esul

ting

in v

acan

cy a

nd u

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6.2 ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVES

All three alternatives will place increased pressures on wastewater infrastructure, which in turn could potentially lead to deterioration in water quality and impact negatively upon biodiversity in the city if not mitigated against. However, all three alternatives are all reliant on the wastewater treatment infrastructure being upgraded as well as a new wastewater treatment plan coming on stream at regional level. The defi ciency of adequate water supply is also an issue for all three alternatives.

6.2.1 Alternative I - Low Intensity This alternative would present challenges for all of the environmental receptors. (See Table 9 above) The following section provides a summary:

It is considered that the Low-Intensity Alternative would lead to urban sprawl. The quality of life for the city’s residents, employees, students etc. would be negatively impacted upon as commuting times are increased between places of employment, places of education and people’s homes. Greater commuting by private car would result in greater levels of congestion, increased toxic emissions, more energy wasted with consequent negative impacts on air quality, greater CO2 emissions which in turn has potential for climate change including fl ooding.

The critical mass required for the economic functioning and vitality of the city centre, areas identifi ed for regeneration and other designated areas would not be possible as development spreads across the city. This would leave many areas of the city with an absence of, or underperforming, supporting retail and other supporting services, amenities and infrastructure. Increased travelling by the city’s population

would be required in order to avail of these facilities leading to greater dependency on the private car, greater greenhouse gas emissions, more energy wasted etc.

The less concentrated the population, the less benefi ts are reaped from the signifi cant proposed investment in public transport. While some areas would be served by good transport links, many areas of the city and a signifi cant proportion of the population would not be within sustainable distances of good public transport choices. Places of work / education and residences are therefore less likely to be within sustainable travel distances of one another

With policy that limits intensifi cation of development and populations in established areas in the city, pressure for development would be increased on greenfi eld sites located in less connected, more remote urban locations. Greenfi eld development results in greater demands for transport and wastewater infrastructure provision in suburban locations with relatively low population levels etc.

Development at a low level of intensity would be more likely to encroach upon valuable habitats, both designated and undesignated, leading to the disturbance, fragmentation or possible loss of same. Furthermore, with development spreading over the city on a low intensity basis, fewer opportunities would present themselves to allow for the identifi cation of new habitats, buffer zones, wildlife and green corridors. The preservation and enhancement of the city landscape carbon sink through photosynthesis would be less likely to occur due to a more sprawling form of development which utilises a greater amount of the natural landscape than a more focused form of urban development.



Existing buildings, including structures of architectural merit, will be under-used or suffer from lack of use resulting in threats to their continued existence.

6.2.2 Alternative II – Mid Intensity The medium-intensity scenario allows for the optimum use of urban land, supports and underpins the signifi cant levels of investment, both recent and planned, in public transport infrastructure, best supports the primacy of the city centre, allows for the targeted development of designated innovation corridors, key district centres, Key Development Areas and regeneration areas which ultimately leads to greater economic returns and benefi ts to the city’s population whilst reducing urban sprawl.

Those areas that are best connected with transport, water infrastructure etc, either now or in the near future, could be designated for higher density development, allowing for the creation of mixed-use, co-ordinated development with the critical masses required to support their long-term viability and survival into the future.

Supporting the primacy of the city centre, allows for the build up of the required critical mass of residents, employees and employment generating uses to underpin a strong city region and a city capable of competing on a global basis. This in turn will attract greater numbers of people to live and work in the city as a more compact, green, clean and connected city is developed.

This approach would provide for a predominately low to medium-rise city with some high-rise buildings (50m+) acceptable in principle for reasons of identity, vitality and investment in designated areas of the city.

In time, this alternative will lead to a more compact urban structure, relative to the city’s population size, will reduce the growth in overall demand for long-distance commuting and avoid the development pressures on greenfi eld sites that are remote from educational and community facilities, public transport, and infrastructure. The consolidation of the city with an effective public transport system is an essential component for a competitive city at the heart of the region. Reduction in levels of commuting by private car would result in less toxic emissions such as nitrogen oxides and particulate matter with consequent positive results for the city’s air quality. With an increase in rail-based transport noise levels will be lower than those generated from comparable private car travel. Rail-based transport is not considered to be a major contributor in terms of noise. With new Quality Bus Corridors (QBCs) and/or extension of QBCs, there may be some consequent increase in noise levels for those residents living along the route of the QBC.

Creating a more compact urban form will thus avoid the problems of underuse or lack of use of structures, including those of architectural interest, while contributing to a sense of identity and establishing a sense of place.

While increased development will lead to increased land cover and the conversion of permeable landscapes to hard surfaces, thereby reducing areas of green spaces for biodiversity, carbon sink purposes etc, in this scenario development can be concentrated in a targeted manner into designated areas. Such areas would have carrying capacity to absorb signifi cant new developments, whilst avoiding those more sensitive areas on the fringes of the urban area.



Targeting certain areas that are capable of absorbing signifi cant amounts of development, allows for the protection of those more environmentally vulnerable and signifi cant areas, such as designated and undesignated habitat areas. Opportunities will also exist in mid-density schemes to include green spaces, green roofs etc. which would allow for the creation of new habitats, wildlife corridors etc.

6.2.3 Alternative III - High Intensity Unco-ordinated, dispersed and ad-hoc high-density proposals spread across the entire city area, including greenfi eld areas, outer suburban areas and possibly in more environmentally sensitive areas of the city would have an overall negative impact on all of the environmental receptors.

The future development of the city mainly on a market-led and fl exible basis with maximum commercial development permitted in principle on all the existing employment lands, greenfi eld and brownfi eld sites in the city despite signifi cant distances from quality public transport routes and hubs. Investment in public transport would be more diffi cult to justify without the joined-up, co-ordinated approach required for effective land-use and transport integration.

Places of work and residences would less likely to be in close proximity to one another as areas where growth occurs may not necessarily be linked to one another, either physically or by good public transport linkages.

An unco-ordinated, more fl exible approach to the development of the city would fail to allow the critical mass of investment, residents and employees required for designated development areas, the key district centres and regeneration areas to thrive. The city centre would be unlikely to

perform as well as it should to allow it to remain and continue to grow as the primary economic engine of the state.

Opportunities to provide for quality open space (both public and private) as part of schemes would be signifi cantly decreased. Furthermore, pressures for development in more vulnerable and environmentally sensitive areas would have detrimental negative impacts on biodiversity, fl ora and fauna in the city.

Unsustainable development pressures would be placed on the city’s cultural heritage, with irreversible changes resulting in many instances. The city’s landscape, important views and valuable vistas would be more than likely be under threat from development or else lost.

Allowing the potential for higher buildings in all parts of the city could have signifi cant citywide negative impacts on the city landscape.

Areas in need of signifi cant regeneration and traditionally excluded areas may well be overlooked for investment, redevelopment and uplifting as investors seek to maximise returns in more profi table and desirable areas. This approach would not allow for the critical mass of population levels required to support the development and growth of Key Development Areas, key district centres, regeneration areas, some areas of the inner city etc.

6.3 PREFERRED PLAN ALTERNATIVE

Based on the analysis of the alternative scenarios as detailed in Table 9 and Sections 6.2.1–6.2.3 above, the Mid Intensity approach was selected as the preferred approach. This approach has been found to have the most positive impact on the environment. It serves to



maximise the development potential of Dublin city’s limited land supply; makes most effi cient use of land; supports the signifi cant investments that have been made and will be made in the near future in public transport, and represents a co-ordinated approach to the future of the city which allows all areas of the city to reach their full potential.

This Mid Intensity approach, as with the Low Intensity and High Intensity alternatives, is dependent on the upgrading of existing and also the provision of a new regional wastewater treatment plan. Mitigation measures will be required to deal with this issue as well as the issues of water supply.

The city development plan that has emerged from the plan preparation process has a close correlation with Alternative II - the Mid Intensity Approach.

7EVALUATION OF DUBLIN CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2011 – 2017


Section 7 | EVALUATION OF DUBLIN CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2011 – 2017

7.0 EVALUATION OF DUBLIN CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2011 – 2017

7.1 INTRODUCTION

This section of the Environmental Report evaluates the policies of the development plan and should be read in conjunction with the Evaluation Matrix set out in Appendix A. Evaluation of objectives was also undertaken as a precautionary approach. The evaluation of the objectives is set out in the Evaluation Matrix in Appendix C. This evaluation assesses the likely or potential signifi cant effects on the environment, i.e. on biodiversity, human health, fauna, fl ora, soil, water air, climatic factors, material assets, cultural heritage (including architectural heritage) and soils & landscape of implementing the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017.

7.2 EVALUATION METHODOLOGY

The assessment of the likely signifi cant effects on the environment of implementing the development plan was carried out, in accordance with best practice methodology. The methodology employed was the accepted and commonly used methodology of creating a matrix, whereby the policies of the plan area listed on one axis and the environmental protection objectives on the other. The policies of the development plan were tested against the Environmental Protection Objectives developed earlier in the SEA process.

To avoid the Environmental Report being dominated by a series of complex matrices these detailed matrices have been included as appendices in this report (see Appendix A and Appendix C) while a summary of the signifi cant environmental impacts are provided in Tables 10 – 17 below. Potential benefi cial and adverse impacts have been identifi ed in line with the requirements of the SEA Directive. Potential effects of plan policies have been categorised as:

Potential to have:

■ A ‘Signifi cant Benefi cial Impact’

■ An ‘Uncertain Impact’ on Environmental Receptor

■ A ‘Signifi cant Adverse Impact’ on Environmental Receptor

■ An ‘Insignifi cant Impact’ or ‘No Relationship’

7.2.1 Population and Human Health The policies of the development plan have been found to have overall signifi cant benefi cial impacts on population and human health. The plan promotes the development of a compact, quality, green, clean and connected city with plan polices all refl ecting the desire to achieve this. The plan emphasises the need to integrate land-use and transportation and sets out a strategy for mixed-use, thriving economic and residential environment underpinned by recreational and community infrastructure provided in a timely fashion, in accessible locations and connected to, or within easy reach of, good public transport networks. Initiaves such as the creation of a green network and the promotion of a City Play Plan, have potential for signifi cant benefi cial impacts on the city’s recreational needs. Furthermore, plan policy facilitates and encourages economic growth and renewal to strengthen the city as the state’s main economic engine with an emphasis on innovation and clustering of economic activity while also encouraging energy effi ciency, reduction of toxic emissions and greenhouse gases. Economic policies promote the promotion of sustainable development by balancing complex sets of environmental, social or economic goals in planning decisions which can only prove to be positive for population and human health. The plan policies are all geared towards facilitating a city to be


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more enterprising, connected, sustainable, inclusive and attractive. Overall the plan will ensure the future development of a city of communities and neighbourhoods where people choose to live and work for long periods of their lives and raise a family if they so wish.

See Table 10 for a summary of potential impacts of the development plan on Population and Human Health.

Table 10: Summary of Impacts of the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 - 2017 on Population and Human Health

Development Plan Policies

Summary of Signifi cant Impacts on Population and Human Health

Shaping the City Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts

Making Dublin the Heart of the City Region

Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts

Connecting and Sustaining the City’s Infrastructure


Greening the City Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts

Fostering Dublin’s Character and Culture


Revitalising the City’s Economy


Strengthening the City as The National Retail Destination


Providing Quality Homes in a Compact City


Creating Good Neighbourhoods and Successful Communities


7.2.2 Biodiversity, Flora and FaunaThe development plan was found largely to have potential for signifi cant benefi cial effects on the biodiversity, fl ora and fauna of the city. Overall the plan promotes a more compact city in a consolidated format with certain areas designated for intensifi cation of development, avoiding the sprawl of development out to the urban fringes and onto greenfi eld sites. Such an approach concentrates new development largely into built-up, well-connected urban areas whilst avoiding more environmentally sensitive and vulnerable sites. The plan also encourages opportunities to protect existing, and create new, habitats through the inclusion of such initiatives as the creation of a multi-functional green network which includes areas of high biodiversity value. Emphasis is also placed on the protection of designated, as well as undesignated sites, of high biodiversity value.

The plan places emphasis on intensifi cation, higher density, population and economic growth and development over the lifetime of the plan and beyond. A potentially signifi cant adverse impact of the plan on biodiversity is the potential deterioration of waterbodies. Dublin region’s wastewater treatment plant at Ringsend is currently operating at capacity. Without the provision of upgraded and new wastewater infrastructure, the city’s ability to absorb additional population, economic growth and development is seriously restricted. Mitigation is necessary.

Policy contained within the plan to increase accessibility generally, including pedestrian and cyclist access, to rivers, canals, areas of natural recreation, private recreational lands etc could also have potential signifi cant adverse impacts in terms of disturbance, fragmentation or loss of habitats unless mitigated against. Plan policies to support major infrastructural projects such as waste to energy, Eastern By-Pass Route etc. could also have potential



signifi cant adverse impacts in terms of disturbance, fragmentation or loss of habitats. Mitigation is necessary.

See Table 11 for a summary of potential impacts of the development plan on Biodiversity, Flora and Fauna.

Table 11: Summary of Impacts of the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 - 2017 on Biodiversity, Flora and Fauna


Summary of Signifi cant Impacts on Biodiversity, Flora and Fauna

Shaping the City Many Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts as intensifi cation of the city allows for the avoidance of building on or near natural areas and areas / sensitive and valuable habitats

Policies to consolidate the city could have potential Signifi cant Adverse Impacts on water quality a result of limitations on the wastewater treatment capacity which could in turn potentially have Signifi cant Adverse Impacts on water-based habitats in the city


Largely Insignifi cant Impacts with some Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts;

A small minority of policies could result in potential Signifi cant Adverse Impacts on the existing habitats in the city as a result of policies to provide a strategic cycle network across the city and to support the provisions of projects such as the Eastern By-Pass Route. These initiatives may be constructed in, or close to, more environmentally sensitive areas

Greening the City Largely Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts with some Insignifi cant Impacts.

Some policies having a potential Signifi cant Adverse Impacts i.e. those which promote improving pedestrian and cycling routes to strategic level amenities which could include environmentally sensitive or vulnerable habitat areas or which promote opening up private recreational lands for recreational proposes could potentially impact upon sensitive / signifi cant habitats - potential for impact on habitats in the bay and other water bodies as a result of increased recreational pursuits on the water


Largely Insignifi cant Impacts with one policy i.e. promoting access to historic water bodies, having a potential Negative Impact on sensitive habitats in rivers and water ways


Largely Insignifi cant Impacts with some Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts as intensifi cation of the city allows for the avoidance of building on or near natural areas and areas / sensitive and valuable habitats.

Policies to consolidate the city in the region could have potential signifi cant adverse impact on water quality a result of limitations on the wastewater treatment capacity which could potentially have a Signifi cant Adverse Impact on water-based habitats in the city


Majority of policies found to have Insignifi cant Impacts on, or no relationship with, Biodiversity, Flora and Fauna.

Potential Signifi cant Adverse Impacts from policy advocating a pro-active and positive approach to the consideration of economic impact of proposed developments in terms of potential for deterioration in water quality as a result of limitations on the wastewater treatment capacity and as a result of increased emissions and increased output of greenhouse gases

Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts from promotion of sustainable development while balancing economic, environmental or social goals in planning decisions.




Summary of Signifi cant Impacts on Biodiversity, Flora and Fauna


Largely Insignifi cant Impacts although some potential Signifi cant Adverse Impacts of a result of signifi cant increase in the amount of retail development in a city where wastewater treatment capacity is reached. This could potentially result in deterioration in water quality which could potentially have a negative impacts on water-based habitats in the city


Overall Insignifi cant Impacts


Largely Insignifi cant Impacts

Potential for Signifi cant Adverse Impacts on biodiversity as a result of some policies to ensure that outdoor shared spaces are accessible to all, to increase access to, and active uses in, recreational areas, the possible provision of playgrounds in more environmentally sensitive areas, the improvement of pedestrian and cycle routes on a city-wide basis including in more environmentally sensitive areas

7.2.3 AIR (Air Quality and Noise)Overall the development plan will have signifi cant benefi cial impacts on air.

Dublin city’s air quality is currently good. Emissions from the transport sector are the main threat to air quality in the city. The plan is based on a compact, consolidated, more intense mixed-use city and reducing urban sprawl with a good integrated public transport network. While additional residential and economic activity will be facilitated and take place in the city over the lifetime of the 2011 – 2017 Development Plan, which could result in increased greenhouse gases, this development will take place in a higher density and a clustering format, in areas that are well connected by existing and future integrated public transport networks. The emphasis throughout the plan is on reducing the need to travel by private car whilst encouraging and facilitating modal

change to more sustainable forms of transport e.g. travel by foot, bicycle and public transport. Reducing the need to travel by unsustainable forms of transport, as the plan policies facilitate, will serve to have signifi cant benefi cial impacts on the air quality of the city.

In relation to noise, again transport is the main issue. Traffi c noise is the dominant noise source in the city. The emphasis throughout the plan is on reducing the need to travel by private car whilst encouraging and facilitating modal change to more sustainable forms of transport e.g. travel by foot, bicycle and public transport. Reducing the need to travel, as the plan policies facilitate, will serve to have signifi cant benefi cial impacts in terms of noise in the city.

See Table 12 for a summary of potential impacts of the development plan on Air.



Table 12: Summary of Impacts of the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 - 2017 on Air


Summary of Signifi cant Impacts on Air

Shaping the City Policies largely found to have Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts with many policies also found to Insignifi cant Impacts on air quality

Largely Insignifi cant Impacts on Noise with a small minority having a Benefi cial Impact


Movement and Transport Policies found to have Largely Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts with a small minority of policies having Insignifi cant Impacts on Air Quality

Movement and Transport Policies found to have Largely Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts with small minority of policies having Insignifi cant Impacts on Noise

Infrastructure Policies found to have largely Insignifi cant Impacts with one policy having a Signifi cant Benefi cial Impact on Air

Infrastructure Policies found to have largely Insignifi cant Impacts with one policy having a Signifi cant Benefi cial Impact on Noise

Greening the City Mainly Insignifi cant Impacts with a large number of policies having Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts on Air Quality

Mainly Insignifi cant Impacts with a Signifi cant number of policies having Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts on Air Quality

Largely Insignifi cant Impacts with some Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts on Noise


Mostly Insignifi cant Impacts on Air Quality coupled with a many polices having Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts

Mostly Insignifi cant Impacts coupled with a many polices having a Signifi cant Benefi cial impact on noise


Majority of policies Found to have Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts with some having Insignifi cant Impacts on air quality

Overall Insignifi cant Impacts on noise


Mainly found to have Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts on air quality

Some policies found to have Insignifi cant Impact on, or no relationship with Air


Largely Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts coupled with some Insignifi cant Impacts on Air Quality

Largely Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts coupled with some Insignifi cant Impacts on Air Quality


Majority of policies found to have Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts on Air Quality

Many policies having a Signifi cant Benefi cial Impact with remaining policies having Largely Insignifi cant Impacts on Noise


Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts with some Insignifi cant Impacts on Air Quality

Overall Insignifi cant Impact on Noise

No Signifi cant Adverse Impacts found on either air quality or noise



7.2.4 Climatic Factors While policies to increase commercial and residential development and economic activity will result in increased energy use and production of greenhouse gases, these negative impacts will be offset by the fact that planning approach taken in the plan is inherently sustainable in terms of energy use. The plan approach is based on the development of a compact city that makes effi cient use of land located in close proximity to good public transport links, both existing and those planned for in the near future, thus minimising urban sprawl. While additional residential and economic activity will be facilitated and take place in the city which could result in increased greenhouse gases, this potential negative impact is offset by the fact that development will take place in well connected, accessible locations served by excellent public transport infrastructure which will reduce the need to travel by private car to less accessible locations on the urban fringe and beyond. Overall climate conditions will be improved with the development of

a more compact, consolidated city in a mixed-use format and some clustering with retail, commercial, employment, residential and recreational uses all within easy reach of one another either on foot, by bicycle or on public transport. Good public transport linkages, both existing and signifi cant improvements in the future, underpin the sustainable planning approach of the plan. Such an approach will signifi cantly reduce the need to travel by private car, which in turn will result in less waste of energy, reduced emissions of greenhouse gases and reduces the risk of fl ooding as a result of climate change.

Some short-term impacts on climatic factors will occur (particularly in relation to the emissions of greenhouse gases and use of energy) as a result of increased development and construction but these would not be considered signifi cant.

See Table 13 for a summary of potential impacts of the development plan on Climatic Factors.

Table 13: Summary of Impacts of the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 - 2017 on Climatic Factors


Summary of Signifi cant Impacts on Climatic Factors

Shaping the City Signifi cant number of policies having a Signifi cant Positive Impact on reducing waste of energy, maximise use of renewable energy source/ generation and reducing and / or managing the risk of fl ooding through policies consolidating the city which reduces the need to travel, promoting accessibility of the city, promoting more sustainable forms of transport such as walking, cycling, use of public transport all reducing the need to travel by unsustainable forms of transport etc.

Remaining policies having an Insignifi cant Impact upon climatic factors


Large majority of Movement and Transport Policies have been found to have overall Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts on Climatic Factors; some policies found to have an Insignifi cant Impact or no relationship

Infrastructure strategy having a Signifi cant Benefi cial Impact on Climatic Factors (particularly on fl ood prevention and management)

Some policies having an Insignifi cant Impact on climatic factors




Summary of Signifi cant Impacts on Climatic Factors

Greening the City There are a signifi cant number of policies that have a Signifi cant Positive Impact on above as they promote accessibility, walking and cycling routes in the city which reduces the need to travel by unsustainable transport modes such as private car

Majority of policies having an Insignifi cant Impact on reducing waste of energy and / or maximising the use of renewable energy source / generation and minimising the emissions of greenhouse gases.

Majority of policies having a Signifi cant Positive Impact on reducing and managing the risk of fl ooding


Overall Insignifi cant Impacts


Some policies with many Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts such as reducing the need to travel with positive impacts on energy as a result of policy to reduce the need to travel which prevents energy wastage, prevents emissions of greenhouse gases which reduces the risk of fl ooding

Largely insignifi cant impacts




No Signifi cant Adverse Impacts found


Majority of policies having a Signifi cant Benefi cial Impact energy effi ciency, minimisation of greenhouse gases and reducing and/or managing the risk of fl ooding


Majority of policies having a Signifi cant Benefi cial Impact on energy effi ciency, minimisation of greenhouse gases and reducing and/or managing the risk of fl ooding

7.2.5 Water The development plan places emphasis on intensifi cation, higher density, population growth, economic growth and increase in development over the lifetime of the plan and beyond. A potentially signifi cant adverse impact of the development plan on water is the potential deterioration of waterbodies. Dublin region’s wastewater treatment plant at Ringsend is currently at capacity. Without the provision of upgraded and new wastewater infrastructure, the city’s ability to absorb additional population, economic growth and development is seriously restricted. Mitigation will be necessary.

Furthermore, supply and demand for drinking water in the Dublin region is fi nely balanced and this will remain the case in the short to medium term. With increased population and growth in the city and region’s activities it will be necessary to identify a new water source supply. Mitigation is necessary in the meantime.

Apart from the wastewater and issues of water supply referred to above, the policies have been found to have likely signifi cant benefi cial impacts on water in the city as the provision of upgraded and new wastewater infrastructure, greening the landscape, protecting and improving biodiversity and areas of environmental importance,



improving the character of watercourses and water quality in general, development of coastal zone management etc.

See Table 14 below for a summary of potential impacts of the development plan on water.

Table 14: Summary of Impacts of the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 - 2017 on Water


Summary of Signifi cant Impacts on Water

Shaping the City Mostly Insignifi cant Impacts with a potential Signifi cant Adverse Impact, as a result of policies to promote the growth of and consolidate the city, on water quality due to current limitations on the wastewater treatment capacity

Some Signifi cant Adverse Impacts on water supply and distribution networks due to the water supply constraints in the longer term

Connecting and Sustaining the City’s Infrastructure (Transport & Movement and Infrastructure)

Overall transport and movement found to have Insignifi cant Impacts or no relationship with water;

Many Infrastructure policies having Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts on water quality; some policies for Infrastructure having mostly Insignifi cant Impact or no relationship with water

Greening the City Many policies found to have Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts with majority of policies found to have Insignifi cant Impact on, or no relationship with water.


Insignifi cant Impacts overall


Mostly Insignifi cant Impacts with a potential Signifi cant Adverse Impact, as a result of policies to promote the growth of and consolidate the city, on water quality due to current limitations on the wastewater treatment capacity



Signifi cant Adverse Impacts, as a result of policies to promote the economic growth of the city, on water quality and water supply due to current limitations on the wastewater treatment capacity


Mostly Insignifi cant Impacts with a potential signifi cant adverse impacts on water quality a result of limitations on the wastewater treatment capacity (as a result of policies to promote the city as the premier retail destination in the state to provide increased amount of retailing for population growth planned in the city with consequent signifi cant growth in retail development)



Mostly Insignifi cant Impacts with potential Signifi cant Adverse Impacts, as a result of policies to promote the growth of and consolidate the city, on water quality due to current limitations on the wastewater treatment capacity



Insignifi cant Impacts overall on water quality and the provision of adequate water distribution and drainage networks



7.2.6 Material Assets (transport and waste management) Overall the plan will have signifi cant benefi cial impacts on transport in the city. The need for a greater modal shift from private car to more sustainable forms of transport is emphasised throughout the plan. The plan’s policies and objectives promote a mixed use, compact format of development in city which makes best use of the scarce land resource in the city and justifi es the signifi cant public transport investments planned for under Transport 21.

The plan will also serve to have signifi cant benefi cial impacts on waste management as the policies of the plan are focused

on delivering sustainable infrastructure, including for waste management, as well supporting the principles of good waste management, to prevent and minimise waste, to develop biological treatment, encourage and support material sorting and recycling and support the provision of waste to energy.

All the above initiatives in the plan will serve to have only signifi cant benefi cial impacts on material assets of the environment.

See Table 15 below for a summary of potential impacts of the development plan on Material Assets.

Table 15: Summary of Impacts of the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 - 2017 on Material Assets


Summary of Signifi cant Impacts on Material Assets (transport and waste management)

Shaping the City Signifi cant minority of polices having Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts as the policies promote mixed-use, sustainable communities served by good transportation linkages, with social and other supporting facilities available at the neighbourhood level which reduces the need to travel; other policies having mostly Insignifi cant Impacts on Transport

Overall insignifi cant Impacts on waste management

No Signifi cant Adverse Impacts found on either transport or waste management


Transport and movement policy having Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts on Transport and having overall Insignifi cant Impacts on Waste Management

Infrastructure Policies having Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts on Waste Management and having overall Insignifi cant Impacts on Transport

Greening the City Signifi cant minority of policies having Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts on Transport; Some policies having an insignifi cant Impact on transport

Mostly having an Insignifi cant Impact on waste management with one policy having a Signifi cant Benefi cial Impact on Waste Management


Largely Insignifi cant Impacts on transport and waste management. Some policies for culture would have Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts on transport as they promote cultural facilities at the neighbourhood level and city level that are accessible to all and within sustainable travel distance of the city’s resident and visiting populations




Summary of Signifi cant Impacts on Material Assets (transport and waste management)


Many policies, such as those promoting consolidating the city, promoting mixed-use, promoting good public transport links and the integration of land-use and transport, having Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts in terms of reducing traffi c levels, encouraging sustainable modal change and encouraging non-car dependent travel; Other policies having mainly insignifi cant impacts on transport and waste management


Majority of policies having an overall Signifi cant Benefi cial Impact on transport. Promoting the primacy of city centre, local and neighbourhood provision and discouraging out of town shopping for non-bulky items all result in an overall reduction in the need to travel

Overall Insignifi cant Impacts on waste management


Signifi cant minority of polices having Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts as the policies promote mixed-use, sustainable communities served by good transportation linkages, with social and other supporting facilities available at the neighbourhood level which reduces the need to travel; other policies having mostly Insignifi cant Impacts on Transport



Mainly Insignifi cant Impacts on Transport coupled with some polices having Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts as the policies promote mixed-use, sustainable communities served by good transportation linkages, with social and other supporting facilities available at the neighbourhood level which reduces the need to travel


7.2.7 Cultural Heritage (including architectural and archaeological heritage) Overall the impacts of the plan was found to have potential signifi cant benefi cial impacts on the cultural heritage of the city due to the emphasis placed on recognising and valuing the city’s heritage, including streets, squares, civic spaces etc, as a unique resource which forms the basis of Dublin city’s cultural tourism attractions. Connectivity and legibility in the historic core of the city is encouraged in order to increase the attractiveness and awareness of the built heritage for those on foot or cycling. The strategy of the plan also includes the promotion and facilitation of the optimum benefi ts to the city of the convention centre, the enhancement of the city as a world-class tourist destination

increasing the attractiveness of the city to overseas visitors as well as the existing population of the city and the country.

The plan also seeks to rejuvenate important historic spaces such as the north Georgian squares and to extend Architectural Conservation Area (ACA) Designation to areas of the city where the streetscape is of prime importance.

There is a potential unknown impact as a result of policy promoting signifi cant residential accommodation on the upper fl oors of premises which may have an adverse impact on the integrity of the building; however the impact is also potentially benefi cial as it may result in bringing underused buildings of architectural merit back into use. Overall the impact is not considered signifi cant as the integrity of the building will be protected



as a result of counterbalancing policies in the plan which ensure the protection of historic structures, their curtilage and setting from any works that would cause loss or damage to their special character.

A further potential unknown impact on archaeology could result with the construction of the DART Underground.

However this will be subjected to a separate environmental assessment at project level. Therefore the potential impact of this project plan is not considered signifi cant.

See Table 16 below for a summary of potential impacts of the development plan on Cultural Heritage.

Table 16: Summary of Impacts of the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 on Cultural Heritage


Summary of Signifi cant Impacts on Cultural Heritage

Shaping the City Largely Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts the Cultural Heritage of the City; some policies found to have insignifi cant impacts


Small number of policies found to have Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts on Cultural Heritage in terms of creating linkages between, and easing accessibility, areas of cultural heritage;

Mostly found to have Insignifi cant Impact on, or no relationship with, Cultural Heritage.

Greening the City Mostly Insignifi cant Impacts with many polices having signifi cant benefi cial impacts on the natural heritage in particular


Largely all having Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts with some policies found to have Insignifi cant Impacts on, or no relationship with, Cultural Heritage


Largely Insignifi cant Impacts with a positive impact on creativity in the city and an Unknown Impact on archaeology due to the proposal to support the provision of a DART underground interconnector


Signifi cant minority of policies having Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts

Remaining policies having Insignifi cant Impacts on, or no relationship with, cultural heritage


Mostly Insignifi cant Impacts with many polices having signifi cant benefi cial impacts on the architectural heritage in particular


Some policies having potential Signifi cant Benefi cial Impact

Majority of policies having Insignifi cant Impacts

Unknown Impact as strategy promotes signifi cant residential accommodation on the upper fl oors of premises which may have a negative impact on the integrity of the building; however it is also potential positive as it may result in bringing underused buildings of architectural merit back into use


Overall insignifi cant impacts



7.2.8 Landscape (incl. city landscape, vegetation carbon sink and wildlife corridors and riverine zones) and Soils The development plan will serve to have potential signifi cant benefi cial impacts overall on landscape and soils of the city. The plan is devised on a strategy of integration of land-use and transport integration with the objective of achieving an integrated and connected city allowing for the protection of greenfi eld sites on the fringes of the urban area. This strategy actively encourages the reuse of brownfi eld

sites in the signifi cantly less environmentally sensitive urban areas and signifi cantly lessens pressure for development on greenfi eld lands

Policies promoting signifi cant regeneration, redevelopment of areas and promotion of taller buildings found to have potential signifi cant adverse Impacts on elements of the city’s natural landscape.

See Table 17 below for a summary of potential impacts of the development plan on Landscape and Soils.

Table 17: Summary of Impacts of the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 - 2017 on Landscape and Soils


Summary of Signifi cant Impacts on Landscape and Soils

Shaping the City City LandscapePotential for Signifi cant Adverse Impacts on elements of the city’s natural landscape as a result of strategy to promote signifi cant regeneration, redevelopment of areas and promotion of taller buildings

Insignifi cant Impacts or No Relationship with elements of the city’s natural landscape from all other elements

Landscape Carbon SinkGenerally found to have Insignifi cant Impacts or No Relationship with the city landscape carbon sink with some polices promoting greater amount of development, consolidation and tall buildings having potential Signifi cant Adverse Impacts on the city landscape carbon sink as green areas of the city are potentially reduced if not mitigated against

Linkages Most policies found to have Insignifi cant Impacts on the preservation or enhancement of linkages in the city landscape with a signifi cant minority of policies found to have Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts on enhancement and linkage as they positively promote linkages in the natural and built form and encourage urban greening

SoilsMostly having Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts as a result of policies to consolidate the city and intensify development in areas of the city well connected by public transport thereby avoiding greenfi eld sites and reusing brownfi eld sites






Transport and Movement Largely found to have Insignifi cant Impacts on the City’s natural landscape with some Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts on the City’s built landscape, particularly in terms of creating a more pleasant and overall accessible landscape for the city’s pedestrians and cyclists

Overall found to have Insignifi cant Impacts on the city landscape carbon sink

Potential Signifi cant adverse impacts on wildlife corridors and riverine zones as a result of policies to provide a strategic cycle network across the city, which may include more environmentally sensitive areas along wildlife corridors and riverine zones

Overall found to have an Insignifi cant Impact on brownfi eld sites but a number of policies which promote integrate of land-use and transport, an integrated and connected city which allows for the protection of greenfi eld sites on the fringes of the urban area and encourages the reuse of brownfi eld sites in the signifi cantly less environmentally sensitive and in development urban areas

Infrastructure All policies found to have an Insignifi cant Impact, or No Relationship with, landscape and soils

Greening the City Broadly found to have Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts on Landscape and Soils; Some policies would have No Signifi cant Impact on, or No Relationship with, Landscape and Soils


Signifi cant Majority of Policies found to have Potential Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts on areas and elements of the city landscape; Majority of policies will have No Impact on elements of the city landscape

Overall found to Insignifi cant Impact, or No Relationship with, the city landscape carbon sink, on the preservation or enhancement of linkage in the city landscape to support wildlife corridors or on soils


Mostly having Insignifi cant Impacts with some elements having a Signifi cant Benefi cial Impact on reuse of brownfi eld lands due to strategy of promoting consolidation, a connected and more compact city


Landscape, Vegetation Carbon Sink and LinkageMostly having Insignifi cant Impacts with some elements having a Signifi cant Benefi cial Impact

SoilsMostly having Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts as a result of policies to consolidate the city and intensify economic development in areas of the city well connected by public transport thereby avoiding greenfi eld sites and reusing brownfi eld sites


Mostly found to have an Insignifi cant or No relationship with city landscape; some policies potential having Signifi cant Adverse Impacts on city landscape vegetation carbon sink as they promote signifi cant development in the retail sector

Majority of policies found to have Signifi cant Benefi cial Impact on the soils as these policies promote the consolidation of retail function of the city, support the primacy of the city, support the provision of neighbourhood shopping – all these retail locations are in the city centre or in established and developed areas of the city; Some policies found to have No Signifi cant Impact or No Relationship with Landscape and Soil






Generally found to have Insignifi cant Impacts or No Relationship with preserving and enhancing linkage; Some Signifi cant Benefi cial Impacts as a result of policies supporting successful integration of new residential into the character of the surrounding area, which includes natural character, and the need to satisfy environmental concerns when proposing demolition of existing building stock


Broadly found to have No Signifi cant Impact on, or No Relationship with, Landscape & Soils; Policy to provide supporting a compact city would have a Signifi cant Benefi cial Impact on reuse of brownfi eld lands and avoid the development of greenfi eld lands

From the assessment carried out it has been found that the implementation of the development plan will serve to have positive impacts overall on the environment. However, as detailed in Tables 10-17 above, the environmental assessment has also identifi ed some policies, when assessed in isolation, that have the potential to have signifi cant adverse impacts on some of the environmental receptors unless mitigated against. Section 8 sets out the proposed mitigation procedures and measures.

7.3 ZONE OF INFLUENCE OUTSIDE THE PLAN AREA:

Many issues to be addressed in the development plan are regional issues, and are to be dealt with by joined-up regional thinking and actions by the relevant local authorities in the region and greater Dublin area.

The Regional Planning guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area 2010 – 2022 have recently being produced. The accompanying SEA has assessed the impacts of the future development on the Greater Dublin Area on an objectives led approach. As stated in the SEA, particular reference was made to the potential cumulative effects in association with other relevant plans and programmes within the GDA area.

Some of the main policies, along with their accompanying objectives, with a zone of infl uence outside the plan area are those relating to:

■ Supporting the RPGs, NSS, Platform for Change etc (Policies SI1, SI2, SI3, SI4)

■ Cycleways and Paths (Policies SI8, GC1)

■ The Eastern Bypass Route (Policy SI19)

■ Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure (Policies SI43, SI44, SI45, SI46)

■ Climatic Factors (Policies SI24, SI25, SI29, SI35, SI41, SI44, SI46)

■ Water Bodies (Policies GC18, GC23)

■ The region (Policies HR1, HR2, HR3, HR4, HR5, HR6, HR7, HR8, HR9, HR10, HR11)

Dublin City Council’s policies to consolidate the city will reduce the future sprawl of development into neighbouring authorities and beyond

8MITIGATION


Section 8 | MITIGATION

8.0 MITIGATION

8.1 INTRODUCTION

This section describes measures to prevent, reduce and as fully as possible offset any potential signifi cant adverse environmental effects of implementing the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017.

As described and detailed in Section 7 and Appendix A, potential signifi cant adverse impacts of implementing the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 arise as a result of policies to facilitate additional population and economic growth and development, increasing densities and generally facilitating intensifi cation of the city, promoting increased access to recreational areas, opening up private recreational areas and promoting taller buildings in some locations of the city. While these policies are fully in line with national and regional policy to consolidate and ensure a more compact city with greater intensity of uses and to ensure that the city’s role as the economic engine of the state is strengthened there is potential for signifi cant adverse impacts on the receiving environment unless mitigated against. Mitigation measures are the measures to prevent, reduce and as fully as possible offset any signifi cant adverse environmental effects as a result of implementing the plan.

Dublin City Council placed sustainability as the overarching theme from the outset of the preparation of the development plan. The creation of a compact, green and connected city made of up of sustainable neighbourhoods informed the preparation of the core strategy and the policies and objectives of the development plan from the outset. The plan also contains planning policies for a sustainable city and region which set out a new initiative to underpin

the sustainable approach taken in the plan. This approach is referred to as the Framework for a Sustainable Dublin (FFSD), a fi ve level framework for a sustainable city offering a strategic approach to guide and align policies, objectives and actions towards sustainable development. See Fig 8 below

Figure 8: Framework for Sustainable Dublin

As a result of sustainability being placed as an overarching theme and the devising of the Framework for Sustainable Dublin (FSD) early on the plan preparation process, a comprehensive set of policies and objectives informed by the principles of sustainability have been devised and incorporated into the plan. These policies and objectives will serve to protect and enhance the rich and diverse natural and manmade environment of Dublin city.

Policies with sustainability at their core allow them to act as mitigation measures to offset any potential adverse impacts on the environment as a result of implementing the development plan. Mitigation in the form of polices serves to formalise the mitigation measures and fully integrates them into the


MITIGATION | Section 8

development plan process and during the implementation phase of the development plan.

8.2 MITIGATION

As set out in Section 7 and detailed in Appendix A some policies will serve to have potential adverse impacts on some environmental receptors, particularly water, landscape and biodiversity, fl ora and fauna. The mitigation measures are set out for each of the affected environmental receptors below.

8.2.1 Water Quality – Mitigation Currently the supporting infrastructural capacity, particular water supply and wastewater infrastructure is at, or very close to capacity. Any additional loading on the wastewater and water supply infrastructure has potential to have signifi cant adverse impacts on water bodies and supply of drinking water.

To mitigate against these potential negative impacts, policies have been included in the development plan to ensure that the necessary supporting infrastructure is provided and that appropriate measures are taken in the short term in the absence of supporting infrastructure. Specifi cally in relation to wastewater treatment, policies have been incorporated into the development plan as follows:

It is the policy of Dublin City Council:

■ To ensure the upgrading of wastewater infrastructure and to facilitate the provision and safeguarding of infrastructure corridors required to facilitate sustainable development in the city and region (see PolicySI43)

■ To support the development of the Greater Dublin Regional Wastewater Treatment Plan, Marine Outfall and

orbital sewer to be located in the northern part of the Greater Dublin Area serve the Dublin region as part of the Greater Dublin Strategic Drainage Strategy (see Policy SI44)

■ To provide additional and improved wastewater treatment capacity by the upgrading of the Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Plant (see Policy SI45)

■ In co-operation with the other local authorities to implement the recommendations, as appropriate, of the Greater Dublin Strategic Drainage Study, subject to funding being available (see Policy SI46)

8.2.2 Water Distribution Networks - Mitigation To mitigate against potential negative impacts with regard to water supply, Dublin City Council has committed to provide for the expansion of water systems. The following policies have been included in the plan to mitigate against any potential adverse impacts as a result of defi ciencies in water supply:


■ In conjunction with other local authorities in the region, to implement a strategy to ensure the development of adequate drinking water systems and to provide for their expansion to meet anticipated demand and to provide for long-term adequate, wholesome and clean and resilient water supplies for the city and region (see Policy SI35)

The policy noted above is a long-term policy. In the short term, Dublin City Council must seek to ensure effi cient use of water resources with the emphasis on conservation. Accordingly policies have been included in the plan as follows:




■ To maximise the potential for benefi cial re-use of water and to reduce leakage to the minimum possible level in the water supply system through operational leak detection measures and the watermains rehabilitation renewal programme (see Policy SI36)

■ To take all reasonable steps to put in place adequate strategic service storage to facilitate the effi cient and effective management of the water supply system (see Policy SI39)

■ To ensure that all costs associated with the provision of water and the collection of wastewater to/from non-domestic customers are recovered from those in accordance with the ‘polluter pays’ principle (see Policy SI40)

8.2.3 Landscape – Mitigation Increased consolidation, higher densities, greater amounts of development, and higher buildings in some locations of the city has potential to have signifi cant adverse impacts on the natural landscape and biodiversity.

Higher buildings in some locations may have negatively impact on important views and prospects that form an important element of the city landscape. To offset the negative visual impacts policy has been included in the plan as follows:


■ To protect and enhance the skyline of the inner city, and to ensure that all proposals for mid-rise and tall buildings make a positive contribution to the urban character of the city, having regard to the criteria and site principles set out in the Development Standards Section. In particular all new proposals

must demonstrate sensitivity to the historic city centre, the river Liffey and quays, Trinity College, the Cathedrals, Dublin Castle, the historic squares and the city canals, and to established residential areas, open recreation areas and civic spaces of local and citywide importance (see Policy SC18)

■ To protect and enhance views and prospects which contribute to the appreciation of landscape and natural heritage (see Policy GC12)

■ That any plan or project with the potential to give rise to signifi cant direct, indirect or secondary impacts on a Natura 2000 site(s) shall be subject to an appropriate assessment in accordance with Article 6(3) of the Habitats Directive (see Policy GC31)

8.2.4 Biodiversity, Landscape and Climatic Factors - MitigationThe plan promotes the provision of signifi cant amounts of new residential, commercial and retail development as part of emerging or key developing areas, areas of regeneration, key district centres etc. Signifi cant transport and engineering infrastructural projects are also planned for the city under Transport 21, National Development Plan etc. The provision of large new developments, facilities and large-scale construction projects may impact negatively upon environmental receptors which relate to protection to biodiversity and protection of habitats and species in the city, the preservation of the city landscape vegetation as a carbon sink. Unless mitigated against, such policies could have potential negative impact on the basis that developments may in some instances be built on former undeveloped lands, result in increased energy use and increase in greenhouse gases etc. However, there are several policies have



been incorporated into the development plan to green the city, to protect and enhance biodiversity through green infrastructure design, to incorporate green corridors etc. These mitigating polices are as follows:


■ To reduce the city’s eco-footprint and to combat the key factors of climate change, in tandem with improving the city’s economic competitiveness and driving the city into the future as a city of leadership on quality of life factors and sustainable living (See Policy SI24)

■ To promote energy effi ciency, energy conservation and the use of renewable energy in existing and new developments (see Policy SI61)

■ To ensure apartment developments on City Council sites are models of international best practice and deliver the highest quality energy effi cient apartment homes with all the necessary support infrastructure such as public parks and suitable shops contributing to the creation of attractive, sustainable, mixed-use and mixed income neighbourhoods (see Policy QH17)

■ To discourage the demolition of habitable housing unless streetscape, environmental and amenity considerations are satisfi ed. In the event that a proposal satisfi es these considerations, a net increase in the number of dwelling units provided shall be required in order promote sustainable development by making effi cient use of scarce urban land (see Policy QH20)

■ To support the sustainability principles set out in the National Spatial Strategy, the Regional Planning guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area, The government’s

‘Smarter Travel, A Sustainable Transport Future 2009 – 2020’ and the National Transportation Authority’s ‘A Platform for Change’ and to ensure that land use and zoning are fully integrated with the provision and development of a comprehensive, sustainable and effi cient, high quality transportation network that accommodates the movement needs of Dublin City and the region (see Policy SI1)

■ To continue to promote the modal shift from private car use towards increased use of more sustainable forms of transport such as cycling, walking and public transport and to implement the initiatives contained in the government’s, Smarter Travel, A Sustainable Transport Future 2009-2020’ (see Policy SI2)

■ To promote the achievement of good ecological status, good ecological potential and good chemical status for all water bodies in the city by 2015 in accordance with the Framework Directive (see Policy SI41)

■ To promote more sustainable development through energy end use effi ciency, increasing the use of renewable energy, and improved energy performance of all new development throughout the city by requiring planning applications to be supported by information indicating how the proposal has been deigned in accordance with the sustainable standards and guiding principles set out in the development plan (see Policy QH10)

■ To make provision for habitat creation/maintenance and facilitate biodiversity by encouraging the development of linear parks, nature trails, wildlife corridors and urban woodlands (See Policy GC3)



■ To improve both biodiversity and access connections with the strategic network at the level of local planning. Green corridors will be pivotal in achieving this (See Policy GC4)

■ To focus on key avenues in the city area between the canals for ‘greening’ by way of higher standards of planting and amenity along key routes (See Policy GC5)

■ To co-operate with Dublin Bay Task Force (DBTF) to work towards developing a framework for Coastal Zone Management Plan for Dublin Bay, developing a detailed masterplan, and identifying new opportunities for enhancing Dublin Bay as a resource (see Policy GC23)

■ To seek the continued improvement of water quality, bathing facilities and other recreational opportunities in the coastal, estuarine and surface waters in the city and to protect the ecology and wildlife in Dublin Bay (see Policy GC24)

■ To protect and enhance bio-diversity in the city through the protection of nature conservation sites, maintenance of valuable mitigation habitats, the creation of a cohesive network of green corridors, green infrastructure design and also through the identifi cation of opportunities for new habitats, buffer zones and wildlife corridors. Buffer zone is a protective area between wildlife / habitats & human activity – traffi c noise etc (See Policy GC25)

■ To protect fl ora, fauna and habitats, which have been identifi ed by the Habitats Directive, Birds Directive, Wildlife Act 1976 (as amended), the Flora Protection Order (S.I. no. 84 of 1999), and the European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations 1997 (S.I. no. 94 of 1997) (See Policy GC26)

■ To conserve and manage all Natural Heritage Areas, Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas identifi ed and designated by the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government (see Policy GC27)

■ To seek the conservation and management of areas of natural environmental value (see Policy GC28)

■ To conserve priority species, habitats, and natural heritage features identifi ed in the Dublin City Biodiversity Action Plan 2008 – 2012 for priority conservation measures (see Policy GC29)

■ To have regard to the conservation and enhancement of signifi cant non-designated areas of ecological importance in accordance with development standards set out in this plan (see Policy GC30).


■ To incorporate and promote the use of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems within City Council developments and other infrastructural projects as set out in the Greater Dublin Regional Code of Practice for Drainage Works (see Policy SI51)

■ To require the use of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems in all new developments where appropriate. The following measures will apply:



➔ The infi ltration into the ground through the development of porous pavement such as permeable paving, swales, detention basins.

➔ The holding of water in storage areas through the construction of green roofs, rainwater harvesting, detention basins, ponds, wetlands.

➔ The slow down of the movement of water (See Policy SI52)

■ To monitor and improve air quality in accordance with national and EU policy directives on air quality and where appropriate promote compliance with established targets (See Policy SI53)

■ To promote the use of Combined Heat and Power in large developments, (See Policy SI63)

■ To improve the management and control of traffi c in the city to increase internal and external sustainable accessibility, to improve road safety, to mitigate the impact of Transport 21 construction works and to minimise the adverse environmental impacts of the transport system. In the city centre this will refl ect the needs of residents, employment and workers, shoppers and visitors (See Policy SI21)

■ To work in conjunction and close co-operation with the adjoining local authorities in the Dublin region, to reduce ‘greenhouse gas’ emissions and mitigate against climate change in a co-ordinated manner on a regional level, with particular regard to energy, planning, transport, waste management, and biodiversity (see Policy HR8)

Policies contained within the plan to increase pedestrian and cyclist access to rivers, canals, areas of natural recreation and private recreational lands could have

potential signifi cant impacts in terms of disturbance, fragmentation or loss of habitats. Any signifi cant adverse impacts are offset by the inclusion of mitigating policies in the plan which will ensure that habitats, designated and undesignated, are protected and enhanced as follows:



■ To protect and enhance bio-diversity in the city through the protection of nature conservation sites, maintenance of valuable mitigation habitats, the creation of a cohesive network of green corridors, green infrastructure design and also through the identifi cation of opportunities for new habitats, buffer zones and wildlife. Buffer zone is a protective area between wildlife / habitats & human activity – traffi c noise etc (See Policy GC25)

■ To protect fl ora, fauna and habitats, which have been identifi ed by the Habitats Directive, Birds Directive, Wildlife Act 1976 (as amended), the Flora Protection Order (S.I. no. 84 of 1999), and the European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations 1997 (S.I. no. 94 of 1997) (See Policy GC26)

■ To conserve and manage all Natural Heritage Areas, Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas identifi ed and designated or proposed to be designated, by the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government. These designations will allow for the



protection in the event of any approved boundary changes by the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government (See Policy GC27)

■ To seek the conservation and management of areas of natural environmental value (See Policy GC28)

■ To conserve priority species, habitats, and natural heritage features identifi ed in the Dublin City Biodiversity Action Plan 2008 - 2012 for priority conservation measures (See Policy GC29)

■ To make provision for habitat creation/maintenance and facilitate biodiversity by encouraging the development of linear parks, nature trails, wildlife corridors and urban woodlands (See Policy GC3)

■ To co-ordinate between open space, biodiversity and fl ood management, in progressing a green infrastructure network (See Policy GC7)

■ To continue to manage and protect and/or enhance public open spaces to meet the social, recreational, conservational and ecological needs of the city and to consider the development of appropriate complementary facilities which do not detract from the amenities of spaces.(See Policy GC15)

■ To have regard to the conservation and enhancement of signifi cant non-designated areas of ecological importance in accordance with development standards set out in this plan (See Policy GC30)

■ To seek the conservation and management of areas of natural environmental value (See Policy GC28)

■ To conserve priority species, habitats, and natural heritage features identifi ed in the Dublin City Biodiversity

Action Plan 2008 – 2010 for priority conservation measures (See Policy GC29)

■ To have regard to the conservation and enhancement of signifi cant non-designated areas of ecological importance in accordance with development standards set out in this plan (See Policy GC30)

■ To co-operate with Dublin Bay Task Force (DBTF) to work towards developing a framework for Coastal Zone Management Plan for Dublin Bay, developing a detailed masterplan, and identifying new opportunities for enhancing Dublin Bay as a resource (See Policy GC23)

■ To protect and improve the natural character of watercourses and to promote access, walkways and other compatible recreational uses along them (See Policy GC6)

8.3 CONCLUSION

In conclusion it is apparent from the above assessment that each section of the development plan includes mitigatory measures in the form of policies to offset any potential impacts on the environmental receptors. No additional mitigation measures were considered necessary in relation to any of the environmental receptors. Policies with sustainability at their core allow them to act as mitigation measures to offset any potential adverse impacts on the environment as a result of implementing the plan. Mitigation in the form of polices serves to formalise the mitigation measures and fully integrates them into the development plan process and during the implementation phase of the development plan.

9MONITORING


Section 9 | MONITORING

9.0 MONITORING

This section sets out the proposed monitoring measures in accordance with Article 10 of the SEA Directive which requires that “signifi cant environmental effects of the implementation of plans and programmes in order, inter alia, to identify at an early stage unforeseen effects, and to be able to undertake appropriate remedial action”. A monitoring programme has been devised having regard to the existing monitoring systems in place and in use by Dublin City Council.

For the purposes of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the development plan, the SEA in-house team developed environmental protection objectives, targets and indicators early on in the SEA process. These are set out in Section 4 of this report. Monitoring of the indicators is essential in order to track the impacts of the development plan on the environment.

See Table 18 below for Monitoring Programme.


MONITORING | Section 9

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(Dra

inag

e D

ivis

ion)

All

wat

er b

odie

s to

mee

t tar

gets

set

in E

RD

B p

lan

as a

dopt

ed b

y El

ecte

d P

ublic

Rep

rese

ntat

ives

an

d by

Min

iste

r for

Env

ironm

ent b

y N

otic

e in

Jul

y 20

10 in

acc

orda

nce

with

S.I.

722

of 2

003

Eco

logi

cal s

tatu

s of

wat

er

bodi

esA

nnua

l E

nviro

nmen

t an

d E

ngin

eerin

g D

epar

tmen

t (D

rain

age

Div

isio

n)

Sus

tain

able

den

sitie

s ac

hiev

ed in

new

re

side

ntia

l / m

ixed

-use

sch

emes

Ave

rage

den

sity

of n

ew

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ent

Ann

ual

Pla

nnin

g an

d E

cono

mic

D

evel

opm

ent

Dep

artm

ent

Bio

div

ersi

ty /

fl

ora

& f

aun

aP

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

the

div

ersi

ty o

f hab

itats

an

d sp

ecie

s in

the

city

No

adve

rse

impa

cts

on d

esig

nate

d na

ture

are

as

/ sp

ecie

s /

habi

tats

To

tal a

rea

of d

esig

nate

d si

tes

(Nat

ura

2000

and

pN

HA’

s)A

nnua

l C

ultu

re, R

ecre

atio

n an

d A

men

ity

Dep

artm

ent (

CR

A)

Tota

l are

a of

Con

serv

atio

n A

reas

A

nnua

lC

RA

Sur

vey

and

mon

itor

exte

nt a

nd

dist

ribut

ion

of in

vasi

ve s

peci

es

Ann

ual

CR

A

Sur

vey

and

mon

itor

dist

ribut

ion

of b

utte

rfl y

popu

latio

ns

Ann

ual

CR

A

Sur

vey

and

mon

itor

dist

ribut

ion

of b

at p

opul

atio

ns

Ann

ual

CR

A

Sur

vey

and

mon

itor

stre

et tr

ees

of D

ublin

City

Ann

ual

CR

A


Section 9 | MONITORINGE

nviro

nmen

tal

Rec

epto

r E

nviro

nmen

tal

Pro

tect

ion

Ob

ject

ive

Targ

etIn

dic

ato

r Fr

eque

ncy

of

Rep

ortin

g D

epar

tmen

t R

esp

ons

ible

Bio

div

ersi

ty /

F

lora

& F

aun

a (c

on

t.)

Iden

tify

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r ne

w h

abita

ts, b

uffe

r zo

nes

and

wild

life

/ gr

een

corr

idor

s

Pro

visi

on o

f new

wet

land

s (a

rtifi

cial

and

in

tegr

ated

) In

crea

sed

area

of w

etla

nds/

Sw

ales

/SU

DS

/ in

squ

are

met

res

on n

ew d

evel

opm

ents

Leng

th o

f cha

nnel

con

vert

ed

from

cul

vert

to n

atur

al c

hann

el

Sur

vey

and

map

ping

of

mig

rato

ry r

oute

s of

pro

tect

ed

spec

ies

Ann

ual

CR

A

Iden

tifi c

atio

n of

oth

er u

ndes

igna

ted

area

s of

na

tura

l her

itage

thro

ugho

ut th

e ci

ty

Impl

emen

tatio

n of

new

set

back

/buf

fer

zone

s fo

r de

velo

pmen

ts a

long

wat

erco

urse

s or

adj

oini

ng

habi

tats

Leng

th o

f lin

ked

gree

n co

rrid

orA

nnua

lC

RA

Incr

ease

d pr

ovis

ion

for

soft

land

scap

e in

ex

istin

g an

d ne

w d

evel

opm

ents

Per

mea

bilit

y in

dex

for

new

site

s fo

r de

velo

pmen

tA

nnua

lC

RA

Air

P

rote

ct g

ood

air

qual

ity s

tatu

s an

d m

inim

ise

the

outp

ut

of N

itrog

en O

xide

s (N

Ox )

and

Par

ticul

ate

mat

ter (

PM

10)

Mee

t val

ue ta

rget

s fo

r na

med

pol

luta

nts

in li

ne

with

Air

Qua

lity

Fram

ewor

k di

rect

ives

Valu

es o

f mon

itore

d po

lluta

nts

in th

e ai

r, in

clud

ing

the

leve

ls

of N

itrog

en O

xide

s (N

Ox )

and

P

artic

ulat

e m

atte

r (P

M10

)

Ann

ual

Env

ironm

ent a

nd

Eng

inee

ring

(air

qual

ity

mon

itorin

g un

it)

Red

uce

nois

e w

here

nec

essa

ry

and

mai

ntai

n th

e en

viro

nmen

tal

acou

stic

qua

lity

whe

re it

is g

ood

Min

imis

atio

n of

noi

se p

ollu

tion

for

city

’s

resi

dent

s %

of r

esid

entia

l pro

pert

ies

expo

sed

to h

igh

soun

d le

vels

Ann

ual

Roa

ds a

nd T

raffi

c in

Ass

ocia

tion

with

E

nviro

nmen

t and

E

ngin

eerin

g



Env

ironm

enta

l R

ecep

tor

Env

ironm

enta

l P

rote

ctio

n O

bje

ctiv

e

Targ

etIn

dic

ato

r Fr

eque

ncy

of

Rep

ortin

g D

epar

tmen

t R

esp

ons

ible

Clim

atic

Fa

cto

rsR

educ

e w

aste

of

ener

gy a

nd m

axim

ise

use

of r

enew

able

en

ergy

sou

rce

/ ge

nera

tion

Incr

ease

ene

rgy

effi c

ienc

y (re

duce

ene

rgy

was

te) b

y 3%

a y

ear

to 2

020

Tota

l sha

re o

f ren

ewab

le e

nerg

y fo

r he

atA

nnua

lE

nviro

nmen

t and

E

ngin

eerin

g in

as

soci

atio

n w

ith

Cod

ema

Tota

l sha

re o

f ren

ewab

le

ener

gy fo

r pu

blic

bui

ldin

gs a

nd

inst

alla

tions

, inc

ludi

ng tr

affi c

Ann

ual

Env

ironm

ent a

nd

Eng

inee

ring

in

asso

ciat

ion

with

C

odem

a

Num

ber

of (s

ocia

l) ho

usin

g un

its, p

ublic

bui

ldin

gs a

nd

com

mun

ity c

entr

es c

onne

cted

to

dis

tric

t and

gro

up h

eatin

g sy

stem

s

Ann

ual

Env

ironm

ent a

nd

Eng

inee

ring

in

asso

ciat

ion

with

C

odem

a

Num

ber

of C

HP

uni

ts w

ithin

the

priv

ate

hous

ing

and

com

mer

cial

se

ctor

s

Ann

ual

Env

ironm

ent a

nd

Eng

inee

ring

in

asso

ciat

ion

with

C

odem

a

Num

ber

of A

and

B r

ated

bu

ildin

gs w

ithin

the

soci

al a

nd

priv

ate

resi

dent

ial s

ecto

r an

d as

a

perc

enta

ge o

f the

tota

l sto

ck

Ann

ual

Env

ironm

ent a

nd

Eng

inee

ring

in

asso

ciat

ion

with

C

odem

a

Num

ber

of A

and

B r

ated

bu

ildin

gs w

ithin

the

com

mer

cial

an

d pu

blic

bui

ldin

gs s

ecto

r an

d as

a p

erce

ntag

e of

the

tota

l st

ock

Ann

ual

Env

ironm

ent a

nd

Eng

inee

ring

in

asso

ciat

ion

with

C

odem

a

Min

imis

e em

issi

ons

of

gree

nhou

se g

ases

Der

ease

in G

HG

em

issi

ons

Ave

rage

ene

rgy

cons

umpt

ion

of

new

res

iden

tial h

ousi

ng s

tock

To

nnes

of C

o 2 /c

apita

/yea

r

Ann

ual

Env

ironm

ent a

nd

Eng

inee

ring

in

asso

ciat

ion

with

C

odem

a

Tree

can

opy

cove

r w

ithin

the

city

are

a to

con

trib

ute

to c

arbo

n se

ques

trat

ion

(no.

of t

rees

)

Ann

ual

Env

ironm

ent a

nd

Eng

inee

ring

in

asso

ciat

ion

with

C

odem

a



nviro

nmen

tal

Rec

epto

r E

nviro

nmen

tal

Pro

tect

ion

Ob

ject

ive

Targ

etIn

dic

ato

r Fr

eque

ncy

of

Rep

ortin

g D

epar

tmen

t R

esp

ons

ible

Clim

atic

Fa

cto

rsR

educ

e an

d m

anag

e th

e ris

k of

fl o

odin

g

Com

plia

nce

with

the

Floo

ds D

irect

ive

and

with

O

PW

/ D

oEH

LG’s

‘Flo

od R

isk

Man

agem

ent i

n th

e P

lann

ing

Pro

cess

’ sta

ndar

ds

Num

ber

of p

lann

ing

perm

issi

ons

com

plia

nt w

ith

the

Floo

ds D

irect

ive

and

OP

W /

DoE

HLG

’s ‘F

lood

Ris

k M

anag

emen

t in

the

Pla

nnin

g P

roce

ss’ s

tand

ards

Ann

ual

Env

ironm

ent a

nd

Eng

inee

ring

(wat

er d

ivis

ion

Floo

d R

isk

Ass

essm

ent b

e ca

rrie

d ou

t for

all

new

dev

elop

men

tsN

umbe

r of

pla

nnin

g pe

rmis

sion

s in

corp

orat

ing

fl ood

ris

k as

sess

men

t and

con

ditio

ns

requ

iring

app

ropr

iate

fl oo

d re

silie

nt m

easu

res

for

new

de

velo

pmen

ts

Ann

ual

Env

ironm

ent a

nd

Eng

inee

ring

(Wat

er

Div

isio

n) &

Pla

nnin

g an

d E

cono

mic

D

evel

opm

ent

Avo

id th

e de

velo

pmen

t ris

k of

des

truc

tion

of fl

ood

defe

nces

, fl o

od d

efen

ce s

truc

ture

s an

d fe

atur

es

Num

ber o

f fl o

od d

efen

ces,

fl oo

d de

fenc

e st

ruct

ures

and

feat

ures

id

entifi

ed

in th

e de

velo

pmen

t pla

n

Ann

ual

Iden

tify

Sus

tain

able

Urb

an D

rain

age

Sys

tem

s (a

nd fe

atur

es w

hich

are

iden

tifi e

d as

hav

ing

a fl o

od d

efen

ce fu

nctio

n) in

all

new

dev

elop

men

ts

Num

ber

of S

usta

inab

le U

rban

D

rain

age

Sys

tem

s an

d fl o

od

defe

nce

feat

ures

req

uire

d in

ne

w p

lann

ing

appl

icat

ions

Ann

ual

Env

ironm

ent

and

Eng

inee

ring

(Wat

er D

ivis

ion)

&

Pla

nnin

g an

d E

cono

mic

D

evel

opm

ent



Env

ironm

enta

l R

ecep

tor

Env

ironm

enta

l P

rote

ctio

n O

bje

ctiv

e

Targ

etIn

dic

ato

r Fr

eque

ncy

of

Rep

ortin

g D

epar

tmen

t R

esp

ons

ible

Wat

erC

omp

ly w

ith E

U

Wat

er F

ram

ewor

k D

irect

ive

2000

/60/

EC i.

e. to

ens

ure

and

mai

ntai

n go

od

ecol

ogic

al s

tatu

s of

al

l rec

eivi

ng w

ater

s in

the

Dub

lin r

egio

n in

to th

e fu

ture

All

wat

er b

odie

s to

mee

t tar

gets

set

in E

RD

B

plan

as

adop

ted

by P

ublic

Rep

rese

ntat

ives

and

by

Min

iste

r fo

r E

nviro

nmen

t by

Not

ice

in J

uly

2010

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith S

.I. 7

22 o

f 200

3

Eco

logi

cal S

tatu

s of

Wat

er

Bod

ies

Ann

ual

Env

ironm

ent &

E

ngin

eerin

g (w

ater

di

visi

on)

Pro

vid

e ad

equa

te

was

tew

ater

tr

eatm

ent,

wat

er

dis

trib

utio

n ne

twor

ks a

nd

dra

inag

e ne

twor

ks

Pro

visi

on o

f ade

quat

e w

ater

, was

tew

ater

tr

eatm

ent a

nd d

rain

age

infr

astr

uctu

re /

fl oo

d pr

even

tion

wor

ks in

acc

orda

nce

with

Dub

lin

City

Cou

ncil’

s S

trat

egic

Wat

er P

lan

for

Wat

er

Ser

vice

s 20

09

Cap

acity

of w

ater

sup

ply

and

was

tew

ater

infr

astr

uctu

re

vers

us d

eman

d

Ann

ual

Env

ironm

ent &

E

ngin

eerin

g (w

ater

di

visi

on)

Mat

eria

l A

sset

s (t

ran

spo

rt

and

was

te

man

agem

ent)

Red

uce

traf

fi c le

vels

by

enc

oura

ging

m

odal

cha

nge

from

car

to m

ore

sust

aina

ble

form

s of

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort

and

enco

urag

e no

n-ca

r d

epen

den

t de

velo

pmen

t

Ext

ensi

on a

nd im

prov

emen

t of t

he c

yclin

g an

d w

alki

ng n

etw

ork

% c

hang

e in

mod

al s

plit

Ann

ual

Roa

ds &

Tra

ffi c

Num

ber

of p

edes

tria

ns a

nd

cycl

ists

cro

ssin

g th

e ca

nals

as

mea

sure

d by

the

annu

al c

ordo

n su

rvey

Ann

ual

Roa

ds &

Tra

ffi c

Red

uce

the

gene

ratio

n of

w

aste

and

ad

opt

a su

stai

nab

le

app

roac

h to

was

te

man

agem

ent

59%

rec

yclin

g ta

rget

by

2013

%

of w

aste

rec

ycle

d

Tonn

e of

was

te p

er c

apita

per

ye

ar

Tonn

es o

f (m

etha

ne p

rodu

cing

) or

gani

c w

aste

div

erte

d fr

om

land

fi ll

Ann

ual

Env

ironm

ent a

nd

Eng

inee

ring

(was

te m

gmt.

divi

sion

)

Ensu

re th

at la

ndfi l

l gas

cap

ture

rate

s of

70

– 75

%

are

achi

eved

at e

xist

ing

and

prop

osed

land

fi ll

faci

litie

s in

the

inte

rest

of m

inim

isin

g em

issi

ons

Land

fi ll g

as c

aptu

re r

ates

A

nnua

l E

nviro

nmen

t and

E

ngin

eerin

g (w

aste

mgm

t. di

visi

on



nviro

nmen

tal

Rec

epto

r E

nviro

nmen

tal

Pro

tect

ion

Ob

ject

ive

Targ

etIn

dic

ato

r Fr

eque

ncy

of

Rep

ortin

g D

epar

tmen

t R

esp

ons

ible

Cu

ltu

ral

Her

itag

e P

rote

ct a

nd

enha

nce

the

city

’s

cultu

ral,

incl

udin

g ar

chite

ctur

al a

nd

arch

aeol

ogic

al,

herit

age

Ens

ure

that

the

cultu

ral h

erita

ge o

f the

city

is

mai

ntai

ned

and

prot

ecte

d fro

m d

amag

e an

d de

terio

ratio

n

Per

cent

age

of P

rote

cted

S

truc

ture

s ‘a

t ris

k’

Num

ber

of A

rchi

tect

ural

C

onse

rvat

ion

Are

as (A

CA

s)

Num

ber

of a

rcha

eolo

gica

l site

s in

vest

igat

ed

Num

ber

of fo

rmal

ad

vice

st

atem

ents

issu

ed (S

ectio

n 57

s an

d S

ectio

n 5s

)

Rev

iew

and

upd

atin

g of

the

Rec

ord

of P

rote

cted

Str

uctu

res

on a

n on

goin

g ba

sis

incl

udin

g th

e re

view

of t

he R

PS

in r

elat

ion

to th

e D

CIH

R

Ret

entio

n of

Con

serv

atio

n O

ffi ce

rs, C

ity A

rcha

eolo

gist

and

te

ams

Num

ber

of p

lann

ing

appl

icat

ions

/ P

art V

III

appl

icat

ions

/str

ateg

ic p

lans

(d

evel

opm

ent p

lan,

LA

Ps/

fram

ewor

k pl

ans/

Urb

an

fram

ewor

k pl

ans

etc.

) with

inpu

t fr

om o

r sc

reen

ed b

y th

e C

ity

Arc

haeo

logi

st

Ann

ual

Pla

nnin

g an

d E

cono

mic

D

evel

opm

ent



Env

ironm

enta

l R

ecep

tor

Env

ironm

enta

l P

rote

ctio

n O

bje

ctiv

e

Targ

etIn

dic

ato

r Fr

eque

ncy

of

Rep

ortin

g D

epar

tmen

t R

esp

ons

ible

Lan

dsc

ape

and

So

ils

Con

serv

e an

d en

hanc

e ar

eas

and

elem

ents

of t

he c

ity

land

scap

e

Dev

elop

new

are

as o

f ope

n sp

ace

and

incr

ease

nu

mbe

r of

tree

sC

hang

e in

are

a pa

rks

and

num

ber

of tr

ees

plan

ted

Ann

ual

Cul

ture

, Rec

reat

ion

and

Am

enity

(CR

A)

Pre

serv

e an

d en

hanc

e th

e ci

ty la

ndsc

ape

vege

tatio

n ca

rbon

si

nk t

hrou

gh

pho

tosy

nthe

sis

To b

alan

ce th

e ca

rbon

gen

erat

ion

of th

e ci

ty

with

nat

ural

car

bon

sink

i.e.

a c

arbo

n ne

utra

l ta

rget

% A

rea

of v

eget

atio

n as

car

bon

sink

A

nnua

l C

RA

% A

rea

of c

ity la

ndsc

ape

as

per

viou

s ar

eaA

nnua

l C

RA

Pre

serv

e or

en

hanc

e lin

kage

in

city

land

scap

e to

sup

por

t wild

life

corr

idor

s an

d p

rote

ct r

iver

ine

zone

s

Cre

atio

n of

a w

ell-c

onne

cted

city

land

scap

e co

nsis

ting

of li

near

ele

men

ts (e

.g. r

iver

cor

ridor

s)

and

netw

orks

)

Leng

th o

f lin

ked

land

scap

e co

rrid

orA

nnua

l C

RA

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e p

refe

renc

e to

the

re-u

se

of b

row

nfi e

ld

land

s, r

athe

r th

an d

evel

opin

g gr

eenfi

eld

land

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land

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be

deve

lope

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tal a

rea

of b

row

nfi e

ld

deve

lopm

ent

Ann

ual

CR

A


Section 9 | MONITORING

APPENDICES


| APPENDICES

10.0 APPENDIX A

Evaluation of the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017

Table 19: Environmental Protection Objectives and Corresponding Codes

POPULATION AND HUMAN HEALTH

PPH1 Promote the creation of a healthy and sustainable city in which to live, recreate and work

BIODIVERSITY, FLORA AND FAUNA

BFF1 Protect and enhance the diversity of habitats and species in the city

BFF2 Identify opportunities for new habitats, buffer zones and wildlife / green corridors

AIR

A1 Protect good air quality status and minimise the output of Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and Particulate matter (PM10),the main threats to air quality

A2 Reduce noise where necessary and maintain the environmental acoustic quality where it is good

CLIMATIC FACTORS

CF1 Reduce waste of energy and maximise use of renewable energy source / generation

CF2 Minimise emissions of greenhouse gases

CF3 Reduce and manage the risk of fl ooding

WATER

W1 To comply with EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60/EC i.e. to ensure and maintain good ecological status of all receiving waters in the Dublin region into the future

W2 Provide adequate wastewater treatment, water distribution networks and drainage networks

MATERIAL ASSETS

MA1 To reduce traffi c levels by encouraging modal change from car to more sustainable forms of public transport and encourage non-car dependent development

MA2 Reduce the generation of waste and adopt a sustainable approach to waste management

CULTURAL HERITAGE

CH1 Protect and enhance the city’s cultural, including architectural and archaeological, heritage

LANDSCAPE AND SOILS

LS1 Conserve and enhance areas and elements of the city landscape

LS2 Preserve and enhance the city landscape vegetation carbon sink through photosynthesis

LS3 Preserve or enhance linkage in the city landscape to support wildlife corridors and protect riverine zones

LS4 Give preference to the re-use of brownfi eld lands, rather than developing greenfi eld lands

Will the implementation of the policy serve to have:

A Signifi cant Benefi cial Impact on Environmental Receptor? +

A Signifi cant Adverse Impact on Environmental Receptor? -

An Uncertain Impact on Environmental Receptor? ?

An Insignifi cant Impact or No relationship with Environmental Receptor? 0


APPENDICES |

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luat

ion

of

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Du

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Cit

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lan

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- 2

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1LS

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3LS

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o co

nsol

idat

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d en

hanc

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ner

city

by

linki

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l mas

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d em

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ters

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mun

ities

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2. T

o de

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ty’s

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and

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6. T

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nd th

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inen

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ws

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conn

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cons

olid

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the

city

and

pro

vide

for

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nom

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omm

unity

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port

for

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11. T

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entifi

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inno

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++

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stin

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0+

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0+


APPENDICES |

CH

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City

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artic

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in p

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hich

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patia

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f the

city

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re

appr

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, and

whi

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re s

uppo

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unity

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d re

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as, h

avin

g re

gard

to th

e

safe

guar

ding

crit

eria

set

out

in C

hapt

er 1

7, D

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prin

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et o

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incl

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pro

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of

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dent

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d co

mm

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+

SC

14. T

o pr

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varie

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f hou

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and

apar

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hich

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te b

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a di

stin

ctiv

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sens

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pla

ce in

par

ticul

ar c

hara

cter

are

as a

nd

neig

hbou

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ds, a

nd c

oher

ent s

tree

ts a

nd o

pen

spac

es.

+0

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00

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00

+0

+0

00

+

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15. T

hat s

igni

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t res

iden

tial /

com

mer

cial

sche

mes

(ove

r 10

0 un

its /

10,

000s

q.m

or

as o

ther

wis

e

dete

rmin

ed b

y th

e pl

anni

ng a

utho

rity

on th

e ba

sis

of

pote

ntia

l im

pact

on

the

surr

ound

ing

envi

ronm

ent),

will

be a

ccom

pani

ed b

y th

e fo

llow

ing:

An

Urb

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Des

ign

Sta

tem

en

t, d

emo

nst

rati

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w t

he

pro

po

sal c

on

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pla

ce

mak

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an

d t

he

ide

nti

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f th

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ca

lity.

(As

set o

ut in

the

Sus

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In a

dd

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unity

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onst

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com

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ity in

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truc

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of t

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rea.

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set o

ut in

the

Sus

tain

able

Sta

ndar

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n).

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++

0+

++

00

+0

++

00

+

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16. T

o re

cogn

ise

and

prom

ote

gree

n in

fras

truc

ture

as a

n in

tegr

al p

art o

f the

form

and

str

uctu

re o

f the

city

. +

++

00

++

+0

00

00

++

+0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

4 -

Sha

pin

g th

e C

ity

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SC

17. T

o pr

otec

t and

enh

ance

the

intr

insi

c qu

ality

of

Dub

lin a

s a

pred

omin

antly

low

-ris

e ci

ty, a

nd to

pro

vide

for

talle

r bu

ildin

gs in

the

desi

gnat

ed li

mite

d lo

catio

ns

(see

Fig

21)

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

SC

18. T

o pr

otec

t and

enh

ance

the

skyl

ine

of th

e

inne

r ci

ty, a

nd to

ens

ure

that

all

prop

osal

s fo

r m

id-r

ise

and

tall

build

ings

mak

e a

posi

tive

cont

ribut

ion

to

the

urba

n ch

arac

ter

of th

e ci

ty, h

avin

g re

gard

to th

e

crite

ria a

nd s

ite p

rinci

ples

set

out

in th

e D

evel

opm

ent

Sta

ndar

ds S

ectio

n. In

par

ticul

ar a

ll ne

w p

ropo

sals

mus

t dem

onst

rate

sen

sitiv

ity to

the

hist

oric

city

cent

re, t

he r

iver

Liff

ey a

nd q

uays

, Trin

ity C

olle

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he

cath

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ls, D

ublin

Cas

tle, t

he h

isto

ric s

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nd th

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city

can

als,

and

to e

stab

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d re

side

ntia

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as, o

pen

recr

eatio

n ar

eas

and

civi

c sp

aces

of l

ocal

and

city

wid

e im

port

ance

. +

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0+

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19. T

o pr

omot

e a

co-o

rdin

ated

app

roac

h to

the

prov

isio

n of

tall

build

ings

thro

ugh

loca

l are

a pl

ans

and

stra

tegi

c m

aste

rpla

ns, i

n or

der

to p

reve

nt v

isua

l clu

tter

or c

umul

ativ

e ne

gativ

e vi

sual

dis

rupt

ion

of th

e sk

ylin

e.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

SC

20. T

o pr

omot

e th

e de

velo

pmen

t of a

net

wor

k of

activ

e, a

ttra

ctiv

e an

d sa

fe s

tree

ts a

nd p

ublic

spa

ces

whi

ch a

re m

emor

able

and

enc

oura

ge w

alki

ng a

s th

e

pref

erre

d m

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of m

ovem

ent b

etw

een

build

ings

and

activ

ities

in th

e ci

ty. I

n th

e ca

se o

f ped

estr

ian

mov

emen

t with

in m

ajor

dev

elop

men

ts, t

he c

reat

ion

of

a pu

blic

str

eet i

s pr

efer

able

to a

n en

clos

ed a

rcad

e or

othe

r pa

ssag

eway

.+

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00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

SC

21. T

o pr

omot

e th

e de

velo

pmen

t of p

ublic

spa

ces

whi

ch a

re o

f con

sist

ently

hig

h qu

ality

and

whi

ch

deliv

er v

ibra

nt, a

ttra

ctiv

e an

d sa

fe p

lace

s fo

r th

e ci

ty’s

com

mun

ities

.+

0+

+0

00

00

0+

0+

00

+0

SC

22. T

o pr

omot

e st

reet

s an

d pu

blic

spa

ces

whi

ch

are

acce

ssib

le a

nd in

clus

ive,

mee

ting

the

requ

irem

ents

of D

ublin

’s d

iver

se c

omm

uniti

es.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

+0

00

0


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 4

- S

hap

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City

P

H1

BFF

1B

FF2

A1A

2C

F1C

F2C

F3W

1W

2M

A1M

A2

CH

1LS

1LS

2LS

3LS

4

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23. T

o pr

omot

e pu

blic

spa

ces

whi

ch a

re d

esig

ned

to d

eter

crim

e an

d an

ti-so

cial

beh

avio

ur a

nd p

rom

ote

safe

ty.

+0

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00

00

00

+0

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00

0

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24. T

o pr

omot

e st

reet

s an

d pu

blic

spa

ces

whi

ch

cont

ribut

e fu

lly to

war

ds in

crea

sed

urba

n gr

eeni

ng.

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++

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00

0+

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0

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25. T

o co

nsid

er a

ppro

pria

tely

des

igne

d an

d lo

cate

d

adve

rtis

ing

stru

ctur

es p

rimar

ily w

ith r

efer

ence

to th

e

zoni

ng o

bjec

tives

and

per

mitt

ed a

dve

rtis

ing

uses

and

with

sec

onda

ry c

onsi

dera

tion

of th

e O

utdo

or

Ad

vert

isin

g S

trat

egy.

In a

ll su

ch c

ases

, the

str

uctu

res

mus

t be

of h

igh

qual

ity d

esig

n an

d m

ater

ials

and

mus

t

not o

bstr

uct o

r en

dang

er r

oad

user

s, p

edes

tria

ns n

or

impe

de fr

ee p

edes

tria

n m

ovem

ent a

nd a

cces

sibi

lity

of

the

foot

path

or

road

way

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

SC

26. T

o ta

ke e

nfor

cem

ent m

easu

res

whe

reve

r

appr

opria

te to

sec

ure

the

rem

oval

of u

naut

horis

ed

adve

rtis

emen

ts fr

om p

rivat

e pr

oper

ty a

nd p

ublic

are

as.

Una

utho

rised

fabr

ic b

anne

rs, m

eshe

s, b

anne

rs o

f

othe

r ad

vert

isin

g fo

rms

will

be s

ubje

ct to

enf

orce

men

t

mea

sure

s.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

SC

27. T

o im

plem

ent t

he P

edes

tria

n W

ayfi n

ding

Sys

tem

whi

ch w

ill pr

ovid

e a

basi

s fo

r a

mor

e co

here

nt

syst

em o

f ped

estr

ian

sign

age.

+0

0+

0+

++

00

+0

+0

00

0

SC

28. T

o pr

omot

e qu

ality

in a

rchi

tect

ure

and

urba

n

desi

gn s

o th

at th

e ci

tizen

s of

Dub

lin c

an e

njoy

the

high

est q

ualit

y bu

ilt e

nviro

nmen

t. Th

is r

elat

es n

ot o

nly

to th

e cr

eatio

n of

new

land

mar

ks w

here

app

ropr

iate

,

but m

ore

impo

rtan

tly to

the

desi

gn q

ualit

y of

gen

eral

deve

lopm

ent a

cros

s th

e ci

ty, w

ith th

e ai

m o

f ach

ievi

ng

exce

llenc

e in

the

ordi

nary

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

+0

00

SC

29. T

o pr

omot

e th

e de

velo

pmen

t of t

he c

ity’s

urba

n fo

rms

so th

at th

ey p

ositi

vely

con

trib

ute

to th

e

city

’s n

eigh

bour

hood

s, p

ublic

spa

ces

and

natu

ral

envi

ronm

ent.

++

+0

00

00

00

00

++

++

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

4 -

Sha

pin

g th

e C

ity

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SC

30. T

o pr

omot

e un

ders

tand

ing

of th

e ci

ty’s

hist

oric

al a

rchi

tect

ural

cha

ract

er to

faci

litat

e ne

w

deve

lopm

ent w

hich

is in

har

mon

y w

ith th

e ci

ty’s

hist

oric

al s

pace

s an

d st

ruct

ures

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

+0

00

SC

31. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

inno

vatio

n in

arch

itect

ural

des

ign

to p

rodu

ce c

onte

mpo

rary

build

ings

whi

ch c

ontr

ibut

e to

the

city

’s a

ckno

wle

dged

cultu

re o

f ent

erpr

ise

and

inno

vatio

n.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

+0

00

SC

32. T

o pr

omot

e th

e de

velo

pmen

t of a

rchi

tect

ure

and

urba

n de

sign

whi

ch e

nhan

ces

loca

l env

ironm

ents

and

whi

ch m

itiga

tes,

and

is r

esili

ent t

o, th

e im

pact

s of

clim

ate

chan

ge.

++

++

0+

++

++

00

0+

+0

0

SC

33. T

o su

ppor

t des

ign

com

petit

ions

for

deve

lopm

ents

whi

ch a

re s

igni

fi can

t for

thei

r si

ze o

r

visu

al p

rom

inen

ce, i

n or

der

to s

timul

ate

inno

vatio

n an

d

qual

ity in

des

ign.

+0

00

00

0+

00

00

++

00

0

CH

AP

TER

5 -

Co

nnec

ting

and

Sus

tain

ing

the

City

’s In

fras

truc

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SI1

. To

supp

ort t

he s

usta

inab

ility

prin

cipl

es s

et

out i

n th

e N

atio

nal S

patia

l Str

ateg

y, th

e R

egio

nal

Pla

nnin

g gu

idel

ines

for

the

Gre

ater

Dub

lin A

rea,

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Tra

nspo

rt’s

, ‘S

mar

ter

Trav

el, A

Sus

tain

able

Tra

nspo

rt F

utur

e 20

09 –

202

0’ a

nd

the

Nat

iona

l Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Offi

ce’s

‘A P

latfo

rm fo

r

Cha

nge’

and

to e

nsur

e th

at la

nd u

se a

nd z

onin

g ar

e

fully

inte

grat

ed w

ith th

e pr

ovis

ion

and

deve

lopm

ent

of a

com

preh

ensi

ve, s

usta

inab

le a

nd e

ffi ci

ent,

high

qual

ity tr

ansp

orta

tion

netw

ork

that

acc

omm

odat

es th

e

mov

emen

t nee

ds o

f Dub

lin c

ity a

nd th

e re

gion

.+

-0

++

++

+0

0+

00

00

0+


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TER

5 -

Co

nnec

ting

and

Sus

tain

ing

the

City

’s In

fras

truc

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SI2

. To

cont

inue

to p

rom

ote

the

mod

al s

hift

from

priv

ate

car

use

tow

ards

incr

ease

d us

e of

mor

e

sust

aina

ble

form

s of

tran

spor

t suc

h as

cyc

ling

wal

king

and

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort,

and

to im

plem

ent t

he in

itiat

ives

cont

aine

d in

the

gove

rnm

ent’s

Sm

arte

r Tr

avel

, A

Sus

tain

able

Tra

nspo

rt F

utur

e 20

09-2

020.

+0

0+

++

++

00

+0

00

00

0

SI3

. To

supp

ort a

nd fa

cilit

ate

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f

an in

tegr

ated

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort n

etw

ork

with

effi

cien

t

inte

rcha

nge

betw

een

tran

spor

t mod

es, t

o se

rve

the

exis

ting

and

futu

re n

eeds

of t

he c

ity in

ass

ocia

tion

with

rel

evan

t tra

nspo

rt p

rovi

ders

, age

ncie

s an

d

stak

ehol

ders

.+

00

++

++

+0

0+

00

00

00

SI4

. To

prom

ote

and

faci

litat

e th

e pr

ovis

ion

of M

etro

Nor

th, D

AR

T U

nder

grou

nd, t

he e

lect

rifi c

atio

n of

the

May

noot

h Li

ne, t

he e

xpan

sion

of L

uas

and

the

Qua

lity

Bus

Net

wor

k in

ord

er to

ach

ieve

the

stra

tegi

c tr

ansp

ort

obje

ctiv

es o

f the

Nat

iona

l Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Offi

ce’s

‘A

Pla

tform

for

Cha

nge’

and

sup

port

the

impl

emen

tatio

n

of th

e Tr

ansp

ort 2

1 P

rogr

amm

e fo

r D

ublin

city

and

the

regi

on.

+0

0+

++

++

00

+0

?0

00

+

SI5

. Not

to p

rovi

de fo

r a

Luas

Lin

e al

ong

Brig

hton

Squ

are

or B

right

on R

oad

in v

iew

of t

he n

egat

ive

impa

ct s

ame

wou

ld h

ave

on th

e re

side

ntia

l am

enity

and

cons

erva

tion

and

herit

age

char

acte

r of

thes

e

resi

dent

ial r

oads

. Dub

lin C

ity C

ounc

il w

ill se

ek to

infl u

ence

the

alig

nmen

t of t

he p

ropo

sed

Luas

BX

D L

ine

in a

way

whi

ch fa

cilit

ates

the

prov

isio

n of

this

tran

spor

t

serv

ice

with

out n

egat

ivel

y im

pact

ing

on a

reas

of

herit

age

and

amen

ity v

alue

.-

00

00

00

00

0-

0+

00

00

SI6

. To

oppo

se a

ny L

uas

line

that

wou

ld a

dve

rsel

y

impa

ct o

n th

e B

right

on S

quar

e /

Brig

hton

Roa

d

Res

iden

tial A

rea.

+0

00

00

00

00

?0

++

00

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PTE

R 5

- C

onn

ectin

g an

d S

usta

inin

g th

e C

ity’s

Infr

astr

uctu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SI7

. Tha

t the

pro

pose

d Lu

as B

XD

Lin

e in

the

vici

nity

of

the

Roy

al C

anal

and

Bro

ombr

idge

will

have

full

rega

rd

to th

e he

ritag

e an

d am

enity

val

ue o

f the

are

a an

d th

is

shou

ld b

e re

fl ect

ed in

any

env

ironm

enta

l sta

tem

ent.

+0

00

00

00

00

++

++

00

0

SI8

. To

wor

k w

ith th

e re

leva

nt tr

ansp

ort p

rovi

ders

,

agen

cies

and

sta

keho

lder

s to

faci

litat

e th

e in

tegr

atio

n

of w

alki

ng a

nd c

yclin

g w

ith p

ublic

tran

spor

t, th

ereb

y

mak

ing

it ea

sier

for

peop

le to

acc

ess

and

use

the

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort s

yste

m.

+0

0+

++

++

00

+0

00

00

+

SI9

. To

achi

eve

a st

rate

gic,

coh

eren

t and

hig

h qu

ality

cycl

e ne

twor

k ac

ross

the

city

that

is in

tegr

ated

with

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort a

nd in

terc

onne

cted

with

cul

tura

l,

recr

eatio

nal,

reta

il, e

duca

tiona

l and

em

ploy

men

t

dest

inat

ions

and

att

ract

ions

. +

-0

++

++

+0

0+

0+

+0

-+

SI1

0. T

o en

hanc

e, e

xten

d an

d pr

ovid

e cy

clin

g

infr

astr

uctu

re in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

Nat

iona

l Cyc

le

Pol

icy

Fram

ewor

k 20

09 –

202

0 an

d th

e D

epar

tmen

t of

Tran

spor

t’s, ‘

Sm

arte

r Tr

avel

, A S

usta

inab

le T

rans

port

Futu

re 2

009

– 20

20’.

+-

0+

++

++

00

+0

++

0-

0

SI1

1. T

o im

prov

e th

e pe

dest

rian

envi

ronm

ent a

nd

prom

ote

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f a n

etw

ork

of p

edes

tria

n

rout

es w

hich

link

resi

dent

ial a

reas

with

recr

eatio

nal,

educ

atio

nal a

nd e

mpl

oym

ent d

estin

atio

ns to

cre

ate

a

pede

stria

n en

viro

nmen

t tha

t is

safe

and

acc

essi

ble

to a

ll.+

0+

++

++

+0

0+

0+

+0

+0

SI1

2. T

o pr

omot

e be

st p

ract

ice

mob

ility

man

agem

ent

and

trav

el p

lann

ing

to b

alan

ce c

ar u

se to

cap

acity

and

prov

ide

for

nece

ssar

y m

obili

ty v

ia s

usta

inab

le

tran

spor

t mod

es.

+0

0+

++

++

00

+0

00

00

0

SI1

3. T

o re

tain

on

stre

et p

arki

ng a

s a

reso

urce

for

the

city

, as

far

as p

ract

icab

le.

+0

0-

00

00

00

-0

00

00

0

SI1

4. T

o di

scou

rage

com

mut

er p

arki

ng a

nd to

ens

ure

adeq

uate

but

not

exc

essi

ve p

arki

ng p

rovi

sion

for

shor

t

term

sho

ppin

g, b

usin

ess

and

leis

ure

use.

+

00

00

++

+0

0+

00

00

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TER

5 -

Co

nnec

ting

and

Sus

tain

ing

the

City

’s In

fras

truc

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SI1

5. T

o co

ntro

l the

sup

ply

and

pric

e of

all

park

ing

in

the

city

in o

rder

to a

chie

ve s

usta

inab

le tr

ansp

orta

tion

polic

y ob

ject

ives

.+

00

++

++

00

0+

00

00

00

SI1

6. T

o pr

ovid

e fo

r su

stai

nabl

e le

vels

of c

ar p

arki

ng

and

car

stor

age

in r

esid

entia

l sch

emes

in a

ccor

danc

e

with

the

Car

Par

king

Sta

ndar

ds (s

ectio

n 17

.40)

so

as to

prom

ote

apar

tmen

t liv

ing

for

all a

ge g

roup

s an

d fa

mily

type

s.+

00

+0

00

00

0+

00

00

00

SI1

7. T

o en

cour

age

the

use

of in

nova

tive

mea

sure

s

such

as

car

club

s to

red

uce

the

requ

irem

ent f

or c

ar

park

ing.

+0

0+

0+

++

00

+0

00

00

0

SI1

8. T

o sa

fegu

ard

the

resi

dent

ial p

arki

ng c

ompo

nent

in m

ixed

-use

dev

elop

men

ts.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0

SI1

9. T

o su

ppor

t the

pro

visi

on o

f a li

nk b

etw

een

nort

h

Dub

lin P

ort a

nd th

e S

outh

ern

Cro

ss/E

aste

rn m

otor

way

via

an e

aste

rn b

ypas

s of

the

city

, in

conj

unct

ion

and

coop

erat

ion

with

oth

er tr

ansp

ort b

odie

s, th

e

Nat

iona

l roa

ds a

utho

rity

and

loca

l aut

horit

ies.

The

pref

erre

d m

etho

d is

by

mea

ns o

f a b

ored

tunn

el

and

the

pref

erre

d ro

ute

is u

nder

San

dym

ount

and

Mer

rion

Str

and

and

Boo

ters

tow

n M

arsh

. How

ever

, the

rout

e an

d th

e de

taile

d de

sign

of t

he li

nk r

oad

will

be

subj

ecte

d to

an

Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Ass

essm

ent

and

all s

tatu

tory

req

uire

men

ts, i

nclu

ding

a p

ublic

cons

ulta

tion

proc

ess,

by

the

rele

vant

aut

horit

ies.

An

App

ropr

iate

Ass

essm

ent o

f the

pro

pose

d pr

ojec

t for

the

entir

e ro

ute

is a

lso

requ

ired

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e

Hab

itats

Dire

ctiv

e.

??

/ -

0?

??

??

00

??

? ?

/ -

0?

/ -

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PTE

R 5

- C

onn

ectin

g an

d S

usta

inin

g th

e C

ity’s

Infr

astr

uctu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SI2

0. T

o ca

rry

out r

oad

capa

city

impr

ovem

ents

whe

re

requ

ired

in o

rder

to a

chie

ve s

usta

inab

le tr

ansp

orta

tion

polic

y ob

ject

ives

. Any

wor

ks u

nder

take

n w

ill in

clud

e

as a

n ob

ject

ive,

enh

ance

d pr

ovis

ion

for

safe

ty,

publ

ic tr

ansp

orta

tion,

cyc

lists

and

ped

estr

ians

and

will

be s

ubje

ct to

env

ironm

enta

l and

con

serv

atio

n

cons

ider

atio

ns.

+0

0+

++

++

00

+0

00

00

0

SI2

1. T

o im

prov

e th

e m

anag

emen

t and

con

trol

of

traf

fi c in

the

city

to in

crea

se s

usta

inab

le a

cces

sibi

lity,

to im

prov

e ro

ad s

afet

y, to

miti

gate

the

impa

ct o

f

Tran

spor

t 21

cons

truc

tion

wor

ks a

nd to

min

imis

e

the

adve

rse

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

s of

the

tran

spor

t

syst

em. I

n th

e ci

ty c

entr

e th

is w

ill re

fl ect

the

need

s of

resi

dent

s, e

mpl

oym

ent a

nd w

orke

rs, s

hopp

ers

and

visi

tors

.+

00

++

++

00

0+

00

00

00

SI2

2. T

o re

quire

the

subm

issi

on o

f a D

evel

opm

ent

Ass

essm

ent f

or a

ll de

velo

pmen

t pro

posa

ls lo

cate

d in

the

vici

nity

of D

ublin

por

t tun

nel.

Det

aile

d re

quire

men

ts

are

set o

ut in

App

endi

x 9.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

SI2

3. T

o im

prov

e fa

cilit

ies

and

enco

urag

e re

leva

nt

tran

spor

t age

ncie

s /

tran

spor

t pro

vide

rs to

impr

ove

faci

litie

s an

d pr

ovid

e fo

r the

nee

ds o

f peo

ple

with

mob

ility

impa

irmen

t and

/or d

isab

ilitie

s in

clud

ing

the

elde

rly a

nd p

aren

ts w

ith c

hild

ren.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

SI2

4. T

o re

duce

the

city

’s e

co-f

ootp

rint a

nd to

com

bat

the

key

fact

ors

of c

limat

e ch

ange

, in

tand

em w

ith

impr

ovin

g th

e ci

ty’s

eco

nom

ic c

ompe

titiv

enes

s an

d

driv

ing

the

city

into

the

futu

re a

s a

city

of l

eade

rshi

p on

qual

ity o

f life

fact

ors

and

sust

aina

ble

livin

g.+

++

++

++

++

++

++

++

++


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TER

5 -

Co

nnec

ting

and

Sus

tain

ing

the

City

’s In

fras

truc

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SI2

5. T

o ha

ve r

egar

d to

the

Clim

ate

Cha

nge

Str

ateg

y Fo

r D

ublin

City

200

8-20

12 a

nd r

elev

ant t

he

gove

rnm

ent p

olic

y in

clud

ing

The

Nat

iona

l Clim

ate

Cha

nge

Str

ateg

y 20

07-2

012,

The

Nat

iona

l Ene

rgy

Pol

icy

2007

and

The

Nat

iona

l Ene

rgy

Effi

cien

cy A

ctio

n

Pla

n 20

07-2

020.

++

++

0+

++

00

++

00

++

+

SI2

6. T

o pr

omot

e th

e co

ncep

t of c

arbo

n ne

utra

l

sust

aina

ble

com

mun

ities

thro

ugho

ut th

e ci

ty.

++

++

0+

++

00

++

00

+0

0

SI2

7. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

the

usag

e of

ren

ewab

le

ener

gy s

ourc

es th

roug

hout

the

city

. +

00

+0

++

00

00

++

00

00

SI2

8. T

o pr

omot

e hi

gh e

nerg

y an

d en

viro

nmen

tal

stan

dard

s, w

ith a

par

ticul

ar e

mph

asis

on

the

thre

e

sect

ors

that

con

trib

ute

mos

t to

clim

ate

chan

ge in

the

city

- r

esid

entia

l, co

mm

erci

al a

nd tr

ansp

ort s

ecto

rs

- as

wel

l as

all i

nitia

tives

and

are

as th

at a

re u

nder

the

dire

ct c

ontr

ol o

r sp

here

of i

nfl u

ence

of D

ublin

City

Cou

ncil.

++

++

++

++

++

++

++

++

+

SI2

9. T

o su

ppor

t the

prin

cipl

es o

f goo

d w

aste

man

agem

ent a

nd th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of b

est

inte

rnat

iona

l pra

ctic

e in

rel

atio

n to

was

te m

anag

emen

t

in o

rder

for

Dub

lin c

ity a

nd th

e re

gion

to b

ecom

e se

lf-

relia

nt in

term

s of

was

te m

anag

emen

t.+

00

00

+0

00

00

+0

00

00

SI3

0. T

o pr

even

t and

min

imis

e w

aste

.+

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

SI3

1. T

o de

velo

p ce

ntra

lised

bio

logi

cal t

reat

men

t.+

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

SI3

2. T

o en

cour

age

and

supp

ort m

ater

ial s

ortin

g an

d

recy

clin

g.+

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

SI3

3. T

o m

inim

ise

the

amou

nt o

f was

te w

hich

can

not

be p

reve

nted

and

ens

ure

it is

dis

pose

d of

with

out

caus

ing

envi

ronm

enta

l pol

lutio

n.+

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

SI3

4. T

o en

sure

that

effe

ct is

giv

en a

s fa

r as

pos

sibl

e

to th

e “p

ollu

ter

pays

" pr

inci

ple.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PTE

R 5

- C

onn

ectin

g an

d S

usta

inin

g th

e C

ity’s

Infr

astr

uctu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SI3

5. In

con

junc

tion

with

oth

er lo

cal a

utho

ritie

s in

the

regi

on, t

o im

plem

ent a

str

ateg

y to

ens

ure

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f wat

er s

yste

ms

and

to p

rovi

de fo

r

the

expa

nsio

n of

wat

er s

yste

ms

to m

eet a

ntic

ipat

ed

dem

and

and

to p

rovi

de lo

ng-t

erm

sup

plie

s fo

r th

e ci

ty

and

regi

on.

+0

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

0

SI3

6. T

o m

axim

ise

the

pote

ntia

l for

ben

efi c

ial r

e-us

e

of w

ater

and

to r

educ

e le

akag

e to

the

min

imum

poss

ible

leve

l in

the

wat

er s

uppl

y sy

stem

thro

ugh

the

wat

erm

ains

reh

abili

tatio

n re

new

al p

rogr

amm

e.+

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

00

SI3

7. T

o ta

ke a

ll ne

cess

ary

step

s to

ens

ure

that

the

qual

ity o

f tre

ated

wat

er s

uppl

ied

to a

ll of

its

cust

omer

s

is in

com

plia

nce

with

the

Wat

er Q

ualit

y di

rect

ives

of t

he

EU a

nd n

atio

nal l

egis

latio

n.+

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

00

SI3

8. T

o co

mpl

y w

ith d

irect

ions

issu

ed b

y E

PA in

its

role

as

wat

er r

egul

ator

.+

00

00

00

0+

+0

00

00

00

SI3

9. T

o ta

ke a

ll re

ason

able

ste

ps to

put

in p

lace

adeq

uate

str

ateg

ic s

ervi

ce s

tora

ge to

faci

litat

e th

e

effi c

ient

and

effe

ctiv

e m

anag

emen

t of t

he w

ater

sup

ply

syst

em.

+0

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

0

SI4

0. T

o en

sure

that

all

cost

s as

soci

ated

with

the

prov

isio

n of

wat

er a

nd th

e co

llect

ion

of w

aste

wat

er

to/f

rom

non

-dom

estic

cus

tom

ers

are

reco

vere

d fr

om

thos

e in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

“pol

lute

r pa

ys”

prin

cipl

e.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

SI4

1. T

o pr

omot

e th

e ac

hiev

emen

t of g

ood

ecol

ogic

al

stat

us, g

ood

ecol

ogic

al p

oten

tial a

nd g

ood

chem

ical

stat

us fo

r al

l wat

erbo

dies

in th

e ci

ty b

y 20

15 in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith T

he W

ater

Fra

mew

ork

Dire

ctiv

e.+

++

00

00

0+

00

00

00

00

SI4

2. T

o pr

otec

t the

city

’s g

roun

d w

ater

res

ourc

es in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith T

he W

ater

Fra

mew

ork

Dire

ctiv

e.+

++

00

00

0+

00

00

00

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TER

5 -

Co

nnec

ting

and

Sus

tain

ing

the

City

’s In

fras

truc

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SI4

3. T

o en

sure

the

upgr

adin

g of

was

tew

ater

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd to

faci

litat

e th

e pr

ovis

ion

and

safe

guar

ding

of i

nfra

stru

ctur

e co

rrid

ors

requ

ired

to

faci

litat

e su

stai

nabl

e de

velo

pmen

t in

the

city

and

regi

on.

+0

00

00

00

++

00

00

00

0

SI4

4. T

o su

ppor

t the

dev

elop

men

t of t

he G

reat

er

Dub

lin R

egio

nal W

aste

wat

er T

reat

men

t Pla

nt, M

arin

e

Out

fall

and

orbi

tal s

ewer

to b

e lo

cate

d in

the

nort

hern

part

of t

he G

reat

er D

ublin

Are

a to

ser

ve th

e D

ublin

regi

on a

s pa

rt o

f the

Gre

ater

Dub

lin S

trat

egic

Dra

inag

e

Str

ateg

y.+

++

00

00

0+

+0

00

00

00

SI4

5. T

o pr

ovid

e ad

ditio

nal a

nd im

prov

ed w

aste

wat

er

trea

tmen

t cap

acity

by

the

upgr

adin

g of

the

Rin

gsen

d

Was

tew

ater

Tre

atm

ent P

lant

.+

00

00

00

0+

+0

00

00

00

SI4

6. In

co-

oper

atio

n w

ith th

e ot

her

rele

vant

loca

l

auth

oriti

es to

impl

emen

t the

rec

omm

enda

tions

, as

appr

opria

te, o

f the

Gre

ater

Dub

lin S

trat

egic

Dra

inag

e

Stu

dy,

sub

ject

to fu

ndin

g be

ing

avai

labl

e.+

00

00

00

++

++

00

00

00

SI4

7. T

o as

sist

the

Offi

ce o

f Pub

lic W

orks

in

deve

lopi

ng c

atch

men

t-ba

sed

Floo

d R

isk

Man

agem

ent

Pla

ns fo

r th

e D

ublin

city

are

a an

d ha

ve r

egar

d to

thei

r

prov

isio

ns/r

ecom

men

datio

ns.

+0

00

00

0+

00

00

00

00

0

SI4

8. T

o ca

rry

out fl

ood

ris

k as

sess

men

t and

intr

oduc

e Fl

ood

Ris

k M

anag

emen

t in

all a

reas

whi

ch

have

bee

n fl o

oded

in r

ecen

t yea

rs r

ecog

nisi

ng th

at

area

s of

the

city

are

at r

isk

of fl

oodi

ng.

+0

00

00

0+

00

00

00

00

0

SI4

9. T

o ha

ve r

egar

d to

the

guid

elin

es fo

r P

lann

ing

auth

oriti

es o

n Fl

ood

Ris

k M

anag

emen

t, (N

ovem

ber

2009

) pub

lishe

d by

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f the

Env

ironm

ent,

Her

itage

and

Loc

al G

over

nmen

t whe

n

asse

ssin

g pl

anni

ng a

pplic

atio

ns a

nd in

the

prep

arat

ion

of p

lans

bot

h st

atut

ory

and

non-

stat

utor

y.+

++

00

00

+0

00

00

+0

00


| APPENDICESC

HA

PTE

R 5

- C

onn

ectin

g an

d S

usta

inin

g th

e C

ity’s

Infr

astr

uctu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SI5

0. T

o pu

t in

plac

e ad

equa

te m

easu

res

to p

rote

ct

the

inte

grity

of t

he e

xist

ing

Floo

d D

efen

ce In

frast

ruct

ure

iden

tifi e

d in

App

endi

x 15

and

to e

nsur

e th

at th

e ne

w

deve

lopm

ents

do

not h

ave

the

effe

ct o

f red

ucin

g

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s or

inte

grity

of s

uch

fl ood

def

ence

infra

stru

ctur

e an

d th

at fl

ood

defe

nce

infra

stru

ctur

e

prov

isio

n ha

s re

gard

to n

atur

e co

nser

vatio

n an

d

amen

ity is

sues

. +

++

00

00

+0

00

00

00

00

SI5

1. T

o in

corp

orat

e an

d pr

omot

e th

e us

e of

Sus

tain

able

Urb

an D

rain

age

Sys

tem

s w

ithin

City

Cou

ncil

deve

lopm

ents

and

oth

er in

fras

truc

tura

l

proj

ects

as

set o

ut in

the

Gre

ater

Dub

lin R

egio

nal

Cod

e of

Pra

ctic

e fo

r D

rain

age

Wor

ks.

++

+0

00

0+

0+

00

00

00

0

SI5

2. T

o re

quire

the

use

of S

usta

inab

le U

rban

Dra

inag

e S

yste

ms

in a

ll ne

w d

evel

opm

ents

whe

re

appr

opria

te, a

s se

t out

in T

he G

reat

er D

ublin

Reg

iona

l

Cod

e of

Pra

ctic

e fo

r D

rain

age

Wor

ks. T

he fo

llow

ing

mea

sure

s w

ill ap

ply:

Th

e in

fi lt

rati

on

into

th

e g

rou

nd

th

rou

gh

the

dev

elo

pm

en

t o

f p

oro

us

pav

eme

nt

suc

h as

pe

rmea

ble

pav

ing

, sw

ale

s, d

ete

nti

on

bas

ins.

Th

e h

old

ing

of w

ater

in s

tora

ge

area

s th

rou

gh

the

con

stru

ctio

n o

f gre

en r

oo

fs, r

ainw

ater

har

vest

ing

,

det

enti

on

bas

ins,

po

nd

s, w

etla

nd

s.

Th

e sl

ow

do

wn

of

the

mo

vem

en

t o

f w

ate

r.+

++

00

00

+0

+0

00

00

00

SI5

3. T

o m

onito

r an

d im

prov

e ai

r qu

ality

in a

ccor

danc

e

with

nat

iona

l and

EU

pol

icy

dire

ctiv

es o

n ai

r qu

ality

and

whe

re a

ppro

pria

te p

rom

ote

com

plia

nce

with

esta

blis

hed

targ

ets.

+0

0+

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

SI5

4. T

o re

duce

noi

se p

ollu

tion

by r

equi

ring

all

deve

lopm

ents

to b

e de

sign

ed a

nd o

pera

ted

in a

man

ner

that

will

min

imis

e no

ise

leve

ls.

+0

00

+0

00

00

00

00

00

0


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TER

5 -

Co

nnec

ting

and

Sus

tain

ing

the

City

’s In

fras

truc

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SI5

5. T

o en

sure

that

the

desi

gn o

f ext

erna

l lig

htin

g

prop

osal

s m

inim

ises

ligh

t spi

llage

or

pollu

tion

in

the

surr

ound

ing

envi

ronm

ent a

nd h

as r

egar

d to

the

resi

dent

ial a

men

ity o

f the

are

a.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

SI5

6. T

o re

quire

ligh

ting

desi

gn to

be

appr

opria

te to

the

end

use

in r

elat

ion

to r

esid

entia

l are

as, f

ootp

aths

,

cycl

e pa

ths,

urb

an s

tree

ts a

nd h

ighw

ays

i.e. u

se o

f

low

-leve

l bol

lard

ligh

ting

alon

g cy

cle

path

s.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

SI5

7. In

con

junc

tion

with

the

Hea

lth a

nd S

afet

y

Aut

horit

y (H

SA

), to

impl

emen

t the

pro

visi

ons

of th

e

Sev

eso

II (C

OM

AH

) Dire

ctiv

e an

d to

hav

e re

gard

to th

e

prov

isio

ns o

f the

dire

ctiv

e an

d re

com

men

datio

ns o

f

the

HS

A in

the

asse

ssm

ent o

f all

plan

ning

app

licat

ions

loca

ted

on o

r im

pact

ed b

y su

ch s

ites.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

SI5

8. T

o en

cour

age

and

faci

litat

e te

leco

mm

unic

atio

ns

infr

astr

uctu

re in

app

ropr

iate

loca

tions

thro

ugho

ut

the

city

as

a m

eans

of i

mpr

ovin

g ec

onom

ic

com

petit

iven

ess

and

cont

ribut

ing

to s

usta

inab

le

mov

emen

t by

redu

cing

the

need

to tr

avel

thro

ugh

enab

ling

e-w

orki

ng, e

-com

mer

ce a

nd d

ista

nce

lear

ning

.+

00

00

++

+0

0+

00

00

00

SI5

9. T

o re

quire

the

use

of d

uctin

g fo

r in

form

atio

n

com

mun

icat

ion

tech

nolo

gy w

ithin

indi

vidu

al n

ew

resi

dent

ial a

nd c

omm

erci

al d

evel

opm

ents

and

als

o in

Key

Dev

elop

men

t Are

as a

s se

t out

in th

is p

lan.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

SI6

0. T

o su

ppor

t a w

ide

rang

e of

ene

rgy

solu

tions

to

mee

t con

sum

ptio

n ne

eds,

with

a p

artic

ular

em

phas

is

on r

enew

able

ene

rgy

sour

ces

to s

ecur

e al

low

car

bon

elec

tric

ity s

uppl

y.+

00

00

++

0+

00

00

00

00

SI6

1. T

o pr

omot

e en

ergy

effi

cien

cy, e

nerg

y

cons

erva

tion,

and

the

use

of r

enew

able

ene

rgy

in

exis

ting

and

new

dev

elop

men

ts.

+0

0+

0+

++

00

00

00

00

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PTE

R 5

- C

onn

ectin

g an

d S

usta

inin

g th

e C

ity’s

Infr

astr

uctu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SI6

2. T

o su

ppor

t the

dev

elop

men

t of e

nerg

y ef

fi cie

nt

initi

ativ

es s

uch

as th

e di

stric

t-he

atin

g ne

twor

k fo

r Dub

lin

and

com

bine

d he

at a

nd p

ower

.+

00

00

++

0+

00

00

00

00

SI6

3. T

o pr

omot

e th

e us

e of

Com

bine

d H

eat a

nd

Pow

er in

larg

e de

velo

pmen

ts.

+0

00

0+

++

00

00

00

00

0

SI6

4. T

o pr

omot

e m

ore

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent

thro

ugh

ener

gy e

nd u

se e

ffi ci

ency

, inc

reas

ing

the

use

of r

enew

able

ene

rgy,

and

impr

oved

ene

rgy

perf

orm

ance

of a

ll ne

w b

uild

ing

deve

lopm

ents

thro

ugho

ut th

e ci

ty.

+0

00

0+

++

00

00

00

00

0

CH

AP

TE

R 6

- G

reen

ing

the

City

P

H1

BFF

1B

FF2

A1A

2C

F1C

F2C

F3W

1W

2M

A1M

A2

CH

1LS

1LS

2LS

3LS

4

GC

1. T

o pr

ogre

ss a

str

ateg

ic n

etw

ork

as il

lust

rate

d in

the

Str

ateg

ic G

reen

Net

wor

k m

ap.

++

/ -

0+

++

++

00

+0

0+

/ -

++

/ -

+

GC

2. T

o im

prov

e pe

dest

rian

and

cycl

e ac

cess

rou

tes

to s

trat

egic

leve

l am

eniti

es.

+-

++

++

++

00

+0

0+

0+

+

GC

3. T

o m

ake

prov

isio

n fo

r ha

bita

t cre

atio

n/

mai

nten

ance

and

faci

litat

e bi

odiv

ersi

ty b

y en

cour

agin

g

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f lin

ear

park

s, n

atur

e tr

ails

, wild

life

corr

idor

s an

d ur

ban

woo

dlan

ds.

++

++

+0

0+

+0

+0

++

++

+

GC

4. T

o im

prov

e bo

th b

iodi

vers

ity a

nd a

cces

s

conn

ectio

ns w

ith th

e st

rate

gic

netw

ork

at th

e le

vel

of lo

cal p

lann

ing.

Gre

en c

orrid

ors

will

be p

ivot

al in

achi

evin

g th

is.

++

++

++

++

+0

+0

++

++

+

GC

5. T

o fo

cus

on k

ey a

venu

es in

the

city

are

a

betw

een

the

cana

ls fo

r ‘g

reen

ing’

by

way

of h

ighe

r

stan

dard

s of

pla

ntin

g an

d am

enity

alo

ng k

ey r

oute

s

(see

Cha

pter

17

Dev

elop

men

t Sta

ndar

ds).

++

++

+0

0+

+0

+0

++

++

+


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 6

- G

reen

ing

the

City

P

H1

BFF

1B

FF2

A1A

2C

F1C

F2C

F3W

1W

2M

A1M

A2

CH

1LS

1LS

2LS

3LS

4

GC

6. T

o pr

otec

t and

impr

ove

the

natu

ral c

hara

cter

of

wat

erco

urse

s an

d to

pro

mot

e ac

cess

, wal

kway

s an

d

othe

r co

mpa

tible

rec

reat

iona

l use

s al

ong

them

.+

++

0+

++

++

0+

0+

++

++

GC

7. T

o co

-ord

inat

e be

twee

n op

en s

pace

, bio

dive

rsity

and

fl ood

man

agem

ent,

in p

rogr

essi

ng a

gre

en

infr

astr

uctu

re n

etw

ork.

++

++

00

0+

00

+0

++

++

+

GC

8. T

o de

velo

p a

netw

ork

of g

reen

cor

ridor

s th

roug

h

the

city

, the

reby

inte

rcon

nect

ing

key

open

spa

ces,

and

exte

ndin

g ou

t to

the

wid

er D

ublin

regi

on.

++

++

++

++

00

+0

0+

++

0

GC

9. T

o de

velo

p lin

ear

park

s, p

artic

ular

ly a

long

wat

erw

ays,

and

to li

nk e

xist

ing

park

s an

d op

en s

pace

s

in o

rder

to p

rovi

de g

reen

cha

ins

thro

ugho

ut th

e ci

ty.

Whe

re la

nds

alon

g w

ater

way

s ar

e in

priv

ate

owne

rshi

p

it sh

all b

e po

licy,

in a

ny d

evel

opm

ent p

ropo

sal,

to

secu

re p

ublic

acc

ess

alon

g th

e w

ater

way

.+

?0

00

00

00

00

00

00

+0

GC

9. T

o co

ntin

ue to

pro

tect

the

land

scap

e an

d

exis

ting

gree

n sp

aces

for

both

the

exis

ting

com

mun

ity

and

for

futu

re g

ener

atio

ns.

++

++

+0

0+

00

00

++

++

0

CG

10. T

o co

ntin

ue to

pro

tect

and

enh

ance

the

land

scap

e, in

clud

ing

exis

ting

gree

n sp

aces

thro

ugh

sust

aina

ble

plan

ning

and

des

ign

for

both

the

exis

ting

com

mun

ity a

nd fo

r fu

ture

gen

erat

ions

in a

ccor

danc

e

with

the

prin

cipl

es o

f the

Eur

opea

n La

ndsc

ape

Con

vent

ion.

++

++

+0

0+

00

00

++

++

0

GC

11. T

o in

vest

igat

e ke

y la

ndsc

ape

area

s w

ith a

view

to d

eter

min

ing

thei

r su

itabi

lity

for

desi

gnat

ion

as

Land

scap

e C

onse

rvat

ion

Are

as.

++

+0

00

00

00

00

++

++

0

GC

12. T

o pr

otec

t and

enh

ance

vie

ws

and

pros

pect

s

whi

ch c

ontr

ibut

e to

the

appr

ecia

tion

of la

ndsc

ape

and

natu

ral h

erita

ge.

++

00

00

00

00

00

++

+0

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

6 -

Gre

enin

g th

e C

ity

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

GC

13. T

o en

sure

that

in n

ew r

esid

entia

l dev

elop

men

ts,

publ

ic o

pen

spac

e is

pro

vide

d w

hich

is s

uffi c

ient

in

quan

tity

and

dist

ribut

ion

to m

eet t

he r

equi

rem

ents

of

the

proj

ecte

d po

pula

tion,

incl

udin

g pl

ay fa

cilit

ies

for

child

ren.

++

+0

00

00

00

00

00

++

0

GC

14. T

o se

ek th

e pr

ovis

ion

of a

dditi

onal

spa

ce in

area

s de

fi cie

nt in

pub

lic o

pen

spac

e by

way

of p

ocke

t

park

s or

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f ins

titut

iona

l lan

ds.

++

+0

00

0+

00

00

0+

++

+

GC

15. T

o co

ntin

ue to

man

age,

pro

tect

and

or

/

enha

nce

publ

ic o

pen

spac

es to

mee

t the

soc

ial,

recr

eatio

nal,

cons

erva

tiona

l and

eco

logi

cal n

eeds

of th

e ci

ty a

nd to

con

side

r th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

appr

opria

te c

ompl

emen

tary

faci

litie

s w

hich

do

not

detr

act f

rom

the

amen

ities

of s

pace

s.+

++

0+

00

00

00

0+

++

+0

GC

16. T

o su

ppor

t the

pro

visi

on o

f com

mun

ity g

arde

ns/

allo

tmen

ts/

loca

l mar

kets

/poc

ket p

arks

whe

re fe

asib

le

and

in p

artic

ular

as

tem

pora

ry u

ses

on v

acan

t, un

der-

utilis

ed o

r der

elic

t site

s in

the

city

.+

++

00

++

+0

0+

+0

0+

++

GC

17. T

o pr

omot

e th

e de

velo

pmen

t of s

oft

land

scap

ing

in p

ublic

ope

n sp

aces

, whe

re fe

asib

le, i

n

acco

rdan

ce w

ith th

e pr

inci

ples

of S

usta

inab

le U

rban

Dra

inag

e S

yste

ms.

++

+0

+0

0+

00

00

0+

++

+

GC

18. T

o pr

otec

t the

uni

que

natu

ral a

men

ities

of a

ll riv

ers

with

in a

nd fo

rmin

g bo

unda

ries

to th

e

adm

inis

trat

ive

area

of D

ublin

City

Cou

ncil

and

to

esta

blis

h R

iver

Bas

in M

anag

emen

t Pla

ns, i

n co

-

oper

atio

n w

ith o

ther

rel

evan

t aut

horit

ies.

++

+0

00

0+

++

00

0+

++

0


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 6

- G

reen

ing

the

City

P

H1

BFF

1B

FF2

A1A

2C

F1C

F2C

F3W

1W

2M

A1M

A2

CH

1LS

1LS

2LS

3LS

4

GC

19. T

o pr

otec

t, m

aint

ain,

impr

ove

and

enha

nce

the

natu

ral a

nd o

rgan

ic c

hara

cter

of t

he w

ater

cour

ses

in

the

city

, and

to p

rom

ote

acce

ss, w

alkw

ays

and

othe

r

recr

eatio

nal u

ses

of th

eir

asso

ciat

ed o

pen

spac

e,

inco

rpor

atin

g fl o

od s

trat

egie

s an

d su

bjec

t to

a de

fi ned

of n

atur

e co

nser

vatio

n in

con

sulta

tion

with

Inla

nd

Fish

erie

s Ire

land

. The

cre

atio

n an

d/o

r en

hanc

emen

t of

ripar

ian

buffe

r zo

nes

will

be r

equi

red

whe

re p

ossi

ble.

It

is th

e po

licy

of D

ublin

City

Cou

ncil

to m

aint

ain,

impr

ove

and

enha

nce

the

safe

ty o

f the

pub

lic in

its

use

and

enjo

ymen

t of t

he m

any

publ

ic p

arks

, ope

n sp

aces

and

linka

ges

with

in th

e ci

ty. T

his

shou

ld a

pply

, for

exa

mpl

e,

to a

ll ar

eas

of th

e R

oyal

and

Gra

nd C

anal

.+

++

00

00

++

00

00

+0

+0

GC

20. T

o co

ntin

ue to

co-

oper

ate

with

Wat

erw

ays

Irela

nd a

nd o

ther

age

ncie

s to

dev

elop

the

amen

ity

and

biod

iver

sity

of c

anal

s as

set

out

in th

e 'D

ublin

City

Can

als

Fram

ewor

k (J

anua

ry 2

010)

and

sup

port

ing

'Wat

erw

ays

Irela

nd: I

nter

im E

nviro

nmen

t and

Her

itage

Pol

icy'

doc

umen

t.+

++

00

0+

+0

0+

00

++

+0

GC

21. T

o lia

ise

with

the

rele

vant

sta

te a

genc

ies

resp

onsi

ble

for

the

city

’s w

ater

way

s, in

par

ticul

ar

Wat

erw

ays

Irela

nd, E

aste

rn R

egio

nal F

ishe

ries

Boa

rd

and

Dub

lin D

ockl

ands

Dev

elop

men

t Aut

horit

y.+

+0

00

00

0+

00

00

+0

00

GC

22. T

o de

velo

p su

stai

nabl

e co

asta

l, es

tuar

ine,

cana

l and

riv

erin

e re

crea

tiona

l am

eniti

es to

enh

ance

appr

ecia

tion

of c

oast

al n

atur

al a

sset

s.+

00

00

00

+0

0+

00

+0

00

GC

23. T

o co

-ope

rate

with

Dub

lin B

ay T

ask

Forc

e

(DB

TF) t

o w

ork

tow

ards

dev

elop

ing

a fr

amew

ork

for

Coa

stal

Zon

e M

anag

emen

t Pla

n fo

r D

ublin

Bay

,

deve

lopi

ng a

det

aile

d m

aste

rpla

n, a

nd id

entif

ying

new

oppo

rtun

ities

for

enha

ncin

g D

ublin

Bay

as

a re

sour

ce.

++

00

00

0+

+0

00

0+

00

+


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

6 -

Gre

enin

g th

e C

ity

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

GC

4. T

o se

ek th

e co

ntin

ued

impr

ovem

ent o

f wat

er

qual

ity, b

athi

ng fa

cilit

ies

and

othe

r re

crea

tiona

l

oppo

rtun

ities

in th

e co

asta

l, es

tuar

ine

and

surf

ace

wat

ers

in th

e ci

ty a

nd to

pro

tect

the

ecol

ogy

and

wild

life

in D

ublin

Bay

.+

++

00

00

0+

0+

00

00

++

GC

25. T

o pr

otec

t and

enh

ance

bio

-div

ersi

ty in

the

city

thro

ugh

the

prot

ectio

n of

nat

ure

cons

erva

tion

site

s, m

aint

enan

ce o

f val

uabl

e m

itiga

tion

habi

tats

, the

crea

tion

of a

coh

esiv

e ne

twor

k of

gre

en c

orrid

ors,

gree

n in

fras

truc

ture

des

ign

and

also

thro

ugh

the

iden

tifi c

atio

n of

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r ne

w h

abita

ts, b

uffe

r

zone

s an

d w

ildlif

e co

rrid

ors.

++

+0

++

++

00

+0

0+

++

+

GC

26. T

o pr

otec

t fl o

ra, f

auna

and

hab

itats

, whi

ch

have

bee

n id

entifi

ed

by th

e H

abita

ts D

irect

ive,

Bird

s

Dire

ctiv

e, W

ildlif

e A

ct 1

976

(as

amen

ded)

, the

Flo

ra

Pro

tect

ion

Ord

er (S

.I. n

o. 8

4 of

199

9), a

nd th

e Eu

rope

an

Com

mun

ities

(Nat

ural

Hab

itats

) Reg

ulat

ions

199

7 (S

.I.

no. 9

4 of

199

7).

++

00

00

00

+0

00

0+

++

0

GC

27. T

o co

nser

ve a

nd m

anag

e al

l Nat

ural

Her

itage

Are

as, S

peci

al A

reas

of C

onse

rvat

ion

and

Spe

cial

Pro

tect

ion

Are

as id

entifi

ed

and

desi

gnat

ed, o

r

prop

osed

to b

e de

sign

ated

, by

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f

Env

ironm

ent,

Her

itage

and

Loc

al G

over

nmen

t. Th

ese

desi

gnat

ions

will

allo

w fo

r pr

otec

tion

in th

e ev

ent o

f any

appr

oved

bou

ndar

y ch

ange

s by

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f

Env

ironm

ent,

Her

itage

and

Loc

al G

over

nmen

t.+

++

00

00

0+

00

00

++

+0

GC

28. T

o se

ek th

e co

nser

vatio

n an

d m

anag

emen

t of

area

s of

nat

ural

env

ironm

enta

l val

ue.

++

+0

00

00

+0

00

0+

++

0

GC

29. T

o co

nser

ve p

riorit

y sp

ecie

s, h

abita

ts, a

nd

natu

ral h

erita

ge fe

atur

es id

entifi

ed

in th

e D

ublin

City

Bio

dive

rsity

Act

ion

Pla

n 20

08 -

201

2 fo

r pr

iorit

y

cons

erva

tion

mea

sure

s.+

+0

00

00

0+

00

00

++

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 6

- G

reen

ing

the

City

P

H1

BFF

1B

FF2

A1A

2C

F1C

F2C

F3W

1W

2M

A1M

A2

CH

1LS

1LS

2LS

3LS

4

GC

30. T

o ha

ve r

egar

d to

the

cons

erva

tion

and

enha

ncem

ent o

f sig

nifi c

ant n

on-d

esig

nate

d ar

eas

of e

colo

gica

l im

port

ance

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

deve

lopm

ent s

tand

ards

set

out

in th

is p

lan.

++

+0

00

00

+0

00

0+

++

0

GC

31. T

hat a

ny p

lan

or p

roje

ct w

ith th

e po

tent

ial t

o

give

ris

e to

sig

nifi c

ant d

irect

, ind

irect

or

seco

ndar

y

impa

cts

on a

Nat

ura

2000

site

(s) s

hall

be s

ubje

ct to

an a

ppro

pria

te a

sses

smen

t in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith A

rtic

le

6(3)

of t

he H

abita

ts D

irect

ive.

GC

32. T

o se

ek th

e pr

ovis

ion

of c

hild

ren’

s pl

ay fa

cilit

ies

in n

ew r

esid

entia

l dev

elop

men

ts a

nd p

artic

ular

ly in

larg

er d

evel

opm

ents

- i.

e. o

f 75

units

or

over

. Sm

all

area

s de

sign

ed fo

r yo

ung

child

ren

aged

0-5

sho

uld

be p

rovi

ded

with

in e

asy

wal

king

dis

tanc

e of

hom

es o

r

with

in th

e cu

rtila

ge o

f apa

rtm

ent b

lock

s. O

lder

chi

ldre

n

shou

ld h

ave

acce

ss to

larg

er e

quip

ped

area

s w

ithin

5

min

utes

wal

k of

hom

es.

+0

0+

++

++

00

00

00

00

0

GC

33. T

o pr

ovid

e ch

ildre

n’s

play

grou

nds

to a

n

appr

opria

te s

tand

ard

of a

men

ity, s

afet

y an

d

acce

ssib

ility

and

to c

reat

e sa

fe a

nd a

cces

sibl

e pl

aces

for

soci

alis

ing

and

info

rmal

pla

y an

d fo

r co

nnec

ting

with

nat

ure

and

art,

havi

ng r

egar

d to

Dub

lin C

ity

Cou

ncil

polic

y on

Chi

ldre

n’s

Pla

y.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

GC

34. T

o ap

ply

Dub

lin C

ity C

ounc

ils P

olic

y on

Chi

ldre

n’s

Pla

y.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

GC

35. T

o pi

lot t

he p

rovi

sion

of p

layg

roun

ds in

pub

lic

spac

es s

uch

as s

quar

es o

r pl

azas

that

are

adj

acen

t

to c

omm

erci

al fa

cilit

ies

such

as

café

s, th

at p

rovi

de

good

pas

sive

sur

veill

ance

and

an

attr

activ

e lo

catio

n fo

r

pare

nts

and

thei

r ch

ildre

n.+

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

GC

36. T

o re

cogn

ise

and

supp

ort t

he r

ole

of th

e pr

ivat

e

sect

or in

pro

vidi

ng s

peci

alis

t pla

y fa

cilit

ies,

incl

udin

g

clim

bing

wal

ls, t

able

tenn

is ta

bles

etc

, bot

h in

door

and

outd

oor,

and

subj

ect t

o zo

ning

spe

cifi c

atio

ns.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

6 -

Gre

enin

g th

e C

ity

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

GC

37. T

o en

sure

the

avai

labi

lity

of a

ran

ge o

f

recr

eatio

nal f

acili

ties

to th

e ge

nera

l pop

ulat

ion

at

loca

tions

thro

ugho

ut th

e ci

ty. I

n ar

eas

whe

re a

pro

ven

defi c

ienc

y ex

ists

, Dub

lin C

ity C

ounc

il w

ill w

ork

with

the

prov

ider

s of

suc

h fa

cilit

ies,

incl

udin

g sc

hool

s,

inst

itutio

ns a

nd p

rivat

e op

erat

ors,

to e

nsur

e ac

cess

to

the

loca

l pop

ulat

ion.

+0

0+

++

++

00

00

00

00

0

GC

38. T

o fa

cilit

ate

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f priv

ate

recr

eatio

nal l

ands

for

recr

eatio

nal p

urpo

ses,

reg

ard

bein

g ha

d to

the

amen

ities

of r

esid

ents

in th

e vi

cini

ty

and

to th

e en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

ct o

f the

dev

elop

men

t.+

-0

+0

00

00

00

00

++

+0

GC

39. T

o ha

ve r

egar

d to

the

obje

ctiv

es o

f the

‘Dub

lin

City

Spo

rt a

nd A

ctiv

e R

ecre

atio

n S

trat

egy

2009

-16’

in th

e pl

anni

ng a

nd p

rovi

sion

of i

ndoo

r an

d ou

tdoo

r

recr

eatio

nal f

acili

ties

incl

udin

g w

ater

-bas

ed a

ctiv

ities

.+

-0

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

CH

AP

TE

R 7

Fost

erin

g D

ublin

’s C

hara

cter

and

Cul

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FC1.

To

lead

and

sup

port

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f sha

red

visi

on fo

r cul

ture

in th

e ci

ty in

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith c

ultu

ral

inst

itutio

ns a

nd o

ther

cul

tura

l bod

ies

base

d bo

th c

ity

wid

e an

d na

tiona

lly.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FC2

. To

ensu

re th

at c

ultu

re is

inte

gral

to D

ublin

city

’s

iden

tity

and

qual

ity o

f life

for

all t

hose

livi

ng, w

orki

ng,

visi

ting

and

stud

ying

in th

e ci

ty.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FC3.

To

ensu

re th

e co

ntin

ued

deve

lopm

ent o

f Dub

lin

as a

cul

tura

lly v

ibra

nt, c

reat

ive

and

dive

rse

city

with

a

broa

d ra

nge

of c

ultu

ral a

ctiv

ities

pro

vide

d th

roug

hout

the

city

.+

0 0

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FC4.

To

supp

ort a

rtis

ts w

orki

ng in

all

artfo

rms,

and

all

form

s of

exp

ress

ion,

per

man

ent,

tem

pora

ry a

nd ti

me

base

d.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 7

Fost

erin

g D

ublin

’s C

hara

cter

and

Cul

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FC5.

To

ackn

owle

dge

and

cele

brat

e cu

ltura

l div

ersi

ty

in th

e ci

ty.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

FC6.

To

mai

ntai

n an

d su

ppor

t the

pre

senc

e an

d

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

Nat

iona

l Cul

tura

l Ins

titut

ions

and

othe

r sig

nifi c

ant c

ultu

ral i

nstit

utio

ns in

the

city

cen

tre

in

reco

gniti

on o

f the

ir ke

y ro

le in

the

cultu

ral a

nd e

cono

mic

succ

ess

of th

e ca

pita

l city

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FC7.

To

prom

ote

and

supp

ort a

vib

rant

and

sust

aina

ble

cultu

ral l

ife in

the

city

, by

day

and

by

nigh

t, un

derp

inne

d by

qua

lity

cultu

ral i

nfra

stru

ctur

e

resp

ondi

ng to

the

need

s of

the

cultu

ral s

ecto

r.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

FC8.

To

faci

litat

e th

e pr

ovis

ion

of fi

t-fo

r-pu

rpos

e,

sust

aina

ble

cultu

ral i

nfra

stru

ctur

e su

ch a

s m

useu

ms,

libra

ries,

thea

tres

, exh

ibiti

on s

pace

s, c

inem

as, m

usic

venu

es, i

n th

e ci

ty c

entr

e, s

uita

ble

for

all a

ges

and

acce

ssib

le to

all

livin

g, w

orki

ng o

r vi

sitin

g th

e ci

ty a

nd

whi

ch r

efl e

ct th

e ro

le o

f Dub

lin a

s th

e ca

pita

l city

.+

00

++

00

00

0+

0+

00

00

FC9.

To

supp

ort a

sus

tain

able

form

of c

ultu

ral

prov

isio

n fo

unde

d an

d m

anag

ed w

ithin

a c

omm

unity

cont

ext d

edic

ated

to in

clus

ion,

inno

vatio

n an

d

exce

llenc

e.+

00

+0

00

00

0+

0+

00

00

FC10

. To

supp

ort a

nd p

rom

ote

oppo

rtun

ities

for

ever

yone

to p

artic

ipat

e in

the

city

’s c

ultu

ral l

ife b

y

faci

litat

e th

e pr

ovis

ion

of e

ffect

ivel

y-m

anag

ed, s

elf-

sust

aini

ng c

ultu

ral i

nfra

stru

ctur

e su

itabl

e fo

r al

l age

s at

the

neig

hbou

rhoo

d le

vel,

incl

udin

g re

gene

ratio

n ar

eas,

that

is a

cces

sibl

e to

all

in th

e lo

calit

y.+

00

++

++

+0

0+

00

00

00

FC11

. To

ensu

re th

at c

ultu

re p

lays

a s

igni

fi can

t rol

e in

urba

n re

gene

ratio

n an

d re

fl ect

s th

e id

entit

y of

Dub

lin’s

neig

hbou

rhoo

ds.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

7Fo

ster

ing

Dub

lin’s

Cha

ract

er a

nd C

ultu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FC12

. To

high

light

the

profi

le o

f the

Iris

h la

ngua

ge in

the

urba

n en

viro

nmen

t and

sup

port

the

Irish

lang

uage

by fa

cilit

atin

g th

e pr

ovis

ion

of Ir

ish

lang

uage

faci

litie

s.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FC13

. To

prot

ect a

nd s

uppo

rt D

ublin

city

’s e

xist

ing

cultu

ral a

sset

s by

faci

litat

ing

the

enha

ncem

ent a

nd/

or g

row

th o

f exi

stin

g cu

ltura

l spa

ces,

incl

udin

g

perf

orm

ance

and

ent

erta

inm

ent s

pace

s, w

hile

prot

ectin

g th

e ex

istin

g am

eniti

es o

f an

area

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FC14

. Pro

mot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

the

deve

lopm

ent,

expa

nsio

n an

d im

prov

emen

t of D

ublin

city

’s li

brar

y

netw

ork.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FC15

. To

deve

lop

area

-bas

ed c

ultu

ral o

bjec

tives

for

incl

usio

n in

all

loca

l are

a pl

ans

and

sche

mat

ic

mas

terp

lans

thro

ugho

ut th

e ci

ty.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FC16

. To

ensu

re th

at a

ll lo

cal a

rea

plan

s an

d

sche

mat

ic m

aste

rpla

ns in

corp

orat

e re

leva

nt p

riorit

ies

and

actio

ns o

f Dub

lin C

ity C

ounc

il’s

Cul

tura

l Str

ateg

y

2009

– 2

017.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

+0

00

0

FC17

. To

supp

ort e

xist

ing,

and

enc

oura

ge th

e gr

owth

of e

mer

ging

, cul

tura

l clu

ster

s an

d hu

bs in

the

city

,

incl

udin

g th

ose

in F

igur

e 13

, whi

ch b

ring

toge

ther

cultu

ral a

ctiv

ities

with

sup

port

ing

uses

suc

h as

rest

aura

nts,

ret

ail o

utle

ts e

tc. t

o cr

eate

vib

rant

and

inno

vativ

e cu

ltura

l exp

erie

nces

.+

00

++

++

+0

0+

00

00

00

FC18

. To

prom

ote

and

supp

ort a

vib

rant

nig

ht c

ultu

re

in th

e ci

ty c

entr

e th

at a

ttra

cts

a di

vers

e ra

nge

of

cultu

ral a

ctiv

ity a

nd is

att

ract

ive

for

a w

ide

rang

e of

age

grou

ps b

y en

cour

agin

g a

mix

and

bal

ance

of c

ultu

ral

activ

ities

and

initi

ativ

es, i

nclu

ding

per

form

ance

and

outd

oor

spac

es fo

r m

usic

and

dan

ce, i

nitia

tives

suc

h

as C

ultu

re N

ight

etc

., w

hils

t als

o pr

otec

ting

exis

ting

amen

ities

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 7

Fost

erin

g D

ublin

’s C

hara

cter

and

Cul

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FC19

. To

supp

ort t

he b

rand

ing

of th

e ci

ty r

egio

n as

an

inte

rnat

iona

lly c

ompe

titiv

e, c

ultu

ral a

nd c

reat

ive

city

that

att

ract

s in

vest

men

t and

tale

nt b

ased

on

Dub

lin’s

dist

inct

ive

iden

tity,

its

uniq

ue a

chie

vem

ents

and

com

petit

ive

adva

ntag

es.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FC20

. To

prot

ect a

nd im

prov

e th

e ci

ty’s

cul

tura

l

tour

ism

am

eniti

es a

nd th

e na

tura

l and

bui

lt

envi

ronm

ent w

hich

form

s th

e ba

sis

of D

ublin

city

’s

attr

activ

enes

s fo

r to

uris

ts.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

+0

0

FC21

. To

endo

rse

the

role

, and

enc

oura

ge th

e gr

owth

and

clus

terin

g, o

f the

cre

ativ

e an

d cu

ltura

l ind

ustr

ies

in

the

city

.+

00

++

++

+0

00

00

00

00

FC22

. To

supp

ort t

he g

row

th o

f cul

tura

l tou

rism

in th

e

city

, inc

ludi

ng th

e po

tent

ial f

or n

iche

tour

ism

pro

duct

s

by fa

cilit

atin

g th

e de

velo

pmen

t of c

ultu

ral e

vent

s,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd a

ctiv

ities

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FC23

. To

prom

ote

awar

enes

s of

our

cul

tura

l her

itage

,

prom

ote

safe

and

att

ract

ive

stre

ets

and

prom

ote

ease

of l

egib

ility

and

con

nect

ivity

bet

wee

n cu

ltura

l

spac

es b

y en

cour

agin

g an

d fa

cilit

atin

g th

e pr

ovis

ion

of

supp

ortin

g cu

ltura

l inf

rast

ruct

ure

in th

e pu

blic

dom

ain

such

as

cultu

ral s

igna

ge, c

ultu

ral i

nfor

mat

ion

pane

ls,

a w

ay-fi

ndi

ng s

yste

m a

nd a

hig

h qu

ality

, int

egra

ted

netw

ork

of a

ttra

ctiv

e st

reet

s in

the

city

cen

tre.

+

00

++

00

00

0+

0+

00

00

FC24

. To

cont

inue

to a

nim

ate

the

publ

ic d

omai

n by

enco

urag

ing

the

prov

isio

n of

pub

lic a

rt, t

empo

rary

and

perm

anen

t, ac

ross

all

art f

orm

s an

d ar

tistic

dis

cipl

ines

in th

e ci

ty-c

entr

e an

d in

nei

ghbo

urho

ods

thro

ugh

such

mec

hani

sms

as th

e go

vern

men

t-su

ppor

ted

Per

cent

for

Art

sch

eme

and

the

deve

lopm

ent m

anag

emen

t

proc

ess.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

7Fo

ster

ing

Dub

lin’s

Cha

ract

er a

nd C

ultu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FC25

. To

enco

urag

e ac

tive

uses

of p

ublic

spa

ces

for

the

enjo

ymen

t of i

ndiv

idua

ls, f

amili

es a

nd v

isito

rs

to D

ublin

city

and

con

trib

ute

to a

sen

se o

f pla

ce

by e

ncou

ragi

ng a

nd fa

cilit

atin

g th

e pr

ovis

ion

of

fi t-f

or-p

urpo

se, m

ulti-

func

tiona

l out

door

spa

ces

for

fest

ival

s, e

vent

s, p

ublic

art

, mar

kets

etc

. in

acce

ssib

le,

trad

ition

al a

nd n

on-t

radi

tiona

l loc

atio

ns.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

FC26

. To

prot

ect a

nd c

onse

rve

the

city

’s c

ultu

ral

and

built

her

itage

; sus

tain

ing

its u

niqu

e si

gnifi

canc

e,

fabr

ic a

nd c

hara

cter

to e

nsur

e its

sur

viva

l for

futu

re

gene

ratio

ns.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

++

00

0

FC27

. To

seek

the

pres

erva

tion

of th

e bu

ilt h

erita

ge

of th

e ci

ty th

at m

akes

a p

ositi

ve c

ontr

ibut

ion

to

the

char

acte

r, ap

pear

ance

and

qua

lity

of lo

cal

stre

etsc

apes

and

the

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

city

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FC28

. To

cont

inue

to p

rote

ct o

ur b

uilt

herit

age,

and

deve

lopm

ent p

ropo

sals

affe

ctin

g th

e bu

ilt h

erita

ge

will

be a

sses

sed

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e D

oEH

LG

docu

men

t “A

rchi

tect

ural

Her

itage

Pro

tect

ion

guid

elin

es

for

Pla

nnin

g au

thor

ities

, 200

4”.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FC29

. To

co-o

pera

te a

nd fa

cilit

ate

part

ners

hips

with

rele

vant

age

ncie

s fo

r th

e co

ntin

ued

deve

lopm

ent o

f

inte

grat

ed p

olic

ies

in o

rder

to r

einf

orce

the

char

acte

r,

cultu

ral s

igni

fi can

ce a

nd to

uris

m p

oten

tial o

f the

hist

oric

are

as in

the

city

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FC30

. To

incl

ude

all s

truc

ture

s co

nsid

ered

to b

e

of s

peci

al a

rchi

tect

ural

, his

toric

al, a

rcha

eolo

gica

l,

artis

tic, c

ultu

ral,

scie

ntifi

c, s

ocia

l or

tech

nica

l int

eres

t

in th

e R

ecor

d of

Pro

tect

ed S

truc

ture

s. T

o pr

otec

t

thes

e st

ruct

ures

, the

ir cu

rtila

ge a

nd th

e se

ttin

g fr

om

any

wor

ks th

at w

ould

cau

se lo

ss o

r da

mag

e to

thei

r

spec

ial c

hara

cter

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

+0

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 7

Fost

erin

g D

ublin

’s C

hara

cter

and

Cul

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FC31

. To

mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e th

e po

tent

ial

of p

rote

cted

str

uctu

res

and

othe

r bu

ildin

gs o

f

arch

itect

ural

/his

toric

al m

erit

to c

ontr

ibut

e to

the

cultu

ral c

hara

cter

and

iden

tity

of th

e pl

ace,

incl

udin

g

iden

tifyi

ng a

ppro

pria

te v

iabl

e co

ntem

pora

ry u

ses.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FC32

. To

enco

urag

e th

e pr

otec

tion

of th

e ex

istin

g or

last

use

of p

rem

ises

list

ed o

n th

e R

ecor

d of

Pro

tect

ed

Str

uctu

res

whe

re th

at u

se is

con

side

red

to b

e an

intr

insi

c as

pect

of t

he s

peci

al, s

ocia

l, cu

ltura

l and

/

or a

rtis

tic in

tere

st o

f tho

se p

rem

ises

. In

cons

ider

ing

appl

icat

ions

for

plan

ning

per

mis

sion

in r

espe

ct o

f

a ch

ange

of u

se o

f any

suc

h pr

emis

es to

take

into

acco

unt a

s m

ater

ial c

onsi

dera

tion

the

cont

ribut

ion

of th

e ex

istin

g or

last

use

of t

hat s

truc

ture

to s

peci

al,

soci

al, c

ultu

ral a

nd/

or a

rtis

tic in

tere

st o

f tho

se

prem

ises

and

/ or

whe

ther

the

new

use

wou

ld b

e

inim

ical

to th

e sp

ecia

l int

eres

t ide

ntifi

ed.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FC33

. To

faci

litat

e of

f str

eet p

arki

ng fo

r re

side

ntia

l

owne

rs/o

ccup

iers

whe

re a

ppro

pria

te s

ite c

ondi

tions

exis

t whi

le p

rote

ctin

g th

e sp

ecia

l int

eres

t and

cha

ract

er

of p

rote

cted

str

uctu

res

and

cons

erva

tion

area

s.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FC34

. To

assi

st o

wne

rs o

f pro

tect

ed s

truc

ture

s in

unde

rtak

ing

esse

ntia

l rep

airs

and

mai

nten

ance

by

prov

idin

g ar

chite

ctur

al a

dvi

ces

to r

ecip

ient

s of

its

cons

erva

tion

gran

ts a

nd to

pro

mot

e be

st p

ract

ice

and

the

use

of s

kille

d sp

ecia

list p

ract

ition

ers

in th

e

cons

erva

tion

of p

rote

cted

str

uctu

res.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FC35

. To

req

uire

the

prot

ectio

n of

the

spec

ial i

nter

est

and

char

acte

r of

pro

tect

ed s

truc

ture

s w

hile

car

ryin

g

out i

nter

vent

ions

to c

ompl

y w

ith r

equi

rem

ents

of t

he

Bui

ldin

g R

egul

atio

ns a

nd th

e ne

cess

ity to

pro

vide

univ

ersa

l acc

ess

to b

uild

ings

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

7Fo

ster

ing

Dub

lin’s

Cha

ract

er a

nd C

ultu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FC36

. To

prot

ect t

he s

peci

al in

tere

st a

nd c

hara

cter

of p

rote

cted

str

uctu

res

whi

le c

ompl

ying

with

the

requ

irem

ents

of fi

re s

afet

y an

d en

ergy

effi

cien

cy

impr

ovem

ents

.+

00

+0

++

+0

00

0+

00

00

FC37

. To

cons

ider

new

use

s w

hich

are

com

patib

le w

ith

the

char

acte

r of p

rote

cted

str

uctu

res.

+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FC38

. To

prom

ote

the

use

of p

lann

ed m

aint

enan

ce

prog

ram

mes

and

the

prep

arat

ion

of c

onse

rvat

ion/

man

agem

ent p

lans

to a

void

loss

of h

isto

ric b

uild

ing

fabr

ic

and

auth

entic

ity th

roug

h in

appr

opria

te re

pair

wor

k.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FC39

. To

desi

gnat

e A

CA

s w

here

the

plan

ning

auth

ority

is o

f the

opi

nion

that

its

incl

usio

n is

nec

essa

ry

for

the

pres

erva

tion

of th

e ch

arac

ter

of a

n ar

ea. T

he

follo

win

g cr

iteria

will

be a

pplie

d w

hen

sele

ctin

g ar

eas

for

desi

gnat

ion

as A

CA

s: T

he p

ropo

sed

area

sha

ll fu

lfi ll

the

lega

l req

uire

men

ts fo

r A

CA

s se

t out

in th

e P

&D

Act

s 20

00 to

200

2, b

y sa

tisfy

ing

at le

ast o

ne o

f the

cate

gorie

s of

spe

cial

inte

rest

(arc

hite

ctur

al, h

isto

rical

,

arch

aeol

ogic

al, a

rtis

tic, c

ultu

ral,

scie

ntifi

c, s

ocia

l,

tech

nica

l), o

r by

con

trib

utin

g to

the

appr

ecia

tion

of

prot

ecte

d st

ruct

ures

. The

nec

essi

ty fo

r de

sign

atin

g a

prop

osed

are

a as

an

AC

A g

iven

the

leve

l of a

ltern

ativ

e

prot

ectio

n ex

istin

g or

pro

pose

d e.

g. R

PS

, zon

ing

obje

ctiv

es a

nd p

olic

ies

in th

e de

velo

pmen

t pla

n. T

he

dist

inct

iven

ess

and

rela

tive

impo

rtan

ce o

f an

area

’s

built

fabr

ic h

avin

g re

gard

to th

e ex

tent

of t

hat p

artic

ular

type

of a

rchi

tect

ure/

bui

ldin

g fo

rm in

Dub

lin c

ity./

The

exte

nt to

whi

ch th

e pr

opos

ed a

rea

is la

rgel

y in

tact

ie

the

exte

nt o

f her

itage

bui

ldin

gs in

the

area

and

the

exte

nt o

f orig

inal

fabr

ic r

emai

ning

. The

des

igna

tion

of

the

prop

osed

are

a as

an

AC

A w

ould

not

con

fl ict

with

any

othe

r ob

ject

ives

of t

he d

evel

opm

ent p

lan/

The

degr

ee o

f pre

ssur

e fo

r ph

ysic

al c

hang

e in

a p

ropo

sed

area

whi

ch c

ould

mili

tate

aga

inst

the

built

her

itage

and

the

phys

ical

cha

ract

er o

f the

are

a.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 7

Fost

erin

g D

ublin

’s C

hara

cter

and

Cul

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FC40

. To

prot

ect t

he s

peci

al c

hara

cter

of t

he C

ity’s

cons

erva

tion

area

s, th

roug

h th

e ap

plic

atio

n of

the

polic

ies,

sta

ndar

ds a

nd g

uidi

ng p

rinci

ples

on

build

ing

heig

hts

(Ref

er to

Pol

icie

s S

C15

, SC

16, S

C17

,

Sta

ndar

ds 1

7.6

and

Gui

ding

Prin

cipl

es 1

6.4)

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FC41

. To

prot

ect a

nd c

onse

rve

the

spec

ial i

nter

est

and

char

acte

r of

Arc

hite

ctur

al C

onse

rvat

ion

Are

as a

nd

cons

erva

tion

area

s in

the

deve

lopm

ent m

anag

emen

t

proc

ess.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

++

00

0

FC42

. To

prot

ect t

he s

peci

al in

tere

st a

nd c

hara

cter

of

prot

ecte

d st

ruct

ures

and

Arc

hite

ctur

al C

onse

rvat

ion

Are

as w

hile

str

ivin

g to

mee

t the

req

uire

men

ts fo

r

acce

ss fo

r al

l in

as fa

r as

pra

ctic

able

in a

ccor

danc

e

with

Sec

tion

29 o

f the

Dis

abili

ty A

ct 2

009.

+0

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

0

FC43

. To

cont

inue

to p

riorit

ise

the

asse

ssm

ent a

nd

cons

ider

atio

n of

app

ropr

iate

his

toric

str

eets

and

squa

res

for

desi

gnat

ion

as A

rchi

tect

ural

Con

serv

atio

n

Are

as a

nd fo

rmul

ate

polic

ies

to p

rote

ct a

nd e

nhan

ce

thei

r sp

ecifi

c pe

riod

arch

itect

ural

cha

ract

eris

tics.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

++

00

0

FC44

. To

asse

ss a

nd, w

here

app

ropr

iate

, re-

desi

gnat

e ex

istin

g no

n-st

atut

ory

Con

serv

atio

n A

rea

as

Arc

hite

ctur

al C

onse

rvat

ion

Are

as.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FC45

. To

prom

ote

the

rege

nera

tion

and

enha

ncem

ent

of th

e no

rth

city

Geo

rgia

n sq

uare

s an

d th

e N

orth

Geo

rgia

n M

ile w

ith p

ublic

enh

ance

men

t sch

emes

,

cultu

ral i

nitia

tives

and

spe

cifi c

dev

elop

men

t pol

icie

s.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

+0

00

FC46

. To

prot

ect a

nd e

nhan

ce th

e im

port

ant c

ivic

desi

gn c

hara

cter

of D

ublin

’s Q

uays

, Squ

ares

and

hist

oric

pub

lic s

pace

s.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

+0

00

FC47

. To

seek

the

rete

ntio

n of

the

esta

blis

hed

stre

et

patt

ern

in d

evel

opm

ent p

ropo

sals

with

in h

isto

ric a

reas

. +

00

00

00

00

00

0+

+0

00


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

7Fo

ster

ing

Dub

lin’s

Cha

ract

er a

nd C

ultu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FC48

. To

cons

erve

the

uniq

ue c

hara

cter

istic

s of

Dub

lin’s

his

toric

vill

ages

and

pro

mot

e co

nser

vatio

n

of th

eir

arch

itect

ural

feat

ures

and

str

eets

cape

s by

asse

ssm

ent,

rese

arch

, com

mun

ity c

onsu

ltatio

n an

d

appr

opria

te d

esig

natio

ns a

nd p

rote

ctio

n po

licie

s.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

+0

00

FC49

. To

ensu

re th

at s

igni

fi can

t her

itage

bui

ldin

gs

owne

d by

the

Cou

ncil

are

prot

ecte

d an

d en

hanc

ed.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FC50

. To

seek

the

repa

ir an

d re

tent

ion

of tr

aditi

onal

sho

p

and

pubf

ront

s of

arc

hite

ctur

al in

tere

st.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FC51

. To

iden

tify

and

impl

emen

t pos

itive

mea

sure

s

for

the

enha

ncem

ent a

nd r

egen

erat

ion

of th

e hi

stor

ic

city

, im

prov

e its

phy

sica

l con

ditio

n an

d pr

esen

tatio

n,

sust

ain

its c

hara

cter

and

aut

hent

icity

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

+0

00

FC52

. To

cons

ider

the

hist

oric

al a

nd c

ultu

ral

sign

ifi ca

nce

of s

ettin

g in

futu

re p

ublic

rea

lm p

roje

cts.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

++

00

0

FC53

. To

prot

ect t

radi

tiona

l pitc

h-ro

of fo

rms

to h

isto

ric

stre

etsc

apes

. +

00

00

00

00

00

0+

+0

00

FC54

. To

cont

inue

to p

rese

rve,

and

enh

ance

wer

e

feas

ible

the

surv

ivin

g se

ctio

ns o

f the

city

wal

l,

acco

rdin

g to

the

reco

mm

enda

tions

of t

he C

ity W

alls

Con

serv

atio

n P

lan

2005

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FC55

. To

pres

erve

his

toric

pla

ce n

ames

and

his

toric

stre

et n

ames

and

ens

ure

that

new

str

eet n

ames

shou

ld r

efl e

ct a

ppro

pria

te lo

cal h

isto

rical

or

cultu

ral

asso

ciat

ions

.0

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FC56

. To

prom

ote

tour

ism

in th

e M

edie

val C

ity a

nd

subu

rbs.

00

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FC57

. To

supp

ort t

he d

esig

natio

n of

Dub

lin a

s a

Wor

ld

Her

itage

Site

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FC58

. To

prom

ote

the

awar

enes

s of

Dub

lin’s

indu

stria

l,

mili

tary

and

mar

itim

e he

ritag

e.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 7

Fost

erin

g D

ublin

’s C

hara

cter

and

Cul

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FC59

. To

pres

erve

, rep

air

and

reta

in in

situ

, whe

re

poss

ible

, his

toric

ele

men

ts o

f sig

nifi c

ance

in th

e pu

blic

real

m in

clud

ing

raili

ngs,

mile

ston

es, c

ity w

ard

ston

es,

stre

et fu

rnitu

re, i

ronm

onge

ry, a

nd a

ny h

isto

ric k

erbi

ng

and

sett

s id

entifi

ed

in A

ppen

dice

s 12

and

13

of th

e

deve

lopm

ent p

lan,

and

pro

mot

e hi

gh s

tand

ards

for

desi

gn, m

ater

ials

and

wor

kman

ship

in p

ublic

rea

lm

impr

ovem

ents

. Wor

ks in

volv

ing

such

ele

men

ts s

hall

be c

arrie

d ou

t in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith th

e H

isto

ric S

tree

t

Sur

face

s in

Dub

lin C

onse

rvat

ion

Stu

dy

and

Gui

danc

e

Doc

umen

t (20

08).

+0

00

00

00

00

00

++

00

0

FC60

. To

inve

stig

ate

the

feas

ibili

ty o

f a d

edic

ated

Mus

eum

of D

ublin

with

a r

ange

of s

take

hold

ers

incl

udin

g O

PW

, the

Nat

iona

l Cul

tura

l Ins

titut

ions

,

The

Her

itage

Cou

ncil

and

rele

vant

dep

artm

ents

with

in th

e C

ity C

ounc

il, in

rec

ogni

tion

of th

e w

ide

rang

e of

cul

tura

l art

efac

ts r

elat

ing

to th

e hi

stor

y an

d

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

city

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FC61

. To

inve

stig

ate

the

herit

age

stat

us o

f Moo

re

Str

eet.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FC62

. To

have

reg

ard

to th

e N

atio

nal M

onum

ents

Legi

slat

ion,

Nat

iona

l Pol

icy

docu

men

ts a

nd g

uide

lines

and

Cod

e of

Pra

ctic

e th

at p

rote

cts

site

s an

d

mon

umen

ts.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

++

00

0

FC63

. To

prom

ote

awar

enes

s of

, and

acc

ess

to, t

he

city

’s a

rcha

eolo

gica

l inh

erita

nce.

00

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

7Fo

ster

ing

Dub

lin’s

Cha

ract

er a

nd C

ultu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FC64

. To

pro

mot

e th

e in

situ

pre

serv

atio

n of

arch

aeol

ogy

as th

e pr

efer

red

optio

n re

latin

g to

deve

lopm

ent w

hich

wou

ld a

ffect

or

has

the

pote

ntia

l

to im

pact

on

burie

d ar

tefa

cts,

exc

ept w

here

oth

er

alte

rnat

ives

are

pre

sent

ed to

a r

esea

rch

agen

da o

r in

the

case

of e

xcep

tiona

l circ

umst

ance

s as

det

erm

ined

by th

e re

leva

nt s

tatu

tory

age

ncie

s. W

here

pre

serv

atio

n

in s

itu is

not

feas

ible

, site

s of

arc

haeo

logi

cal i

nter

est

shal

l be

subj

ect t

o ar

chae

olog

ical

inve

stig

atio

ns a

nd

reco

rdin

g ac

cord

ing

to b

est p

ract

ice,

in a

dva

nce

of

rede

velo

pmen

t.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FC65

. To

pres

erve

kno

wn

buria

l gro

unds

and

disu

sed

grav

eyar

ds. W

here

app

ropr

iate

to e

nsur

e th

at

hum

an r

emai

ns a

re s

uita

ble

rein

terr

ed, e

xcep

t whe

re

othe

rwis

e ag

reed

with

the

Nat

iona

l Mus

eum

of I

rela

nd.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

++

00

0

FC66

. To

prom

ote

the

awar

enes

s of

the

inte

rnat

iona

l

sign

ifi ca

nce

of V

ikin

g an

d m

edie

val D

ublin

and

to

inve

stig

ate

key

med

ieva

l site

s an

d to

con

serv

e th

eir

char

acte

r, se

ttin

g an

d am

enity

thro

ugh

Irish

Nat

iona

l

Str

ateg

ic A

rcha

eolo

gica

l Res

earc

h (IN

STA

R) M

edie

val

Res

earc

h A

gend

a an

d ot

her

initi

ativ

es.

00

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FC67

. To

reco

gnis

e th

e im

port

ance

of u

nder

wat

er/

inte

rtid

al a

rcha

eolo

gy.

00

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FC68

. To

impl

emen

t the

rel

evan

t rec

omm

enda

tions

of

the

Dub

lin C

ity In

dust

rial H

erita

ge R

ecor

d (D

CIH

R).

00

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

CH

AP

TE

R 8

Mak

ing

Dub

lin t

he H

eart

of t

he R

egio

n

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

HR

1. T

o bu

ild o

n an

d pr

omot

e th

e D

ublin

-Bel

fast

econ

omic

cor

ridor

in o

rder

to m

axim

ize

the

adva

ntag

es o

f nor

th-s

outh

link

s an

d th

e de

velo

pmen

t

of a

n al

l isl

and

econ

omy.

+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 8

Mak

ing

Dub

lin t

he H

eart

of t

he R

egio

n

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

HR

2. T

o co

llabo

rate

with

oth

er a

genc

ies

at th

e

regi

onal

leve

l to

prom

ote

fore

ign

inve

stm

ent a

nd e

xpor

t

pote

ntia

l whi

ch c

apita

lises

on

the

city

reg

ions

dyn

amic

natu

re, c

ritic

al m

ass

and

econ

omie

s of

sca

le.

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

HR

3. T

o su

ppor

t the

form

atio

n of

a c

onse

nsus

to

fost

er in

fl uen

ce fo

r D

ublin

and

to b

rand

and

pro

mot

e

the

Dub

lin r

egio

n in

tern

atio

nally

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

HR

4. T

o co

llabo

rate

with

adj

acen

t aut

horit

ies

and

the

regi

onal

aut

horit

y to

ens

ure

that

a c

o-or

dina

ted

appr

oach

is ta

ken

to th

e pl

anni

ng o

f the

Dub

lin r

egio

n

and

to h

ave

rega

rd to

the

Reg

iona

l Pla

nnin

g gu

idel

ines

for

the

Gre

ater

Dub

lin A

rea

(201

0-20

22) a

nd th

e

Nat

iona

l Spa

tial S

trat

egy

(200

2-20

20).

+0

++

0+

++

++

++

00

0+

+

HR

5. T

o pr

omot

e op

port

uniti

es fo

r D

ublin

, pro

tect

and

rein

forc

e th

e pr

imac

y of

the

city

and

sup

port

the

cons

olid

atio

n of

an

effe

ctiv

e co

re a

t the

hea

rt o

f the

city

reg

ion.

+0

0+

00

+0

--

+0

00

00

+

HR

6. T

o su

ppor

t the

rol

e of

the

city

as

the

prim

ary

mix

ed u

se e

mpl

oym

ent a

nd r

etai

l des

tinat

ion

whi

ch is

also

wel

l con

nect

ed b

y pu

blic

tran

spor

t.+

00

+0

0+

0-

-+

00

00

0+

HR

7. T

o su

ppor

t the

net

wor

k of

eco

nom

ic c

lust

ers

and

tran

sbou

ndar

y in

nova

tion

corr

idor

s in

the

poly

cent

ric

city

reg

ion

as id

entifi

ed

in th

e E

cono

mic

Dev

elop

men

t

Act

ion

Pla

n fo

r th

e D

ublin

city

reg

ion.

+0

0+

00

+0

--

00

00

00

0

HR

8. T

o w

ork

in c

onju

nctio

n an

d cl

ose

co-o

pera

tion

with

the

adjo

inin

g lo

cal a

utho

ritie

s in

the

Dub

lin

regi

on, t

o re

duce

‘gre

enho

use

gas’

em

issi

ons

and

miti

gate

aga

inst

clim

ate

chan

ge in

a c

o-or

dina

ted

man

ner

on a

reg

iona

l lev

el, w

ith p

artic

ular

reg

ard

to

ener

gy, p

lann

ing,

tran

spor

t, w

aste

man

agem

ent,

and

biod

iver

sity

. +

00

+0

++

+0

0+

00

00

00


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

8M

akin

g D

ublin

the

Hea

rt o

f the

Reg

ion

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

HR

9. T

o su

ppor

t the

pro

visi

on o

f a fr

amew

ork

for

the

real

isat

ion

of a

str

ateg

ic g

reen

net

wor

k ac

ross

the

regi

on.

++

++

00

0+

00

00

0+

++

?

HR

10. T

o su

ppor

t ini

tiativ

es s

uch

as th

e C

reat

ive

Dub

lin

Allia

nce

in o

rder

to d

rive

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f kno

wle

dge,

inno

vatio

n an

d cr

eativ

ity in

the

city

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

HR

11. T

o pr

omot

e st

rong

city

gov

erna

nce

to r

epre

sent

and

prom

ote

the

Dub

lin c

ity r

egio

n.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

CH

AP

TE

R 9

Rev

italis

ing

the

City

’s E

cono

my

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

RE

1. T

o co

ntin

ue to

col

labo

rate

with

the

othe

r D

ublin

loca

l aut

horit

ies,

the

Cre

ativ

e D

ublin

Alli

ance

and

all

rele

vant

sta

keho

lder

s to

war

ds im

prov

ing

Dub

lin’s

inte

rnat

iona

l com

petit

iven

ess

and

deve

lopi

ng D

ublin

as

a si

gnifi

cant

hub

in th

e E

urop

ean

know

ledg

e ec

onom

y.+

00

00

++

+-

0+

+0

00

0+

RE

2.

◆

To p

rom

ote

and

enha

nce

the

role

of D

ublin

as

the

natio

nal e

cono

mic

eng

ine

and

driv

er o

f eco

nom

ic

reco

very

and

gro

wth

; with

the

city

cen

tre

as it

s co

re

econ

omic

gen

erat

or.

◆

To p

rom

ote

and

enha

nce

the

city

’s c

ompe

titiv

enes

s

and

addr

ess

defi c

its, t

o im

prov

e th

e bu

sine

ss

envi

ronm

ent s

o th

at e

xist

ing

jobs

are

sup

port

ed

and

empl

oym

ent g

ener

ated

, and

be

crea

tive

and

prac

tical

in it

s re

pons

es to

pre

sent

eco

nom

ic

chal

leng

es.

+0

00

0+

++

-0

+0

00

00

+


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 9

Rev

italis

ing

the

City

’s E

cono

my

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

RE

3. T

o re

cogn

ise

the

cruc

ial n

eed

for

the

plan

ning

and

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent s

yste

m to

be

agile

and

resp

onsi

ve in

the

face

of c

halle

ngin

g an

d ra

pidl

y

chan

ging

circ

umst

ance

s. D

ublin

City

Cou

ncil

will

prom

ote

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent b

y ba

lanc

ing

com

plex

set

s of

eco

nom

ic, e

nviro

nmen

tal o

r so

cial

goal

s in

pla

nnin

g de

cisi

ons.

+

++

++

++

+-

++

++

++

++

RE

4.

◆

To ta

ke a

pos

itive

and

pro

-act

ive,

app

roac

h

whe

n co

nsid

erin

g th

e ec

onom

ic im

pact

of m

ajor

plan

ning

app

licat

ions

in o

rder

to s

uppo

rt e

cono

mic

deve

lopm

ent,

ente

rpris

e an

d em

ploy

men

t gro

wth

and

also

to d

eliv

er h

igh-

qual

ity o

utco

mes

.

◆

To h

ave

cons

ider

atio

n to

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

reco

mm

enda

tions

of t

he L

ord

May

or’s

Com

mis

sion

on E

mpl

oym

ent.

+-

0+

0+

++

-0

+0

00

00

+

RE

5. T

o w

ork

clos

ely

with

any

sta

te a

genc

y se

t

up to

res

pond

to th

e pr

oble

ms

in th

e ba

nkin

g an

d

prop

erty

dev

elop

men

t sec

tors

to p

rom

ote

inte

grat

ed

deve

lopm

ent.

+0

0+

0+

++

-0

+0

00

00

+

RE

6. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

fore

ign

dire

ct

inve

stm

ent i

nto

the

city

by,

for

exam

ple,

wor

king

clos

ely

with

the

IDA

and

oth

er a

genc

ies,

and

hav

ing

rega

rd to

the

need

s of

inte

rnat

iona

l inv

estm

ent.

+0

0+

0+

++

-0

+0

00

00

+

RE

7. In

coo

pera

tion

with

the

rele

vant

age

ncie

s, to

enha

nce

links

with

cou

ntrie

s an

d co

mpa

nies

in r

elat

ion

to fo

reig

n di

rect

inve

stm

ent.

+0

0+

0+

++

-0

+0

00

00

+

RE

8. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

ente

rpris

e an

d

entr

epre

neur

ial a

ctiv

ity in

clud

ing

that

of i

mm

igra

nts,

as

wel

l as

smal

l/sta

rt u

p bu

sine

sses

.+

00

+0

++

+-

0+

00

00

0+


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

9R

evita

lisin

g th

e C

ity’s

Eco

nom

y

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

RE

9. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

the

prov

isio

n of

com

mer

cial

dev

elop

men

ts th

at a

re fl

exib

le a

nd c

an

prov

ide

for

a ra

nge

of u

nit s

izes

incl

udin

g un

its s

uita

ble

for

smal

l and

sta

rt-u

p en

terp

rises

.+

00

+0

++

+-

0+

00

00

0+

RE

10. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

the

econ

omic

and

empl

oym

ent g

ener

atin

g an

d re

gene

ratio

n po

tent

ial o

f

the

loca

lly tr

aded

ser

vice

s se

ctor

, mak

ing

the

city

mor

e

attr

activ

e/vi

bran

t for

res

iden

ts, s

hopp

ers,

vis

itors

and

wor

kers

, and

to r

ecog

nise

the

clus

terin

g be

nefi t

s of

, for

exam

ple,

caf

es a

nd r

esta

uran

ts.

+0

0+

0+

++

-0

+0

00

00

+

RE

11. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

the

use,

incl

udin

g

the

tem

pora

ry u

se, o

f vac

ant c

omm

erci

al s

pace

and

vaca

nt s

ites,

for

a w

ide

rang

e of

ent

erpr

ise

incl

udin

g

cultu

ral u

ses.

+0

0+

0+

++

-0

+0

00

00

+

RE

12. T

o pr

omot

e fl e

xibl

e bu

ildin

gs th

at fa

cilit

ate

wor

k

clus

ters

and

affo

rdab

le w

ork

spac

es th

at d

evel

op in

prox

imity

to e

ach

othe

r so

as

to a

llow

ski

lled

self-

empl

oyed

wor

kers

ope

rate

inde

pend

ently

and

als

o

in c

olla

bora

tions

in th

e ci

ty a

nd d

evel

op p

ositi

ve,

prod

uctiv

e sy

nerg

ies

and

effi c

ienc

ies.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

RE

13. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

soci

al e

nter

pris

e an

d

soci

al e

ntre

pren

euria

l act

ivity

in th

e ci

ty w

ith a

vie

w

to r

ealis

ing

the

grea

t pot

entia

l of t

his

sect

or to

the

succ

ess

of th

e ci

ty.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 9

Rev

italis

ing

the

City

’s E

cono

my

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

RE

14.

◆

To p

rom

ote

and

faci

litat

e D

ublin

as

a cr

eativ

e

and

inno

vativ

e ci

ty th

at is

glo

bally

com

petit

ive,

inte

rnat

iona

lly li

nked

, att

ract

ive

and

open

(see

als

o

para

grap

h 8.

4.8)

◆

To r

ecog

nise

that

citi

es a

re c

ruci

bles

of i

nnov

atio

n

and

that

the

city

cen

tre

Z5 z

oned

are

a an

d in

ner

city

are

a in

clud

ing

the

Doc

klan

ds is

the

cruc

ial

met

ropo

litan

and

nat

iona

l res

ourc

e fo

r in

nova

tion,

prom

otin

g th

e pr

oxim

ity a

nd d

iver

sity

of u

ses

that

fost

er in

nova

tion.

+0

0+

0+

++

-0

+0

00

00

+

RE

15. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

lifel

ong

lear

ning

incl

udin

g by

faci

litat

ing

nigh

t/ev

enin

g tim

e ed

ucat

iona

l

uses

, enc

oura

ging

the

optim

um u

se o

f sch

ool b

uild

ings

in th

e ev

enin

gs a

nd d

urin

g ho

liday

s.+

00

+0

++

+-

0+

00

00

0+

RE

16. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

the

deve

lopm

ent

and

grow

th o

f Dub

lin’s

exi

stin

g an

d em

ergi

ng c

reat

ive

indu

strie

s, in

clud

ing

cultu

ral e

nter

pris

es a

nd to

uris

m, t

he

fi lm

indu

stry

, gre

en/c

lean

tech

nolo

gies

and

oth

er p

oten

tial

high

gro

wth

sec

tors

.+

00

+0

++

+-

0+

00

00

0+

RE

17. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

econ

omic

deve

lopm

ent a

nd c

lust

erin

g ta

king

pla

ce a

long

the

sout

hern

, Met

ro N

orth

and

Naa

s R

oad

/ R

ail i

nnov

atio

n

corr

idor

s w

ithin

the

Dub

lin c

ity r

egio

n. T

o pr

omot

e an

d

faci

litat

e th

e ci

ty c

entr

e be

ing

the

econ

omic

eng

ine

of

the

regi

on.

+0

0+

0+

++

-0

+0

00

00

+

RE

18. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

the

furt

her

deve

lopm

ent o

f clu

ster

s w

ithin

the

city

ther

eby

gene

ratin

g co

mpe

titiv

enes

s, p

rodu

ctiv

ity a

nd

inno

vatio

n be

nefi t

s. T

o pr

omot

e ea

st-w

est l

inka

ges

alon

g th

e Li

ffey

and

nort

h-so

uth

linka

ges

Dig

ital H

ub –

Gra

ngeg

orm

an.

+0

0+

0+

++

-0

+0

00

00

+


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

9R

evita

lisin

g th

e C

ity’s

Eco

nom

y

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

RE

19. T

o en

cour

age

the

rege

nera

tion

of th

e ci

ty c

entr

e

zone

d ar

ea th

roug

h th

e pr

omot

ion

and

faci

litat

ion

of

inno

vatio

n cl

uste

rs a

nd th

e in

tens

ifi ca

tion

of e

xist

ing

clus

ters

suc

h as

the

Mat

er H

ospi

tal,

Jam

es’s

Hos

pita

l

and

the

Dig

ital H

ub. T

o re

cogn

ise

the

stra

tegi

c ro

le

of th

e ho

spita

l com

plex

es in

the

city

incl

udin

g th

e

Chi

ldre

n’s

Hos

pita

l of I

rela

nd a

nd to

sup

port

the

prov

isio

n of

the

appr

opria

te v

olum

e of

fl oo

r sp

ace

and

asso

ciat

ed fa

cilit

ies

nece

ssar

y to

sec

ure

the

deliv

ery

of th

eir

serv

ices

and

pot

entia

l; ha

ving

reg

ard

to th

eir

natio

nal m

edic

al fu

nctio

n, th

eir

role

as

a m

ajor

empl

oyer

in th

e ci

ty, a

s a

gene

rato

r of

sig

nifi c

ant

econ

omic

ben

efi ts

for

the

econ

omy

of D

ublin

’s in

ner

city

, and

a p

rom

oter

of t

he k

now

ledg

e ec

onom

y

thro

ugh

rese

arch

and

edu

catio

n lin

ks w

ith th

ird le

vel

colle

ges

in th

e ci

ty.

+0

0+

0+

++

-0

+0

00

00

+

RE

22. T

o de

velo

p an

d im

plem

ent s

peci

fi c la

nd u

se

and

othe

r pl

anni

ng p

olic

ies

so a

s to

faci

litat

e th

e

rete

ntio

n an

d gr

owth

of e

xist

ing

and

emer

ging

clu

ster

s.+

00

+0

++

+-

0+

00

00

0+

RE

23. T

o pr

omot

e, fa

cilit

ate

and

prot

ect t

he e

nter

pris

e

and

empl

oym

ent c

reat

ion

pote

ntia

l of t

he s

trat

egic

ente

rpris

e/em

ploy

men

t lan

dban

ks w

hile

als

o

enco

urag

ing

the

nece

ssar

y su

ppor

t inf

rast

ruct

ure

such

as b

usin

ess

serv

ices

, caf

es, s

hops

, hot

els.

+0

0+

0+

++

-0

+0

00

00

+


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 9

Rev

italis

ing

the

City

’s E

cono

my

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

RE

22

.

◆

To p

rom

ote

and

faci

litat

e th

e su

pply

of c

omm

erci

al

spac

e, w

here

app

ropr

iate

, e.g

. ret

ail a

nd o

ffi ce

incl

udin

g la

rger

fl oo

rpla

tes

and

quan

tum

s su

itabl

e

for

indi

geno

us a

nd F

DI H

Q t

ype

uses

, as

a m

eans

of in

crea

sing

cho

ice

and

com

petit

iven

ess,

and

enco

urag

ing

indi

geno

us a

nd g

loba

l HQ

s to

loca

te

in D

ublin

.

◆

To c

onso

lidat

e em

ploy

men

t pro

visi

on in

the

city

by in

cent

ivis

ing

and

faci

litat

ing

the

high

qua

lity

rede

velo

pmen

t of o

bsol

ete

offi c

e st

ock

in th

e ci

ty.

+0

0+

0+

++

-0

+0

00

00

+

RE

23. T

o pr

omot

e an

d en

hanc

e a

num

ber

of id

entifi

ed

key

dist

rict c

entr

es a

s si

gnifi

cant

em

ploy

men

t cen

tres

as p

art o

f the

ir de

velo

pmen

t as

mix

ed u

se s

ervi

ce

cent

res

for

the

loca

l eco

nom

y, in

corp

orat

ing

a ra

nge

of

reta

il, e

mpl

oym

ent,

recr

eatio

nal a

nd c

omm

unity

use

s.

+0

0+

0+

++

-0

+0

0+

00

+

RE

24. T

o fa

cilit

ate

hom

e ba

sed

econ

omic

act

iviti

es

and

pool

ed w

ork

cent

res

whe

re, b

y vi

rtue

of t

heir

natu

re a

nd s

cale

, the

y ca

n be

acc

omm

odat

ed w

ithou

t

detr

imen

t to

the

amen

ities

of r

esid

entia

l are

as.

+0

0+

0+

++

-0

+0

00

00

+

RE

25. T

o en

cour

age

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f liv

e w

ork

units

as

part

of m

ixed

-use

dev

elop

men

ts w

here

suc

h

acco

mm

odat

ion

can

be p

rovi

ded

with

out d

etrim

ent t

o

the

amen

ities

of a

djoi

ning

res

iden

ts.

+0

0+

0+

++

-0

+0

00

00

+

RE

26.

To

prom

ote

and

faci

litat

e th

e tr

ansf

orm

atio

n

of r

egen

erat

ion

area

s es

peci

ally

inne

r ci

ty a

reas

as a

key

pol

icy

prio

rity

and

oppo

rtun

ity to

impr

ove

the

attr

activ

enes

s an

d co

mpe

titiv

enes

s of

the

city

,

incl

udin

g by

pro

mot

ing

high

qua

lity

priv

ate

and

publ

ic in

vest

men

t and

by

seek

ing

Eur

opea

n Fu

ndin

g

to s

uppo

rt r

egen

erat

ion

initi

ativ

es, t

o th

e be

nefi t

of

resi

dent

s, e

mpl

oyee

s an

d vi

sito

rs.

+0

0+

0+

++

-0

+0

+0

00

+


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

9R

evita

lisin

g th

e C

ity’s

Eco

nom

y

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

RE

27. T

o pr

omot

e th

e lo

catio

n of

hig

h pr

ofi le

pro

ject

s

in r

egen

erat

ion

area

s by

, for

exa

mpl

e, fa

cilit

atin

g th

e

requ

ired

qual

ity a

nd q

uant

ity o

f offi

ce d

evel

opm

ent

in o

rder

to e

ncou

rage

hig

h qu

ality

jobs

and

a m

ore

posi

tive

imag

e fo

r th

e ar

ea.

+0

0+

0+

++

-0

+0

+0

00

+

RE

28. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

cultu

ral a

nd to

uris

m

faci

litie

s in

clud

ing

popu

lar

cultu

re a

nd a

rt e

vent

s as

rege

nera

tion

driv

ers

in te

rms

of d

irect

wea

lth a

nd

job

crea

tion

and

mak

ing

area

s m

ore

attr

activ

e fo

r

inve

stor

s, r

esid

ents

, key

ski

lled

wor

kers

and

vis

itors

.+

00

+0

++

+-

0+

0+

00

0+

RE

29. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

appr

opria

te te

mpo

rary

uses

on

vaca

nt la

nds

and

build

ing

as a

n in

terim

solu

tion.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

RE

30. T

o pr

omot

e an

d en

hanc

e D

ublin

as

a w

orld

clas

s to

uris

t des

tinat

ion

for

leis

ure,

cul

ture

, bus

ines

s

and

stud

ent v

isito

rs.

+0

0+

0+

++

-0

+0

++

0+

+

RE

31. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

the

optim

um b

enefi

ts

(incl

udin

g th

e in

tern

atio

nal m

arke

ting

bene

fi ts)

to th

e

city

of t

he C

onve

ntio

n C

entr

e D

ublin

, as

wel

l as

othe

r

maj

or e

xist

ing

and

futu

re v

isito

r at

trac

tions

suc

h as

the

Nat

iona

l Cul

tura

l Ins

titut

ions

incl

udin

g th

e A

bbey

Thea

tre,

IMM

A, C

ollin

s B

arra

cks,

the

Nat

iona

l Gal

lery

and

the

Che

ster

Bea

tty

Libr

ary,

the

Hug

h La

ne G

alle

ry,

the

Pho

enix

Par

k, th

e G

uinn

ess

Sto

reho

use,

the

Geo

rgia

n sq

uare

s an

d to

pro

mot

e th

e C

onve

ntio

n

Cen

tre

Dub

lin a

rea

as a

maj

or b

usin

ess

tour

ism

,

ente

rtai

nmen

t and

leis

ure

dest

inat

ion

of in

tern

atio

nal

stan

dard

and

to e

ncou

rage

dev

elop

men

t of f

urth

er

tour

ist a

ttra

ctio

ns a

nd c

ultu

ral d

evel

opm

ents

and

faci

litie

s.+

00

+0

++

+-

0+

0+

00

0+


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 9

Rev

italis

ing

the

City

’s E

cono

my

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

RE

32. T

o pr

omot

e D

ublin

as

an In

tern

atio

nal E

duca

tion

Cen

tre/

Stu

dent

City

, as

set o

ut in

nat

iona

l pol

icy,

and

to s

uppo

rt a

nd e

ncou

rage

pro

visi

on o

f nec

essa

ry

infr

astr

uctu

re s

uch

as c

olle

ges

(incl

udin

g E

nglis

h

Lang

uage

Col

lege

s) a

nd h

igh

qual

ity c

usto

m b

uilt

and

prof

essi

onal

ly m

anag

ed s

tude

nt h

ousi

ng.

+0

0+

0+

++

- 0

+0

++

00

+

RE

33. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

spor

ting,

cul

tura

l and

tour

ism

eve

nts

as im

port

ant e

cono

mic

driv

ers

for

the

city

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

RE

34. T

o de

velo

p ap

prop

riate

tour

ism

infr

astr

uctu

re,

incl

udin

g si

gnag

e, in

form

atio

n, to

uris

m tr

ails

, caf

es,

toile

ts, p

ublic

tran

spor

t, ca

r an

d co

ach

park

ing

in th

e

mai

n to

uris

t are

as, a

nd to

faci

litat

e an

d en

cour

age

com

pute

rised

info

rmat

ion

poin

ts fo

r vi

sito

rs.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

CH

AP

TE

R 1

0 -

Str

eng

then

ing

the

City

as

the

Nat

iona

l Ret

ail D

estin

atio

n

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

RD

1. T

o ha

ve r

egar

d to

the

Nat

iona

l Ret

ail P

lann

ing

guid

elin

es a

nd th

e R

etai

l Pla

nnin

g S

trat

egy

for

the

Gre

ater

Dub

lin A

rea

(RP

S/G

DA

) in

prep

arin

g pl

ans

and

in th

e as

sess

men

t of p

lann

ing

appl

icat

ions

for

reta

il

deve

lopm

ents

. +

00

00

++

+0

0+

00

00

0+

RD

2. T

o ad

opt t

he h

iera

rchy

con

tain

ed in

Tab

le 1

of

App

endi

x 4

of th

is d

evel

opm

ent p

lan.

+0

0+

++

++

--

+0

00

-0

+

RD

3. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

the

maj

or c

ontr

ibut

ion

of r

etai

l and

oth

er s

ervi

ces

to th

e vi

talit

y an

d su

cces

s

of th

e ci

ty, a

s a

sign

ifi ca

nt s

ourc

e of

em

ploy

men

t, a

focu

s of

tour

ism

, as

an im

port

ant r

ecre

atio

nal a

ctiv

ity

and

as a

link

with

oth

er c

ultu

ral a

nd r

ecre

atio

nal

activ

ities

. +

00

00

00

00

00

00

-0

0+


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

10

- S

tren

gth

enin

g th

e C

ity a

s th

e N

atio

nal R

etai

l Des

tinat

ion

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

RD

4. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

the

sign

ifi ca

nt r

ole

of n

ew r

etai

ling

and

othe

r se

rvic

es in

enc

oura

ging

rege

nera

tion

and

inve

stm

ent,

prov

idin

g lo

cal

empl

oym

ent,

impr

ovin

g lo

cal s

ervi

ces

and

the

attr

activ

enes

s of

reg

ener

atio

n ar

eas

for

resi

dent

s an

d

busi

ness

es, a

nd a

ttra

ctin

g ad

ditio

nal c

ompl

emen

tary

serv

ices

.+

00

+0

++

+0

0+

00

00

0+

RD

5. T

o en

sure

pro

pose

d la

rge

com

mer

cial

deve

lopm

ents

, whe

re a

ppro

pria

te, w

ould

inco

rpor

ate

reta

il, r

esid

entia

l, em

ploy

men

t and

ent

erta

inm

ent/

cultu

ral u

ses

with

in th

e de

sign

. Thi

s m

ix o

f day

and

nigh

t tim

e us

es a

dds

vita

lity,

and

is in

line

with

the

conc

ept o

f sus

tain

abili

ty. T

he n

on-r

esid

entia

l uni

ts

will

be s

o de

sign

ed a

nd fi

nish

ed s

o as

to p

rote

ct th

e

amen

ities

of t

he r

esid

entia

l uni

ts.

+0

0+

++

++

00

+0

00

00

+

RD

6. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

a ra

nge

of in

door

and

outd

oor

mar

kets

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

RD

7. T

o re

quire

a h

igh

qual

ity o

f des

ign

and

fi nis

h

for

new

and

rep

lace

men

t sho

pfro

nts,

sig

nage

and

adve

rtis

ing.

Dub

lin C

ity C

ounc

il w

ill ac

tivel

y pr

omot

e

and

seek

the

prin

cipl

es o

f goo

d sh

opfr

ont d

esig

n

as s

et o

ut in

Dub

lin C

ity C

ounc

il’s

Sho

pfro

nt D

esig

n

guid

elin

es.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

RD

8. T

o m

inim

ise

the

nega

tive

impa

ct o

f dea

d fr

onta

ge

aris

ing

from

hig

h va

canc

y le

vels

in r

etai

l or

reta

il se

rvic

e

outle

ts b

y th

e pr

omot

ion

and

faci

litat

ion

of te

mpo

rary

uses

whi

ch c

ontr

ibut

e to

the

vita

lity

of th

e st

reet

with

part

icul

ar s

uppo

rt fo

r pu

blic

ly a

cces

sibl

e cr

eativ

e

and

com

mun

ity u

ses

such

as

com

mun

ity c

afés

, loc

al

mar

kets

, per

form

ance

art

eve

nts,

art

inst

alla

tions

,

galle

ries

or a

rtis

t stu

dios

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 1

0 -

Str

eng

then

ing

the

City

as

the

Nat

iona

l Ret

ail D

estin

atio

n

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

RD

9. T

o se

ek to

pro

hibi

t adu

lt en

tert

ainm

ent s

hops

in

prox

imity

to r

esid

entia

l are

as a

nd s

choo

ls a

nd to

see

k

to p

reve

nt a

n ex

cess

ive

conc

entr

atio

n of

suc

h us

es

havi

ng r

egar

d to

the

exis

ting

prol

ifera

tion

of s

imila

r

reta

il ou

tlets

in a

n ar

ea a

nd th

e vi

talit

y of

a s

hopp

ing

area

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

RD

10. T

o pr

ohib

it th

e fu

rthe

r ex

pans

ion

of o

ff lic

ence

s

or p

art o

ff-lic

ence

s ex

cept

in a

reas

whe

re a

com

pelli

ng

case

can

be

mad

e. A

ny a

pplic

atio

n fo

r an

off-

licen

ce

shou

ld in

clud

e a

map

of a

ll of

f-lic

ence

s lo

cate

d w

ithin

a

1km

rad

ius

of th

e pr

opos

ed d

evel

opm

ent.

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

RD

11. T

o m

aint

ain

and

rein

forc

e th

e do

min

ant p

ositi

on

of th

e ce

ntra

l sho

ppin

g co

re a

s th

e pr

emie

r sh

oppi

ng

area

in th

e st

ate

and

to a

ddre

ss th

e ch

alle

nges

and

repo

sitio

n th

e ci

ty a

s a

prem

ier

shop

ping

des

tinat

ion,

supp

orte

d by

a r

ich

dive

rsity

of l

eisu

re, c

ultu

ral a

nd

othe

r us

es.

+0

0+

+0

++

--

+0

00

00

+

RD

12. T

o im

plem

ent t

he o

bjec

tives

of t

he r

etai

l cor

e

Fram

ewor

k P

lan

whi

ch in

clud

e in

crea

sing

the

amou

nt

of r

etai

l fl o

or s

pace

thro

ugh

the

deliv

ery

of a

sig

nifi c

ant

quan

tity

of a

dditi

onal

ret

ail fl

oor

are

a in

par

ticul

ar

acco

mm

odat

ing

high

er o

rder

com

paris

on g

ood

reta

iling

and

incl

udin

g, w

here

app

ropr

iate

, the

pro

visi

on

of la

rger

sho

p un

its r

equi

red

by th

e m

ains

trea

m fa

shio

n

outle

ts. I

t is

also

a p

olic

y to

pro

mot

e ac

tive

uses

at

stre

et le

vel o

n th

e pr

inci

pal s

hopp

ing

stre

ets

in th

e

cent

ral s

hopp

ing

core

and

hav

ing

rega

rd to

the

crite

ria

for

Cat

egor

y 1

and

Cat

egor

y 2

Str

eets

and

the

Spe

cial

Are

as o

f Pla

nnin

g C

ontr

ol.

+0

00

00

00

--

+0

00

00

+


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

10

- S

tren

gth

enin

g th

e C

ity a

s th

e N

atio

nal R

etai

l Des

tinat

ion

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

RD

13. T

o ha

ve r

egar

d to

the

arch

itect

ural

fabr

ic a

nd

fi ne

grai

n of

trad

ition

al r

etai

l fro

ntag

e, w

hils

t pro

vidi

ng

for

mod

ern

reta

il fo

rmat

s ne

cess

ary

for

vibr

ant

city

cen

tre

reta

il co

re a

s se

t out

in th

e re

tail

core

Fram

ewor

k P

lan.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

RD

14. T

o re

cogn

ise

that

it is

ess

entia

l tha

t the

city

con

tinue

s to

re-

inve

nt it

self

to p

rovi

de m

oder

n

attr

activ

e re

tail

envi

ronm

ent t

hat c

an c

ompe

te b

oth

with

mod

ern

regi

onal

cen

tres

but

als

o w

ith o

ther

inte

rnat

iona

l citi

es b

oth

in a

ttra

ctin

g tr

ade

and

new

reta

il fo

rmat

s as

set

out

in R

etai

l Str

ateg

y fo

r th

e

Gre

ater

Dub

lin A

rea.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

+

RD

15. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

the

rege

nera

tion,

whi

le

prot

ectin

g an

d bu

ildin

g on

the

loca

l mar

ket r

oles

, of t

he

radi

al m

arke

t str

eets

loca

ted

clos

e to

the

city

cen

tre,

such

as

Thom

as S

tree

t, C

amde

n S

tree

t and

Man

or

Str

eet /

Sto

neyb

atte

r.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

0+

RD

16. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

clus

terin

g of

use

s,

incl

udin

g co

mpl

emen

tary

use

s, th

at a

dd c

hara

cter

and

vita

lity

to th

e ci

ty fo

r ex

ampl

e cu

ltura

l/cre

ativ

e/an

tique

s

on F

ranc

is S

tree

t, et

hnic

res

taur

ants

/sho

ps o

n P

arne

ll

Str

eet a

nd C

apel

Str

eet.

+0

0+

+0

00

00

00

+0

00

+

RD

17. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

the

impr

ovem

ent

and

inte

grat

ion

of th

e m

arke

t str

eets

with

the

cent

ral

shop

ping

are

a, b

y th

e de

sign

atio

n an

d im

prov

emen

t

of p

edes

tria

n lin

kage

s, th

e re

duct

ion

in le

vels

of t

raffi

c,

and

othe

r en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpr

ovem

ents

.+

00

++

++

+0

0+

0+

00

0+

RD

18. T

o en

sure

the

adeq

uate

and

app

ropr

iate

ret

ail

prov

isio

n in

tand

em a

nd c

omm

ensu

rate

with

res

iden

tial

deve

lopm

ent i

n th

e em

ergi

ng o

r ke

y de

velo

ping

are

as

such

as

such

Che

rryo

rcha

rd /

Par

kwes

t, N

orth

Frin

ge,

Pel

lets

tow

n an

d th

e D

ockl

ands

. +

-+

+0

0+

00

0+

00

0-

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 1

0 -

Str

eng

then

ing

the

City

as

the

Nat

iona

l Ret

ail D

estin

atio

n

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

RD

19. T

o se

ek to

mai

ntai

n an

d st

reng

then

the

exis

ting

dist

rict a

nd n

eigh

bour

hood

cen

tres

and

to r

e-vi

talis

e,

re-in

vent

and

pre

vent

the

obso

lesc

ence

of o

lder

subu

rban

dis

tric

t and

nei

ghbo

urho

od c

entr

es.

+0

00

00

+0

00

+0

00

00

+

RD

20. T

o en

cour

age

the

prov

isio

n of

loca

l and

/or

corn

er s

hops

in r

esid

entia

l are

as w

here

ther

e is

an

exis

ting

defi c

ienc

y of

ret

ail p

rovi

sion

.+

00

++

++

+0

0+

00

00

00

RD

21. T

o en

sure

that

maj

or n

ew s

hopp

ing

faci

litie

s

shou

ld b

e lo

cate

d ad

jace

nt to

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort r

oute

s.+

00

++

0+

00

0+

00

00

00

RD

22. T

o co

ntro

l the

pro

visi

on o

f ret

ail w

areh

ousi

ng

and

reta

il pa

rks.

The

se w

ill be

ass

esse

d w

ith th

e

need

to p

rote

ct th

e ce

ntra

l sho

ppin

g co

re a

nd d

istr

ict

cent

res

as a

prio

rity

and

the

need

to c

onfi n

e th

eir

use

to th

e sa

le o

f bul

ky g

oods

. +

00

++

0+

00

0+

00

00

0+

RD

23. T

o co

-ope

rate

and

con

sult

with

adj

oini

ng

loca

l aut

horit

ies

rega

rdin

g th

e im

pact

of r

etai

l pla

ns

or s

chem

es w

ith p

artic

ular

reg

ard

to th

e po

tent

ial

for

sign

ifi ca

nt c

ross

-bou

ndar

y im

pact

s on

the

reta

il

hier

arch

y or

the

reta

il ar

eas

in a

djoi

ning

cou

ncils

.+

00

00

0+

00

00

00

00

00

RD

24. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

the

prov

isio

n of

acce

ssib

le g

ood

qual

ity c

onve

nien

ce s

hopp

ing

with

stro

ng c

hoic

e an

d co

mpe

titio

n w

ithin

the

inne

r ci

ty

area

and

in d

evel

opin

g ar

eas

to e

nsur

e th

at a

dequ

ate

prov

isio

n is

mad

e fo

r th

e in

crea

sed

popu

latio

n no

w

livin

g in

the

city

; and

red

ucin

g th

e nu

mbe

rs tr

avel

ling

the

oute

r su

burb

s to

mee

t the

ir co

nven

ienc

e ne

eds

and

to a

ttra

ct a

nd r

etai

n fa

mili

es w

ith c

hild

ren

in th

e

city

, as

set o

ut in

Ret

ail S

trat

egy

for

the

Gre

ater

Dub

lin

Are

a.+

00

++

++

0-

-+

00

00

0+


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

10

- S

tren

gth

enin

g th

e C

ity a

s th

e N

atio

nal R

etai

l Des

tinat

ion

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

RD

25. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

the

prov

isio

n of

supe

rmar

ket s

hopp

ing

prim

arily

in d

istr

ict c

entre

s an

d

neig

hbou

rhoo

d ce

ntre

s. A

ny p

ropo

sals

for c

onve

nien

ce

shop

ping

out

side

of d

esig

nate

d ce

ntre

s w

ill be

sub

ject

to

the

sequ

entia

l tes

t crit

eria

as

set o

ut in

the

Ret

ail S

trate

gy,

App

endi

x 4.

+0

0+

+0

+0

00

+0

00

00

+

RD

26. T

o en

sure

that

Dub

lin a

dapt

s to

dev

elop

men

ts

in r

etai

l for

mat

s an

d ch

angi

ng li

fest

yles

hav

ing

rega

rd

to th

e re

tail

and

sett

lem

ent h

iera

rchy

set

out

in th

e co

re

stra

tegy

.+

00

++

00

00

00

00

00

00

RD

27. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

com

petit

ion

and

inno

vatio

n in

the

reta

il an

d ot

her

serv

ice

sect

ors

to th

e

bene

fi t o

f com

petit

iven

ess

and

the

cons

umer

, as

an

inte

gral

par

t of t

he p

rope

r pl

anni

ng a

nd s

usta

inab

le

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

city

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

CH

AP

TE

R 1

1P

rovi

din

g Q

ualit

y H

omes

in a

Com

pac

t C

ity

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

QH

1. T

o ha

ve r

egar

d to

the

DoE

HLG

gui

delin

es o

n

‘Qua

lity

Hou

sing

for

Sus

tain

able

Com

mun

ities

– B

est

Pra

ctic

e gu

idel

ines

for

Del

iver

ing

Hom

es S

usta

inin

g

Com

mun

ities

’ (20

07);

‘Del

iver

ing

Hom

es S

usta

inin

g

Com

mun

ities

– S

tate

men

t on

Hou

sing

Pol

icy’

(200

7),

‘Sus

tain

able

Urb

an H

ousi

ng: D

esig

n S

tand

ards

for

New

Apa

rtm

ents

’ (20

07) a

nd ‘S

usta

inab

le R

esid

entia

l

Dev

elop

men

t in

Urb

an A

reas

’ and

the

acco

mpa

nyin

g

Urb

an D

esig

n M

anua

l: A

Bes

t Pra

ctic

e G

uide

(200

8).

+0

0+

0+

++

-0

+0

00

00

0

QH

2. T

o ha

ve r

egar

d to

the

Reg

iona

l Pla

nnin

g

guid

elin

es fo

r th

e G

reat

er D

ublin

Are

a an

d m

ake

prov

isio

n fo

r th

e sc

ale

of p

opul

atio

n gr

owth

and

hous

ing

allo

catio

ns o

utlin

ed in

thes

e gu

idel

ines

. +

00

+0

++

+-

-+

00

00

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 1

1P

rovi

din

g Q

ualit

y H

omes

in a

Com

pac

t C

ity

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

QH

3. T

o en

cour

age

and

fost

er th

e cr

eatio

n of

attr

activ

e m

ixed

use

sus

tain

able

nei

ghbo

urho

ods

whi

ch c

onta

in a

var

iety

of h

ousi

ng t

ypes

and

tenu

res

with

sup

port

ing

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies,

pub

lic r

ealm

and

resi

dent

ial a

men

ities

. +

00

++

++

+0

0+

00

00

00

QH

4. T

o pr

omot

e re

side

ntia

l dev

elop

men

t at

sust

aina

ble

urba

n de

nsiti

es th

roug

hout

the

city

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith th

e co

re s

trat

egy

havi

ng r

egar

d

to th

e ne

ed fo

r hi

gh s

tand

ards

of u

rban

des

ign

and

arch

itect

ure

and

to s

ucce

ssfu

lly in

tegr

ate

with

the

char

acte

r of

the

surr

ound

ing

area

.+

00

++

++

+-

-+

00

00

++

QH

5. T

o pr

omot

e si

gnifi

cant

res

iden

tial

acco

mm

odat

ion

on th

e up

per

fl oor

s of

pre

mis

es a

s

part

of a

mix

and

ran

ge o

f use

s in

ord

er to

est

ablis

h

a lo

ng te

rm in

tegr

ated

com

mun

ity w

ithin

att

ract

ive

mix

ed-u

se s

usta

inab

le n

eigh

bour

hood

s.

+0

0+

++

++

--

+0

?0

00

0

QH

6. T

o pr

omot

e th

e de

velo

pmen

t of u

nder

utili

sed

infi l

l site

s an

d to

favo

urab

ly c

onsi

der

high

er d

ensi

ty

prop

osal

s w

hich

res

pect

the

desi

gn o

f the

sur

roun

ding

deve

lopm

ent a

nd th

e ch

arac

ter

of th

e ar

ea.

+0

0+

0+

++

--

+0

00

0+

+

QH

7. T

o di

scou

rage

any

sub

stan

tial c

hang

es o

r

addi

tions

to r

esid

entia

l pro

pert

y w

hich

fund

amen

tally

alte

rs th

e re

side

ntia

l nat

ure

of th

e re

side

ntia

l pro

pert

y

or if

sam

e co

nfl ic

ts w

ith th

e re

side

ntia

l cha

ract

er o

f

the

adjo

inin

g ar

ea o

r if

sam

e su

bsta

ntia

lly d

ecre

ases

the

likel

ihoo

d of

the

prop

erty

rem

aini

ng p

rimar

ily in

resi

dent

ial u

se.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

11

Pro

vid

ing

Qua

lity

Hom

es in

a C

omp

act

City

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

QH

8. T

o re

quire

that

larg

er s

chem

es w

hich

will

be

deve

lope

d ov

er a

con

side

rabl

e pe

riod

of ti

me

are

deve

lope

d in

a p

hase

d m

anne

r to

ens

ure

that

sui

tabl

e

phys

ical

, soc

ial a

nd c

omm

unity

infr

astr

uctu

re is

prov

ided

in ta

ndem

with

the

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ent

and

subs

tant

ial i

nfra

stru

ctur

e is

ava

ilabl

e to

initi

al

occu

pier

s.+

00

+0

++

+0

0+

00

00

00

QH

9. G

ated

res

iden

tial d

evel

opm

ents

will

be

disc

oura

ged

and

in m

ost c

ases

will

be p

rohi

bite

d as

they

neg

ate

agai

nst D

ublin

City

Cou

ncil’

s vi

sion

of a

perm

eabl

e, c

onne

cted

and

link

ed c

ity th

at e

ncou

rage

s

inte

grat

ion.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

QH

10. T

o pr

omot

e m

ore

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent

thro

ugh

ener

gy e

nd u

se e

ffi ci

ency

, inc

reas

ing

the

use

of r

enew

able

ene

rgy,

and

impr

oved

ene

rgy

perf

orm

ance

of a

ll ne

w d

evel

opm

ent t

hrou

ghou

t the

city

by

requ

iring

pla

nnin

g ap

plic

atio

ns to

be

supp

orte

d

by in

form

atio

n in

dica

ting

how

the

prop

osal

has

been

des

igne

d in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

sust

aina

ble

stan

dard

s an

d gu

idin

g de

velo

pmen

t prin

cipl

es s

et o

ut

in th

e de

velo

pmen

t pla

n.+

00

+0

++

+0

00

00

00

00

QH

11. T

o en

sure

that

all

new

hou

sing

is d

esig

ned

in

a w

ay th

at is

ada

ptab

le a

nd fl

exib

le to

the

chan

ging

need

s of

the

hom

eow

ner

as s

et o

ut in

the

Res

iden

tial

Qua

lity

Sta

ndar

ds a

nd w

ith r

egar

d to

the

Life

time

Hom

es g

uidn

ace

cont

aine

d in

Sec

tion

5.2

of th

e

Dep

artm

ent o

f Env

ironm

ent,

Her

itage

and

Loc

al

Gov

ernm

ent ‘

Qua

lity

Hou

sing

for

Sus

tain

able

Com

mun

ities

– B

est P

ract

ice

guid

elin

es fo

r D

eliv

erin

g

Hom

es S

usta

inin

g C

omm

uniti

es’ (

2007

). +

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

QH

12. T

o pr

omot

e th

e pr

ovis

ion

of a

ppro

pria

te

acco

mm

odat

ion

for

olde

r pe

ople

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

the

hous

ing

stra

tegy

. +

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 1

1P

rovi

din

g Q

ualit

y H

omes

in a

Com

pac

t C

ity

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

QH

13. T

o re

quire

com

plia

nce

with

the

City

Cou

ncil’

s

polic

y on

the

taki

ng-in

-cha

rge

of r

esid

entia

l

deve

lopm

ents

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

QH

14. T

o pr

omot

e ef

fi cie

nt a

nd e

ffect

ive

prop

erty

man

agem

ent i

n or

der

to s

ecur

e th

e sa

tisfa

ctor

y

upke

ep a

nd m

aint

enan

ce o

f com

mun

al a

reas

and

faci

litie

s in

the

cont

ext o

f suc

cess

ful t

empl

ates

of

apar

tmen

t man

agem

ent d

eriv

ed fr

om c

ount

ries

with

a lo

ng h

isto

ry o

f apa

rtm

ent d

wel

ling

and

succ

essf

ul

apar

tmen

t man

agem

ent s

truc

ture

s an

d sy

stem

s,

and

evol

ving

nat

iona

l leg

isla

tion

incl

udin

g th

e M

ulti-

Uni

t Dev

elop

men

ts B

ill 20

09, t

he P

rope

rty

Ser

vice

s

(Reg

ulat

ion)

Bill

2009

and

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of t

he

Nat

iona

l Pro

pert

y S

ervi

ces

Reg

ulat

ory

Aut

horit

y.

Dub

lin C

ity C

ounc

il w

ill su

ppor

t the

full

esta

blis

hmen

t

of th

e N

atio

nal P

rope

rty

Ser

vice

s R

egul

ator

y A

utho

rity.

+

00

0+

00

00

00

00

00

00

QH

15. T

o pr

omot

e th

e pr

ovis

ion

of h

igh

qual

ity

apar

tmen

t hou

sing

with

in s

ucce

ssfu

l sus

tain

able

neig

hbou

rhoo

ds b

y ac

hiev

ing

suita

ble

leve

ls o

f am

enity

with

in in

divi

dual

apa

rtm

ents

, ach

ievi

ng a

ppro

pria

te

targ

et a

vera

ge fl

oor

area

s an

d le

vels

of a

men

ity w

ithin

each

apa

rtm

ent d

evel

opm

ent;

and

ensu

ring

that

suita

ble

soci

al in

fras

truc

ture

and

oth

er s

uppo

rt fa

cilit

ies

are

avai

labl

e in

the

neig

hbou

rhoo

d.

+0

0+

0+

++

00

00

00

00

0

QH

16. T

o pr

omot

e th

e op

timum

qua

lity

and

supp

ly

of a

part

men

t hou

sing

for

a ra

nge

of h

ousi

ng n

eeds

and

aspi

ratio

ns, i

nclu

ding

hou

seho

lds

with

chi

ldre

n

and

peop

le w

ith d

isab

ilitie

s, in

att

ract

ive,

sus

tain

able

mix

ed-in

com

e, m

ixed

-use

nei

ghbo

urho

ods

supp

orte

d

by a

ppro

pria

te s

ocia

l and

oth

er in

fras

truc

ture

. +

00

+0

++

+-

-+

00

00

00


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

11

Pro

vid

ing

Qua

lity

Hom

es in

a C

omp

act

City

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

QH

17. T

o en

sure

apa

rtm

ent d

evel

opm

ents

on

City

Cou

ncil

site

s ar

e m

odel

s of

inte

rnat

iona

l bes

t pra

ctic

e

and

deliv

er th

e hi

ghes

t qua

lity

ener

gy e

ffi ci

ent

apar

tmen

t hom

es w

ith a

ll th

e ne

cess

ary

supp

ort

infr

astr

uctu

re s

uch

as p

ublic

par

ks a

nd s

uita

ble

shop

s

cont

ribut

ing

to th

e cr

eatio

n of

att

ract

ive,

sus

tain

able

,

mix

ed-u

se a

nd m

ixed

inco

me

neig

hbou

rhoo

ds.

+0

0+

0+

++

00

+0

00

00

0

QH

18. T

o en

sure

that

new

hou

ses

prov

ide

for

the

need

s of

fam

ily a

ccom

mod

atio

n w

ith a

sat

isfa

ctor

y

leve

l of r

esid

entia

l am

enity

. All

new

hou

ses

shal

l com

ply

with

the

Sta

ndar

ds fo

r R

esid

entia

l

Acc

omm

odat

ion.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

QH

19. T

o en

sure

that

new

hou

sing

dev

elop

men

t clo

se

to e

xist

ing

hous

es r

efl e

ct th

e ch

arac

ter

and

scal

e of

the

exis

ting

hous

es u

nles

s th

ere

are

exce

ptio

nal d

esig

n

reas

ons

for

doin

g ot

herw

ise.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

QH

20. T

o di

scou

rage

the

dem

oliti

on o

f hab

itabl

e

hous

ing

unle

ss s

tree

tsca

pe, e

nviro

nmen

tal a

nd

amen

ity c

onsi

dera

tions

are

sat

isfi e

d an

d th

ere

is a

net

incr

ease

in th

e nu

mbe

r of

dw

ellin

g un

its p

rovi

ded.

+0

00

0+

00

00

00

+0

0+

0

QH

21. T

o re

sist

the

loss

of r

esid

entia

l use

on

uppe

r

fl oor

s an

d ac

tivel

y su

ppor

t pro

posa

ls th

at r

etai

n or

brin

g up

per

fl oor

s ab

ove

grou

nd fl

oor

prem

ises

into

resi

dent

ial u

se.

+0

0+

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

QH

22. T

o en

cour

age

the

rein

trod

uctio

n of

res

iden

tial

use

into

the

hist

oric

are

as o

f the

city

, whe

re m

uch

of

the

hist

oric

fabr

ic r

emai

ns in

tact

(e.g

. the

Geo

rgia

n an

d

Vic

toria

n ar

eas)

, pro

vide

d de

velo

pmen

t is

cons

iste

nt

with

the

arch

itect

ural

inte

grity

and

cha

ract

er o

f suc

h

area

s.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 1

1P

rovi

din

g Q

ualit

y H

omes

in a

Com

pac

t C

ity

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

QH

23. T

o re

gene

rate

the

area

s id

entifi

ed

on th

e M

ain

City

Cen

tre

Reg

ener

atio

n A

reas

Map

and

dev

elop

them

as

high

ly p

opul

ar a

reas

in w

hich

to li

ve a

nd w

ork.

+

00

+0

++

+0

0+

00

00

0+

QH

24. T

o pr

omot

e th

e tr

ansf

orm

atio

n of

the

key

rege

nera

tion

area

s in

to s

ucce

ssfu

l soc

ially

inte

grat

ed

neig

hbou

rhoo

ds a

nd p

rom

ote

area

reg

ener

atio

n in

part

s of

the

City

whi

ch r

equi

re p

hysi

cal i

mpr

ovem

ent

and

enha

ncem

ent i

n te

rms

of q

ualit

y of

life

, hou

sing

and

empl

oym

ent o

ppor

tuni

ties.

+

00

00

++

+0

00

00

00

0+

QH

25. T

o se

cure

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

curr

ent

Dub

lin C

ity C

ounc

il ho

usin

g st

rate

gy. I

n th

is r

egar

d,

20%

of t

he la

nd z

oned

for

resi

dent

ial u

se, o

r fo

r a

mix

ture

of r

esid

entia

l and

oth

er u

ses,

sha

ll be

res

erve

d

for

the

prov

isio

n of

soc

ial a

nd a

fford

able

hou

sing

. +

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

QH

26. T

o re

cogn

ise

the

sepa

rate

iden

tity,

cul

ture

,

trad

ition

and

his

tory

of t

he T

rave

lling

peo

ple

and

to r

educ

e th

e le

vels

of d

isad

vant

age

that

trav

elle

rs

expe

rienc

e.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

QH

27. T

o pr

ovid

e a

rang

e of

acc

omm

odat

ion

optio

ns

for

trav

elle

rs w

ho n

orm

ally

res

ide

in th

e D

ublin

City

Are

a an

d w

ho w

ish

to h

ave

such

acc

omm

odat

ion

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e D

ublin

City

Cou

ncil

Trav

elle

r

Acc

omm

odat

ion

Pro

gram

me

2009

– 2

013.

+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

QH

28. T

o su

ppor

t the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Hom

eles

s

Act

ion

Pla

n fo

r D

ublin

. +

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

11

Pro

vid

ing

Qua

lity

Hom

es in

a C

omp

act

City

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

QH

29.

To

ensu

re th

at a

ll pr

opos

als

to p

rovi

de o

r

exte

nd h

omel

ess

acco

mm

odat

ion

or s

uppo

rt s

ervi

ces

shal

l be

supp

orte

d by

info

rmat

ion

dem

onst

ratin

g

that

the

prop

osal

wou

ld n

ot r

esul

t in

an u

ndue

conc

entr

atio

n of

suc

h us

es n

or u

nder

min

e th

e ex

istin

g

loca

l eco

nom

y, r

esid

ent c

omm

unity

or

rege

nera

tion

of a

n ar

ea. A

ll su

ch a

pplic

atio

ns s

hall

incl

ude:

a m

ap

of a

ll ho

mel

ess

serv

ice

with

in a

500

met

re r

adiu

s of

appl

icat

ion

site

(equ

ival

ent t

o a

1km

dia

met

er m

ap o

f

faci

litie

s ar

ound

the

appl

icat

ion

site

); a

stat

emen

t on

the

catc

hmen

t are

a id

entif

ying

whe

ther

the

prop

osal

is to

ser

ve lo

cal o

r re

gion

al d

eman

d; a

nd a

sta

tem

ent

rega

rdin

g m

anag

emen

t of t

he s

ervi

ce /

faci

lity.

+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

QH

30. T

o su

ppor

t the

pro

visi

on o

f hig

h qu

ality

,

prof

essi

onal

ly m

anag

ed a

nd p

urpo

se b

uilt

third

leve

l stu

dent

acc

omm

odat

ion

on c

ampu

ses

or in

appr

opria

te lo

catio

ns c

lose

to th

e m

ain

cam

pus

adja

cent

to h

igh

qual

ity p

ublic

tran

spor

t cor

ridor

s

and

cycl

e ro

utes

, in

a m

anne

r w

hich

res

pect

s th

e

resi

dent

ial a

men

ity o

f the

sur

roun

ding

are

a, in

ord

er

to s

uppo

rt th

e kn

owle

dge

econ

omy.

Pro

posa

ls fo

r

stud

ent a

ccom

mod

atio

n sh

all c

ompl

y w

ith A

ppen

dix

21 ‘g

uide

lines

for

Stu

dent

Acc

omm

odat

ion’

and

sha

ll

be c

onsi

dere

d in

the

cont

ext o

f the

Dep

artm

ent o

f

Edu

catio

n an

d S

cien

ce ‘g

uide

lines

on

Res

iden

tial

Dev

elop

men

t for

3rd

Lev

el S

tude

nts’

(199

9) a

nd th

e

supp

lem

enta

ry r

evie

w d

ocum

ent o

f Jul

y 20

05.

+0

0+

00

+0

00

+0

00

00

+


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 1

2 C

reat

ing

Go

od

Nei

ghb

ourh

oo

ds

and

Suc

cess

ful C

om

mun

ities

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

NC

1. T

o pr

omot

e go

od u

rban

nei

ghbo

urho

ods

thro

ugho

ut th

e ci

ty w

hich

are

wel

l des

igne

d, s

afe

and

suita

ble

for

a va

riety

of a

ge g

roup

s an

d te

nure

s,

robu

st, a

dapt

able

, wel

l ser

ved

by lo

cal f

acili

ties

and

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort,

and

whi

ch c

ontr

ibut

e to

the

stru

ctur

e

and

iden

tity

of th

e ci

ty, c

onsi

sten

t with

sta

ndar

ds s

et

out i

n th

is p

lan.

+ 0

0 +

0 +

+ +

00

+ 0

0 0

00

+

NC

2. T

o pr

omot

e ne

ighb

ourh

ood

deve

lopm

ents

whi

ch b

uild

on

loca

l cha

ract

er a

s ex

pres

sed

in h

isto

ric

activ

ities

or

build

ings

, mat

eria

ls, h

ousi

ng t

ypes

or

loca

l

land

scap

e to

har

mon

ise

with

and

furt

her

deve

lop

the

uniq

ue c

hara

cter

of t

hese

pla

ces

in th

e w

ider

Dub

lin

cont

ext.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

NC

3. T

o re

cogn

ise

the

impo

rtan

t rol

e of

com

mun

ity

grou

ps p

lay

in th

e ci

ty a

nd to

eng

age

with

con

sulta

tive

foru

ms

whi

ch a

re in

clus

ive

of a

ll ag

e gr

oups

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

NC

4. T

o ha

ve r

egar

d to

the

DoE

HLG

’s g

uide

lines

on

Sus

tain

able

Res

iden

tial D

evel

opm

ent i

n U

rban

Are

as

and

its a

ccom

pany

ing

Urb

an D

esig

n M

anua

l, 20

09 in

the

mak

ing

of s

usta

inab

le n

eigh

bour

hood

s.

+0

0+

++

++

0+

++

00

00

0

NC

5. T

o en

sure

that

app

licat

ions

for

sign

ifi ca

nt la

rge

new

dev

elop

men

ts (o

ver

200

Uni

ts) a

re a

ccom

pani

ed

by a

n Im

plem

enta

tion

and

Pha

sing

Pro

gram

me

in

rela

tion

to c

omm

unity

infr

astr

uctu

re, s

o th

at s

uch

faci

litie

s ar

e pr

ovid

ed in

a ti

mel

y an

d co

-ord

inat

ed

fash

ion.

+

00

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

NC

6. T

o su

ppor

t and

enc

oura

ge th

e fu

ture

gro

wth

of

a w

ide

rang

e of

pub

lic, s

ocia

l and

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces

esse

ntia

l to

loca

l com

mun

ity li

fe.

+0

0+

00

00

00

0+

00

00

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

12

Cre

atin

g G

oo

d N

eigh

bou

rho

od

s an

d S

ucce

ssfu

l Co

mm

uniti

es

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

NC

7. T

o pr

omot

e an

d se

ek to

pro

vide

mul

ti-us

e, fi

t-

for-

purp

ose,

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies

whi

ch a

re s

uita

ble

for

all a

ges

and

all a

bilit

ies,

are

ope

rate

d ac

cord

ing

to a

n ef

fect

ive

and

effi c

ient

man

agem

ent s

trat

egy,

and

whi

ch a

re a

cces

sibl

e in

term

s of

phy

sica

l des

ign,

loca

tion,

cos

t of u

se, a

nd o

peni

ng h

ours

.+

00

+0

00

00

0+

00

00

00

NC

8. T

o co

ntin

ue to

liai

se a

nd s

uppo

rt w

ith o

ther

stat

utor

y, v

olun

tary

and

com

mun

ity g

roup

s in

the

prov

isio

n of

key

ser

vice

s.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

NC

9. T

o fa

cilit

ate

the

prov

isio

n of

new

sch

ools

, sch

ool

exte

nsio

ns a

nd th

ird le

vel i

nstit

utio

ns a

nd to

hav

e

rega

rd to

the

prov

isio

ns o

f the

DoE

HLG

& D

ES (2

008)

.+

0 0

+0

++

+0

0 +

00

0 0

00

NC

10. T

o se

ek to

res

erve

land

s fo

r ed

ucat

iona

l

purp

oses

in lo

catio

ns c

lose

to th

e ar

eas

of g

reat

est

resi

dent

ial e

xpan

sion

and

adj

acen

t to

com

mun

ity

deve

lopm

ents

suc

h as

com

mun

ity c

entr

es, p

layi

ng

fi eld

s, li

brar

ies

etc.

so

that

the

poss

ibili

ty o

f sha

ring

faci

litie

s ca

n be

max

imis

ed in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Edu

catio

n &

Sci

ence

’s J

oint

Cod

e of

Pra

ctic

e (2

008)

.+

00

+0

++

+0

0+

00

00

00

NC

11. T

o fa

cilit

ate

the

prov

isio

n of

col

lege

and

oth

er

educ

atio

nal s

ites

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e re

quire

men

ts

of th

e re

leva

nt e

duca

tion

auth

oriti

es a

nd e

ncou

rage

the

shar

ed u

se o

f sch

ool g

roun

ds a

nd fa

cilit

ies

–

incl

udin

g sp

orts

faci

litie

s an

d eq

uipm

ent–

with

the

loca

l com

mun

ity o

utsi

de o

f cor

e sc

hool

hou

rs.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

NC

12. T

o fa

cilit

ate

the

prov

isio

n of

con

tinui

ng

educ

atio

nal f

acili

ties

and

prom

ote

lifel

ong

lear

ning

for

all,

incl

udin

g th

e el

derly

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 1

2 C

reat

ing

Go

od

Nei

ghb

ourh

oo

ds

and

Suc

cess

ful C

om

mun

ities

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

NC

13. T

o su

ppor

t the

pro

visi

on o

f com

mun

ity

faci

litie

s w

hich

act

as

poin

t of i

nteg

ratio

n be

twee

n

resi

dent

s of

new

and

est

ablis

hed

com

mun

ities

with

in

neig

hbou

rhoo

ds.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

NC

14. T

o se

ek to

pro

vide

and

to p

rom

ote

the

prov

isio

n

and

furt

her

deve

lopm

ent o

f com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies

thro

ugho

ut th

e ci

ty.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

NC

15. T

o fa

cilit

ate

the

prov

isio

n in

sui

tabl

e lo

catio

ns

of s

usta

inab

le, fi

t-fo

r-pu

rpos

e ch

ildca

re fa

cilit

ies

in

resi

dent

ial,

empl

oym

ent,

and

educ

atio

nal s

ettin

gs,

taki

ng in

to a

ccou

nt th

e ex

istin

g pr

ovis

ion

of c

hild

care

faci

litie

s an

d em

ergi

ng d

emog

raph

ic tr

ends

in a

n ar

ea.

+0

0+

0+

++

00

+0

0 0

0 0

0

NC

16. T

o en

cour

age

and

faci

litat

e th

e pr

ovis

ion

of a

rang

e of

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies

in th

e ci

ty th

at c

ater

for

all.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

NC

17. T

o en

hanc

e an

d im

prov

e th

e pr

ovis

ion

of

play

grou

nds,

pla

y sp

aces

, pla

ying

pitc

hes

(incl

udin

g

rela

ying

suc

h pi

tche

s us

ing

mod

ern

met

hods

to

enha

nce

drai

nage

and

pla

yabi

lity

in v

ario

us w

eath

er

cond

ition

s) a

nd r

ecre

atio

nal s

pace

s, in

res

iden

tial

area

s an

d in

the

city

cen

tre

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e ci

ty

coun

cil’s

sta

ndar

ds a

nd g

uide

lines

. +

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

NC

18. T

o pr

omot

e th

e de

velo

pmen

t of b

oth

indo

or

and

outd

oor

faci

litie

s fo

r yo

ung

peop

le e

.g. m

ulti-

use

gam

es a

reas

(MU

GA

s), t

eena

ge s

helte

rs,

skat

eboa

rdin

g ar

eas

and

skat

eboa

rd p

arks

, you

th

cafe

s, y

outh

cen

tres

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

NC

19. T

o fa

cilit

ate

the

deve

lopm

ent o

r ex

pans

ion

and

impr

ovem

ent o

f hos

pita

ls, c

omm

unity

bas

ed

heal

thca

re fa

cilit

ies,

res

pite

hom

es a

nd d

ay c

are

cent

res

for

the

elde

rly in

res

iden

tial a

reas

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

12

Cre

atin

g G

oo

d N

eigh

bou

rho

od

s an

d S

ucce

ssfu

l Co

mm

uniti

es

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

NC

20. T

o su

ppor

t urb

an r

egen

erat

ion

in a

reas

acr

oss

the

city

in o

rder

to e

nhan

ce s

ocia

l coh

esio

n an

d

pote

ntia

l for

pos

itive

cha

nge

in tr

aditi

onal

ly s

ocia

lly

excl

uded

are

as.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

+

NC

21. T

o fa

cilit

ate

the

bala

nced

pro

visi

on o

f soc

ial

supp

ort s

ervi

ces

and

avoi

d th

e pr

olife

ratio

n of

suc

h

faci

litie

s in

any

one

par

t of t

he c

ity.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

NC

22. T

o su

ppor

t im

mig

rant

com

mun

ities

in r

elat

ion

to th

eir

soci

al, c

ultu

ral a

nd c

omm

unity

nee

ds in

an

inte

grat

ed m

anne

r th

roug

h th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of

Dub

lin C

ity C

ounc

il’s

Tow

ards

Inte

grat

ion:

A C

ity

Fram

ewor

k.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

NC

23. T

o pr

omot

e bu

ilt e

nviro

nmen

ts a

nd o

utdo

or

shar

ed s

pace

s w

hich

are

acc

essi

ble

to a

ll. S

uch

deve

lopm

ents

mus

t be

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e

prin

cipl

es o

f uni

vers

al d

esig

n, th

e C

ity D

evel

opm

ent

Pla

n’s

Acc

ess

For

All

Sta

ndar

ds, a

nd th

e N

atio

nal

Dis

abili

ty A

utho

rity’

s ‘B

uild

ing

For

Eve

ryon

e’

publ

icat

ion.

+-

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

NC

24. T

o pr

omot

e su

stai

nabl

e ne

ighb

ourh

oods

whi

ch

cate

r to

the

need

s of

per

sons

in a

ll st

ages

of t

heir

lifec

ycle

i.e.

chi

ldre

n, p

eopl

e of

wor

king

age

, eld

erly

,

peop

le w

ith d

isab

ilitie

s.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0


APPENDICES |

10.1 APPENDIX B

Demonstration of the link between Policies and Objectives in the Development Plan

Chapter 4: Shaping the City

Policy Related Objective

SC1 SCO4s

SC2 SCO1 + SCO2 + SCO3 + SCO6

SC3 SCO3

SC4 FCO18

SC5 -------

SC8 -------

SC9 -------

SC10 SCO9

SC11 -------

SC12 SCO8 + SCO9

SC13 -------

SC14 -------

SC15 -------

SC16 GCO1 +GCO2

SC17 -------

SC18 -------

SC19 -------

SC20 SCO10

SC21 SCO10 + SCO11

SC22 SCO12

SC23 SCO10 + SCO11

SC24 SCO10

SC25 SCO10

SC26 -------

SC27 SCO16

SC28 SCO18

SC29 -------

SC30 SCO18

Policy Related Objective

SC31 SCO18

SC32 SCO19

SC33 -------

The Following Objective is not aligned to any Policy:

SCO13: To compile an audit of private areas, adjacent to public thoroughfares, onto which members of the public area invited by the owner (i.e. private landings) that the Council deem to be in need of enhancement

Chapter 5.1: Connecting and Sustaining The City’s Infrastructure

Policy Related Objective(s)

SI1 SIO1 + SIO49

SI2 SIO2

SI3 SIO3 + SI04 + SIO5

SI4 SI03

SI5 -------

SI8 SIO3 + SI04

SI9 SIO11 + SIO12 + SIO13 + SIO14 + SIO15 + SI016 + SIO17 + SIO18 + SIO19 + SIO20

SI10 SIO11 + SIO12 + SIO13 + SIO14 + SIO15 + SIO17 + SIO18 + SIO18 + SIO20

SI11 SIO21 + SIO22 + SIO23 + SIO24 + SIO25 + SIO26 + SIO27 + SIO28

SI12 SIO30 + SIO31

SI13 SIO32 + SIO33

SI14 SIO32 + SIO33 + SIO35

SI15 SIO32 + SIO33

SI16 -------

SI17 -------

SI18 -------


| APPENDICES


SI19 -------

SI20 SIO38

SI21 SIO39 + SIO40 + SIO41 + SIO43 + SIO44 + SIO45 + SIO46 + SIO47 + SIO48

SI22 -------


The Following Objective is not aligned to any Policy:

SIO32: To develop lorry parks and bus parks in suitable locations in co-operation with private enterprise, so as to eliminate the hazards of unsuitable lorry and bus parking in residential and other areas

Chapter 5.2: Water, Drainage, Waste, Energy and Telecommunications Infrastructure


SI24 GCO3

SI25 SIO53 + SIO54

SI26 SIO55


SI28 -------

SI29 SIO62

SI30 SIO61

SI31 -------

SI32 SIO59 + SIO60

SI33 -------

SI34 -------

SI35 SIO63 + SIO66


SI37 -------

SI38 -------

SI39 SIO67 + SIO68


SI41 SIO70 + SIO71

SI43 -------

SI44 -------

SI45 SIO74


SI47 -------

SI48 -------

SI49 SIO77

SI50 -------

SI51 -------

SI52 -------

SI53 SIO78 + SIO79

SI54 SIO81 + SIO82 + SIO83 +SIO84 +SIO85 + SIO86 + SIO87

SI55 -------

SI56 -------

SI57 -------

SI58 SIO88

SI59 -------

SI60 -------

SI61 SIO90 + SIO91 + SIO92 + SIO93

SI62 -------

SI63 -------

SI64 -------

All objectives in this Chapter fl ow from a higher level policy. There are no ‘standalone’ objectives.

Chapter 6: Greening the City

P olicy Related Objective(s)

GC1 GCO1 + GCO2

GC2 -------

GC3 -------

GC4 -------


APPENDICES |


GC38 -------

GC39 GCO34

The following objectives are not aligned with any policy

GCO46: To seek to provide public access to Fitzwilliam Square Park, and pending the full acquisition of the park for the city, to seek to have it opened on a number of designated ‘open days’. Also, to seek to provide public access to the park at Wilton Terrace

GCO49: To facilitate use of Lansdowne Valley – from Inchicore to Drimnagh Castle – in accordance with the provisions set out in the Drimnagh Integrated Area Plan (June 2009)

Chapter 7.1: Fostering Dublin’s Character & Culture


FC1 FCO1 + FCO2

FC2 -------

FC3 -------

FC4 -------

FC5 FC03

FC6 FC04

FC7 FC05 + FC07 + FCO14

FC8 FCO4

FC10 FCO11

FC11 -------

FC12 FCO9 + FCO12

FC13 -------

FC14 FCO15

FC15 -------

FC16 ------

FC17 FCO15 + FCO17


GC5 -------

GC6 GC05 + GCO41 + GCO42 + GCO43 + GCO44 + GCO45

GC7 GCO4

GC8 -------

GC10 GCO9 + GCO10 + GCO11 + GCO12 + GCO13 + GCO14 + GCO15 + GCO40

GC11 GCO7

GC12 GCO8

GC13 -------

GC14 -------

GC15 GCO17 + GCO21 + GCO40 + GCO48

GC16 GCO18

GC17 -------


GC20 -------

GC21 -------

GC22 GCO38

GC23 -------

GC24 -------

GC25 GCO27 + GCO31 + GCO47

GC26 GCO27

GC27 GCO27

GC28 GCO27

GC29 GCO27

GC30 GCO27

GC32 GCO28

GC33 GCO28 + GCO32 + GCO33

GC34 GCO28 + GCO31

GC35 -------

GC36 GCO36



| APPENDICES


FC18 FCO18

FC19 FCO10

FC20 -------

FC21 -------

FC22 -------

FC23 FCO19

FC24 FCO20

FC25 FC022 + FC023 + FCO24


Chapter 7.2: Built Heritage


FC26 FCO33

FC27 -------

FC30 FCO25 + FCO26 +FCO30

FC31 -------

FC32 FCO27

FC33 -------

FC34 -------

FC35 -------

FC36 -------

FC37 FCO29

FC38 FCO28 + FCO44

FC39 FCO32

FC40 -------

FC41 FCO33

FC42 -------

FC43 -------

FC44 -------

FC45 -------

FC46 -------

FC47 -------


FC48 FCO35 + FCO37

FC49 FCO36

FC50 -------

FC51 FCO38 + FCO42 + FCO45

FC52 FCO46

FC53 -------

FC54 FCO41

FC55 -------

FC56 -------

FC57 -------

FC58 -------

FC59 -------

FC63 FCO48 + FCO51

FC64 -------

FC65 FCO47

FC66 FCO49

FC67 FCO50

FC68 FCO52 + FCO53


Chapter 8: Making Dublin the Heart of the Region


HR1 -------

HR2 -------

HR3 HR01 + HR02

HR4 -------

HR5 -------

HR6 -------

HR7 -------

HR8 HR04

HR9 -------


APPENDICES |


HR10 -------

HR11 -------


Chapter 9: Revitalising the City’s Economy


RE1 REO1

RE2 -------

RE3 -------

RE4 REO2 + REO3

RE5 -------

RE6 REO5

RE7 -------

RE8 -------

RE9 -------

RE10 REO6

RE11 -------

RE14 RE08

RE15 -------

RE16 REO9

RE17 REO10

RE18 REO11

RE19 -------

RE20 -------

RE21 -------

RE22 -------

RE23 -------

RE24 -------

RE25 -------

RE26 REO12

RE27 -------


RE28 REO13

RE30 REO16

RE31 REO14

RE33 REO15

RE33 -------

Chapter 10: Strengthening the City as the National Retail Destination


RD1 -------

RD2 -------

RD3 -------

RD4 -------

RD5 -------

RD6 -------

RD7 -------

RD8 -------

RD9 -------

RD10 RD04

RD11 RD01, RD02 & RD03

RD12 -------

RD13 -------

RD14 -------

RD15 -------

RD16 -------

RD17 -------

RD18 -------

RD19 -------

RD20 -------

RD21 -------

RD22 -------

RD23 -------

RD24 -------


| APPENDICES


Chapter 11: Providing Quality Homes in a Compact City


QH1 ------

QH2 ------

QH3 ------

QH4 ------

QH5 ------

QH6 ------

QH7 ------

QH8 ------

QH9 ------

QH10 ------

QH11 ------

QH12 ------

QH13 ------

QH14 ------

QH15 ------

QH16 ------

QH17 ------

QH18 ------

QH19 ------

QH20 ------

QH21 ------

QH22 ------

QH23 ------

QH24 SCO5

QH25 QHO1

QH26 ------

QH27 ------

QH28 ------


QH29 ------

QH30 ------


Chapter 12: Creating Good Neighbourhoods and Successful Communities

Policy Objective(s)

NC1 SCO7

NC2 ------

NC3 ------

NC4 ------

NC5 ------

NC6 ------

NC7 ------

NC8 ------

NC9 NCO1

NC10 ------

NC11 ------

NC12 ------

NC13 ------

NC14 ------

NC15 ------

NC16 ------

NC17 NCO3

NC18 ------

NC19 ------

NC20 NCO5, SCO5

NC21 ------

NC22 ------

NC23 ------


APPENDICES |


This exercise above found that there are four standalone objectives i.e. not aligned to any policy. These are as follows:

SCO13: To compile an audit of private areas, adjacent to public thoroughfares, onto which members of the public are invited by the owner (i.e. private landings) that the Council deem to be in need of enhancement

SIO32: To develop lorry parks and bus parks in suitable locations in co-operation with private enterprise, so as to eliminate the hazards of unsuitable lorry and bus parking in residential and other areas

GCO39: To seek to provide public access to Fitzwilliam Square Park, and pending the full acquisition of the park for the city, to seek to have it opened on a number of designated open days’. Also to seek to provide public access to the park at Wilton Terrace

GCO42: To facilitate use of Lansdowne Valley – from Inchicore to Drimnagh Castle – in accordance with the provisions set out in the Drimnagh Integrated Area Plan (June 2009).

Accordingly, an environmental assessment was carried out on these standalone objectives in accordance with SEA methodology – See matrix below


| APPENDICES10

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+0

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0

SC

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env

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the

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by th

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as

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Legi

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in th

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this

pla

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to in

corp

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the

netw

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as id

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in a

djac

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e.g

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area

pla

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joy

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terp

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+0

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+0

+0

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0

SC

O4.

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carr

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audi

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the

city

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dite

thei

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deve

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of th

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inst

atem

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f the

urb

an fo

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nd s

truc

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of

the

city

.+

00

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0+

00

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SC

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prep

are

a st

atut

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a pl

an fo

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incl

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ally

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th

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and

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a an

d lin

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bac

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the

city

cen

tre

via

Mou

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quar

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pro

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e

soci

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nd e

cono

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reg

ener

atio

n of

the

area

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

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- S

hap

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the

City

P

H1

BFF

1B

FF2

A1A

2C

F1C

F2C

F3W

1W

2M

A1M

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CH

1LS

1LS

2LS

3LS

4

SC

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To

prep

are

a se

t of G

uidi

ng P

rinci

ples

for

view

s

and

pros

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s in

the

city

with

the

aim

of u

nder

taki

ng

a vi

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and

pros

pect

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with

a v

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to p

repa

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pro

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ill be

inte

grat

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ith, a

nd

com

plem

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the

build

ing

heig

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the

city

.+

00

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00

00

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+0

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pro

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of th

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are

inco

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into

this

dev

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men

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n. It

is a

n ob

ject

ive

to s

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e im

plem

enta

tion

of b

oth

thes

e lo

cal a

rea

plan

s an

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at p

lann

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perm

issi

on

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thes

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eas

will

have

reg

ard

to th

is.

+0

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00

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00

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0

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set o

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prin

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dis

tric

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.+

00

00

00

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00

00

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0

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mbe

r of

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mas

terp

lans

, Vill

age

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ovem

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lans

(VIP

s) o

r

Vill

age

Des

ign

Sta

tem

ents

(VD

S) f

or e

xist

ing

and

long

-est

ablis

hed

dist

rict c

entr

es (U

rban

Vill

ages

) in

conj

unct

ion

with

the

rele

vant

Are

a C

omm

ittee

s in

so

far

as p

riorit

ies

and

reso

urce

s pe

rmit,

incl

udin

g th

e

follo

win

g:

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ra; D

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carn

ey; F

ingl

as; G

lasn

evin

; Har

olds

Cro

ss; M

arin

o; R

athg

ar; T

eren

ure;

Blu

ebel

l; C

rum

lin;

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kins

tow

n; R

ings

end,

San

dym

ount

and

the

Nav

an

Roa

d.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

SC

O10

. To

prod

uce

a P

ublic

Rea

lm S

trat

egy

to g

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the

deve

lopm

ent o

f Dub

lin’s

pub

lic s

pace

. Thi

s w

ill

set o

ut a

n ac

tion

plan

for

the

deliv

ery

of a

gre

atly

enha

nced

pub

lic r

ealm

net

wor

k an

d st

anda

rds

for

the

desi

gn a

nd m

anag

emen

t of s

tree

ts, s

quar

es a

nd

park

s, a

nd w

ill en

sure

that

the

Out

door

Ad

vert

isin

g

Str

ateg

y de

liver

s a

high

qua

lity

publ

ic d

omai

n.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

+0

00


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

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4 -

Sha

pin

g th

e C

ity

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SC

O11

. To

requ

ire th

at d

evel

opm

ent p

ropo

sals

whi

ch

incl

ude

or im

pact

upo

n th

e pu

blic

rea

lm c

onsi

der

the

desi

gn o

f pub

lic s

pace

s as

a p

riorit

y an

d de

mon

stra

te

com

plia

nce

with

the

Gui

ding

Prin

cipl

es fo

r th

e P

ublic

Rea

lm, U

rban

For

m a

nd A

rchi

tect

ure

set o

ut in

Cha

pter

16.

+0

00

00

0+

00

00

+0

00

0

SC

O12

. To

carr

y ou

t a r

evie

w o

f exi

stin

g st

reet

furn

iture

and

sig

nage

in s

tree

ts w

ith a

n ob

ject

ive

to

rem

ovin

g an

y su

perfl

uous

or

redu

ndan

t ele

men

ts in

orde

r to

red

uce

stre

et c

lutt

er.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

SC

O13

. To

com

pile

an

audi

t of p

rivat

e ar

eas,

adj

acen

t

to p

ublic

thor

ough

fare

s, o

nto

whi

ch m

embe

rs o

f the

publ

ic a

re in

vite

d by

the

owne

r (i.

e. p

rivat

e la

ndin

gs)

that

the

Cou

ncil

deem

to b

e in

nee

d of

enh

ance

men

t.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

SC

O14

. To

exam

ine

the

poss

ibili

ty o

f clo

sing

the

area

alon

g th

e riv

er L

iffey

in fr

ont o

f the

Cus

tom

s H

ouse

to

mot

oris

ed tr

affi c

on

Sat

urda

ys a

nd S

unda

ys to

cre

ate

a

new

pub

lic p

laza

.+

00

00

00

00

0+

0+

00

00

SC

O15

. To

exam

ine

the

poss

ibili

ty o

f, an

d pr

omot

e th

e

crea

tion

of a

new

pub

lic r

ealm

impr

ovem

ent s

pace

in

the

area

fron

ting

onto

Trin

ity C

olle

ge a

nd th

e B

ank

of

Irela

nd a

t Col

lege

Gre

en.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

+0

00

0

SC

O16

. To

revi

ew th

e P

edes

tria

n W

ayfi n

ding

Sys

tem

on a

n an

nual

bas

is. T

he S

yste

m w

ill be

rev

iew

ed

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith th

e D

epar

tmen

t of T

ouris

m,

Cul

ture

and

Spo

rt, D

ublin

Tou

rism

, Nat

iona

l Cul

tura

l

Inst

itutio

ns a

nd o

ther

civ

ic in

tere

sts

in o

rder

to e

nsur

e

the

prov

isio

n of

app

ropr

iate

sig

nage

for

the

prin

cipa

l

plac

es o

f int

eres

t in

the

city

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

SC

O17

. To

deve

lop

a m

ap o

f pub

lic r

ight

s of

way

durin

g th

e lif

etim

e of

the

next

dev

elop

men

t pla

n.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 4

- S

hap

ing

the

City

P

H1

BFF

1B

FF2

A1A

2C

F1C

F2C

F3W

1W

2M

A1M

A2

CH

1LS

1LS

2LS

3LS

4

SC

O18

. To

deve

lop

a se

t of a

sses

smen

t crit

eria

for

the

impr

ovem

ent o

f arc

hite

ctur

al q

ualit

y, to

giv

e gu

idan

ce

for

deve

lopm

ent,

and

to p

rovi

de a

mea

ns o

f gui

ding

and

asse

ssin

g de

sign

qua

lity.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

SC

O19

. To

requ

ire th

at p

ropo

sals

dem

onst

rate

that

sust

aina

bilit

y ha

s be

en p

rope

rly c

onsi

dere

d at

the

stra

tegi

c, u

rban

des

ign

leve

l of d

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

so

as to

impr

ove

the

leve

l of e

nviro

nmen

tal e

ffi ci

ency

achi

evab

le in

the

deta

iled

desi

gn o

f bui

ldin

gs.

+0

00

0+

++

0+

00

00

00

0

CH

AP

TER

5 -

Co

nnec

ting

and

Sus

tain

ing

the

City

’s In

fras

truc

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SIO

1. T

o en

cour

age

inte

nsifi

catio

n an

d m

ixed

use

deve

lopm

ent a

long

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort c

orrid

ors

and

at tr

ansp

ort n

odes

whe

re s

uffi c

ient

pub

lic

tran

spor

t cap

acity

and

acc

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bilit

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to m

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sust

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tran

spor

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uire

men

ts o

f the

deve

lopm

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havi

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the

cons

erva

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ies

(incl

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2 C

onse

rvat

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Are

as) s

et o

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whe

re in

the

plan

. Dub

lin C

ity C

ounc

il w

ill se

ek to

prep

are

SD

Zs, L

AP

s or

Sch

emat

ic M

aste

r P

lans

at k

ey

tran

spor

t nod

es w

here

dee

med

app

ropr

iate

in o

rder

to

guid

e fu

ture

dev

elop

men

t and

to s

afeg

uard

inve

stm

ent

in p

ublic

tran

spor

t inf

rast

ruct

ure.

+0

0+

0+

++

00

0+

00

00

+

SIO

2. T

o in

vest

igat

e th

e fe

asib

ility

of i

mpl

emen

ting

pilo

t reg

iona

l or

city

wid

e ca

r cl

ubs/

car

sha

ring

initi

ativ

es, i

n co

mbi

natio

n w

ith a

djoi

ning

loca

l

auth

oriti

es a

nd o

pera

tors

, in

orde

r to

enc

oura

ge

ratio

nalis

atio

n of

car

ow

ners

hip

and

decr

ease

d ca

r

usag

e.+

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00


| APPENDICESC

HA

PTE

R 5

- C

onn

ectin

g an

d S

usta

inin

g th

e C

ity’s

Infr

astr

uctu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SIO

3. T

o su

ppor

t and

faci

litat

e th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of ‘T

rans

port

21’

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort i

nfra

stru

ctur

e an

d

assi

st in

faci

litat

ing

the

cons

truc

tion

and

asso

ciat

ed

miti

gatio

n of

maj

or p

ublic

tran

spor

t inf

rast

ruct

ure

proj

ects

whe

re n

eces

sary

.+

00

00

00

00

0+

0?

?0

0+

SIO

4. T

o su

ppor

t and

faci

litat

e th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of In

tegr

ated

Tic

ketin

g an

d R

eal T

ime

Pas

seng

er

Info

rmat

ion

syst

ems

acro

ss th

e pu

blic

tran

spor

t

netw

ork

in a

ssoc

iatio

n w

ith r

elev

ant t

rans

port

prov

ider

s an

d ag

enci

es.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0

SIO

5. T

o se

ek to

ens

ure

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

Inte

grat

ed

Tick

etin

g ac

ross

all

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort m

odes

with

in tw

o

year

s of

the

adop

tion

of th

e de

velo

pmen

t pla

n.+

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

SIO

6. T

o pr

omot

e P

ark

and

Rid

e at

sui

tabl

e lo

catio

ns

in c

o-op

erat

ion

with

nei

ghbo

urin

g lo

cal a

utho

ritie

s.+

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

SIO

7. T

o im

plem

ent t

he Q

ualit

y B

us C

orrid

or N

etw

ork

mea

sure

s ou

tline

d in

the

Nat

iona

l Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Aut

horit

y’s

‘A P

latfo

rm fo

r C

hang

e’ a

nd s

ecur

e th

e

deve

lopm

ent o

f new

Qua

lity

Bus

Cor

ridor

s an

d th

e

impr

ovem

ent o

f exi

stin

g Q

ualit

y B

us C

orrid

ors

in c

o-

oper

atio

n w

ith th

e Q

ualit

y B

us N

etw

ork

Pro

ject

Offi

ce.

+0

0+

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0

SIO

8. T

o fa

cilit

ate

and

prom

ote

the

enha

ncem

ent

of p

ublic

tran

spor

t bus

ser

vice

s, th

roug

h th

e

impl

emen

tatio

n of

traf

fi c m

anag

emen

t mea

sure

s,

and

by e

nsur

ing

that

the

desi

gn a

nd la

yout

of

neig

hbou

rhoo

ds fa

cilit

ates

the

expa

nsio

n of

bus

serv

ices

.+

00

+0

0+

00

0+

00

00

00

SIO

9. T

o fa

cilit

ate

and

supp

ort m

easu

res

impl

emen

ted

or p

ropo

sed

by tr

ansp

ort a

genc

ies

to e

nhan

ce

capa

city

on

exis

ting

lines

and

ser

vice

s, to

pro

vide

inte

rcha

nge

faci

litie

s an

d to

pro

vide

new

infr

astr

uctu

re

incl

udin

g M

etro

Nor

th, D

AR

T U

nder

grou

nd, I

nter

city

and

Com

mut

er s

ervi

ces

and

Luas

net

wor

k ex

tens

ion.

+0

0+

++

++

00

+0

- /

?0

00

0


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TER

5 -

Co

nnec

ting

and

Sus

tain

ing

the

City

’s In

fras

truc

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SI0

10. T

o su

ppor

t rel

evan

t tra

nspo

rt a

genc

ies,

prov

ider

s an

d ad

join

ing

loca

l aut

horit

ies

in a

sses

sing

the

feas

ibili

ty o

f dev

elop

ing

Bus

Rap

id T

rans

it sy

stem

s

with

in th

e G

reat

er D

ublin

Are

a.+

00

+0

00

00

0+

00

00

00

SIO

11. T

o pr

epar

e an

d im

plem

ent a

Dub

lin C

yclin

g

Str

ateg

y w

hich

set

s ou

t the

City

Cou

ncil’

s cy

clin

g

polic

ies,

targ

ets

and

prog

ram

mes

, tog

ethe

r w

ith a

n

annu

al r

epor

t on

prog

ress

tow

ards

obj

ectiv

es w

hich

will

incl

ude:

◆

A c

ycle

trai

ning

pro

gram

me;

A ‘S

afe

Rou

tes

to

Sch

ools

’ pro

gram

me;

◆

A c

ycle

sig

nage

str

ateg

y;

◆

A c

yclin

g aw

aren

ess

stra

tegy

;

◆

A n

ew c

ycle

par

king

str

ateg

y to

pro

vide

gui

danc

e

on th

e na

ture

, qua

ntum

and

loca

tion

of c

yclin

g

park

ing

faci

litie

s in

the

city

to a

ddre

ss c

ycle

par

king

need

s at

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort s

tops

and

inte

rcha

nge

and

othe

r ke

y de

stin

atio

ns a

nd a

ttra

ctio

ns.

+0

0+

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0

SIO

12. T

o de

velo

p th

e S

trat

egic

Cyc

le N

etw

ork

for

Dub

lin c

ity c

onne

ctin

g ke

y ci

ty c

entr

e de

stin

atio

ns to

the

wid

er c

ity a

nd th

e na

tiona

l cyc

le n

etw

ork.

+-

0+

0+

++

00

+0

0?

0?

0

SIO

13. T

o de

velo

p ne

w c

ycle

link

s in

clud

ing:

◆

San

dym

ount

to C

lont

arf u

sing

Dod

der

Brid

ge a

nd

Mac

ken

Str

eet B

ridge

.

◆

Sut

ton

to S

and

ycov

e, in

clud

ing

a ne

w o

ff ro

ad

cycl

e an

d pe

dest

rian

rout

e th

roug

h D

ockl

ands

and

on to

Clo

ntar

f

◆

Doc

klan

ds R

oute

◆

Gra

nd a

nd R

oyal

Can

al P

rem

ium

Rou

tes

◆

Hey

tesb

ury

Pre

miu

m R

oute

.+

-0

+0

++

+0

0+

00

?0

?0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PTE

R 5

- C

onn

ectin

g an

d S

usta

inin

g th

e C

ity’s

Infr

astr

uctu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SIO

14. T

o de

velo

p a

dire

ct c

ycle

link

age

syst

em a

way

from

the

prim

ary

traffi

c ne

twor

k in

clud

ing

on a

nd o

ff

road

cyc

le la

nes

desi

gned

and

con

stru

cted

to m

inim

ise

confl

ict w

ith o

ther

road

use

rs.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0

SIO

15. T

o im

prov

e ex

istin

g cy

clew

ays

and

bicy

cle

prio

rity

mea

sure

s th

roug

hout

the

city

.+

00

+0

00

00

0+

00

00

00

SIO

16. T

o im

plem

ent a

30k

ph s

peed

lim

it in

side

the

city

cen

tre

(are

a be

twee

n th

e ca

nals

).+

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

SIO

17. T

o m

onito

r the

suc

cess

of t

he ‘d

ublin

bike

s’

sche

me

and

to e

xpan

d to

the

entir

e ci

ty.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0

SIO

18. T

o pr

ovid

e ad

ditio

nal c

ycle

and

ped

estr

ian

brid

ges

acro

ss th

e ci

ty’s

can

als

and

river

s to

form

par

t

of s

trat

egic

cyc

ling

and

wal

king

rou

tes.

+-

00

00

00

00

+0

?0

00

0

SIO

19. T

o pr

ovid

e co

ntra

-fl o

w p

ossi

bilit

ies

for

cycl

ists

on o

ne-w

ay s

tree

ts w

here

pos

sibl

e.+

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

SIO

20. T

o pr

ovid

e in

crea

sed

prio

rity

for

cycl

ists

at

key

road

junc

tions

whe

re p

ossi

ble

by u

sing

roa

d

mar

king

, prio

rity

light

sig

nals

and

oth

er m

easu

res

as

appr

opria

te.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0

SIO

21. T

o im

plem

ent t

he W

ayfi n

ding

Sys

tem

to

prov

ide

legi

bilit

y in

the

city

cen

tre,

link

ing

char

acte

r

area

s an

d cu

ltura

l loc

atio

ns th

roug

h a

pede

stria

n

hier

arch

y in

the

publ

ic r

ealm

.+

00

00

00

00

0+

0+

00

00

SIO

22. T

o ex

tend

the

river

Liff

ey B

oard

wal

k

wes

twar

ds th

roug

h th

e ci

ty c

entr

e fr

om C

apel

Str

eet

tow

ards

Heu

ston

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0?

00

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TER

5 -

Co

nnec

ting

and

Sus

tain

ing

the

City

’s In

fras

truc

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SIO

23. T

o cr

eate

and

sup

port

a n

etw

ork

of p

edes

tria

n

infr

astr

uctu

re to

pro

mot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

wal

king

, pro

vide

impr

oved

leve

ls o

f prio

rity

and

light

ing

for

pede

stria

ns

and

cycl

ists

alo

ng k

ey d

esire

line

s an

d ac

com

mod

ate

grow

th in

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort c

omm

uter

num

bers

.+

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

SIO

24. T

o de

velo

p a

high

qua

lity

pede

stria

n

envi

ronm

ent a

t new

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort i

nter

chan

ges

and

to id

entif

y im

prov

emen

ts fo

r ex

istin

g in

terc

hang

es.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0

SIO

25. T

o pr

ovid

e fo

r sa

fe c

ross

ing

at v

ehic

ular

inte

rsec

tions

and

iden

tify

furt

her

Impr

ovem

ents

in

tand

em w

ith th

e em

ergi

ng p

ublic

tran

spor

t and

vehi

cula

r ne

twor

ks.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0

SIO

26. T

o av

ail o

f opp

ortu

nitie

s to

incr

ease

foot

path

wid

ths

with

in th

e ci

ty c

entr

e du

ring

the

cons

truc

tion

of

Tran

spor

t 21

proj

ects

.+

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

SIO

27. T

o pr

ovid

e in

crea

sed

prio

rity

for

pede

stria

ns

at g

atew

ays

into

the

city

whe

re p

ossi

ble

thro

ugh

the

intr

oduc

tion

of in

crea

sed

pede

stria

n cr

ossi

ng p

oint

s

and

othe

r m

easu

res

as a

ppro

pria

te. I

n pa

rtic

ular

,

pede

stria

n cr

ossi

ng p

oint

s on

eith

er s

ide

of th

e ca

nal

will

be p

riorit

ised

.+

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

SIO

28. T

o pr

ovid

e an

att

ract

ive

envi

ronm

ent f

or

pede

stria

ns th

at fa

cilit

ates

and

enc

oura

ges

soci

al

inte

ract

ion.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0

SIO

29. T

o ex

plor

e th

e ex

tens

ion

of th

e pe

dest

rian

zone

in th

e G

rafto

n A

rea

to in

clud

e th

e cr

eatio

n of

new

pede

stria

n st

reet

s w

ithou

t com

prom

isin

g ac

cess

to

exis

ting

car

park

s in

the

city

cen

tre.

Can

dida

te s

tree

ts

for

pede

stria

nisa

tion

wou

ld in

clud

e bu

t wou

ld n

ot b

e

limite

d to

: Ann

e S

tree

t (so

uth)

, Duk

e S

tree

t, C

lare

ndon

Str

eet a

nd S

outh

Will

iam

Str

eet.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PTE

R 5

- C

onn

ectin

g an

d S

usta

inin

g th

e C

ity’s

Infr

astr

uctu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SIO

30. T

o re

quire

Tra

vel P

lans

and

Tra

nspo

rt

Ass

essm

ents

for

all r

elev

ant n

ew d

evel

opm

ents

and

/or

exte

nsio

ns o

r al

tera

tions

to e

xist

ing

deve

lopm

ents

as

outli

ned

in A

ppen

dice

s 5

and

6.+

00

+0

++

+0

00

+0

00

00

SIO

31. T

o re

view

and

mon

itor

Trav

el P

lans

thro

ugh

the

Dub

lin C

ity C

ounc

il M

obili

ty M

anag

emen

t Sec

tion.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0

SIO

32. T

o pr

ogre

ssiv

ely

elim

inat

e al

l 'fre

e' o

n-st

reet

park

ing,

bot

h w

ithin

the

cana

ls a

nd in

adj

acen

t are

as,

whe

re th

ere

is e

vide

nce

of 'a

ll da

y' c

omm

uter

par

king

,

thro

ugh

the

impo

sitio

n of

app

ropr

iate

par

king

con

trols

,

incl

udin

g di

sc p

arki

ng.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0

SIO

33. T

o re

new

res

tric

tions

on

the

use

and

cost

of

on-s

tree

t par

king

and

cha

nge

them

, as

nece

ssar

y, in

orde

r to

dis

cour

age

com

mut

er p

arki

ng a

nd to

faci

litat

e

shor

t-te

rm p

arki

ng fo

r sh

oppi

ng, b

usin

ess

and

leis

ure

purp

oses

.+

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

SIO

34. T

o de

velo

p lo

rry

park

s, b

us p

arks

and

taxi

hold

ing

area

s in

sel

ecte

d ar

eas

whe

re d

eem

ed

nece

ssar

y an

d in

co-

oper

atio

n w

ith p

rivat

e en

terp

rise,

so a

s to

elim

inat

e th

e ha

zard

s of

uns

uita

ble

lorr

y, b

us

and

taxi

par

king

in r

esid

entia

l and

oth

er a

reas

.+

-0

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

SIO

35. T

o gi

ve c

onsi

dera

tion

to th

e m

eter

ing

of

load

ing

faci

litie

s, w

here

app

ropr

iate

, to

ensu

re

max

imum

use

of t

he a

vaila

ble

serv

icin

g ca

paci

ty.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

SIO

36. T

o gi

ve c

onsi

dera

tion

to th

e pr

ovis

ion

of

on-s

tree

t mot

orcy

cle

park

ing

at v

ario

us lo

catio

ns

thro

ugho

ut th

e ci

ty w

here

con

side

red

appr

opria

te.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TER

5 -

Co

nnec

ting

and

Sus

tain

ing

the

City

’s In

fras

truc

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SIO

37. T

o id

entif

y su

itabl

e an

d ap

prop

riate

new

loca

tions

incl

udin

g of

f-st

reet

in th

e ci

ty c

entr

e fo

r th

e

park

ing

of p

rivat

e or

tour

ope

rate

d co

ache

s w

ith a

view

to d

isco

ntin

uing

the

prac

tice

of a

llow

ing

coac

hes

to p

ark

in s

uch

plac

es a

s M

ount

joy

Squ

are,

Col

lege

Gre

en, N

assa

u S

tree

t, M

errio

n S

quar

e an

d W

ilson

Terr

ace.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

SIO

38. T

o in

itiat

e an

d /

or im

plem

ent t

he fo

llow

ing

road

impr

ovem

ent s

chem

es a

nd b

ridge

s w

ithin

the

six

year

per

iod

of th

e de

velo

pmen

t pla

n, s

ubje

ct to

the

avai

labi

lity

of fu

ndin

g:

Ro

ads

◆

Rat

oath

Roa

d in

clud

ing

Rei

lly’s

Brid

ge

◆

Riv

er R

oad

◆

Ric

hmon

d R

oad

◆

Mal

ahid

e R

oad

/R10

7 (in

clud

ing

Nor

th F

ringe

impr

ovem

ents

)

◆

Bla

ckho

rse

Ave

nue

◆

Clo

nsha

ugh

Roa

d In

dust

rial E

stat

e

◆

Bal

lym

un (i

mpr

oved

tow

n ce

ntre

link

age)

◆

Kilm

ainh

am/S

outh

Circ

ular

Roa

d

◆

Link

from

Mili

tary

Roa

d to

Con

yngh

am R

oad

◆

Eas

t Wal

l Roa

d/S

herif

f Str

eet t

o N

orth

Qua

ys

◆

Cap

pagh

Roa

d

Bri

dg

es

◆

Rei

lly's

Brid

ge

Pu

blic

tra

nsp

ort

, Pe

des

tria

n a

nd

Cyc

lists

◆

Mar

lbor

ough

Str

eet B

ridge

◆

Dod

der

Brid

ge

◆

Liffe

y Va

lley

Brid

ge

◆

Cyc

le /

ped

estr

ian

brid

ges

that

em

erge

as

part

of

the

evol

ving

Str

ateg

ic C

ycle

Net

wor

k an

d S

trat

egic

Infr

astr

uctu

re N

etw

ork

?-

-0

00

00

00

0?

??

0?

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PTE

R 5

- C

onn

ectin

g an

d S

usta

inin

g th

e C

ity’s

Infr

astr

uctu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SIO

39. T

o im

plem

ent t

he a

ctio

ns o

f Dub

lin C

ity

Cou

ncil’

s C

ity C

entr

e Tr

ansp

ort P

lan.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0

SIO

40. T

o co

ntin

ue in

vest

men

t in

the

city

's c

ompu

ter-

base

d ar

ea tr

affi c

sig

nal c

ontr

ol s

yste

m a

nd in

oth

er

Info

rmat

ion

Tech

nolo

gy (I

T) s

yste

ms

to in

crea

se th

e

capa

city

of D

ublin

City

Cou

ncil’

s Tr

affi c

Con

trol

Cen

tre

to m

anag

e tr

affi c

in th

e ci

ty.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0

SIO

41. T

o m

anag

e re

stric

tions

on

the

use

of r

oad

spac

e fo

r ro

ad w

orks

or

gene

ral c

onst

ruct

ion,

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith D

ublin

City

Cou

ncil’

s “D

irect

ions

for

the

Con

trol

and

Man

agem

ent o

f Roa

d W

orks

”.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

SIO

42. T

o pr

ovid

e ve

hicl

e us

ers

with

up-

to-d

ate

and

accu

rate

info

rmat

ion

on tr

affi c

con

ditio

ns a

nd

park

ing

avai

labi

lity

in th

e ci

ty th

roug

h us

e of

a r

ange

of

com

mun

icat

ions

/ m

edia

mea

sure

s.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

SIO

43. T

o ca

rry

out a

rev

iew

of t

raffi

c m

anag

emen

t

and

calm

ing

plan

s fo

r lo

cal a

reas

thro

ugho

ut th

e ci

ty

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith lo

cal c

omm

uniti

es a

nd s

ubje

ct to

avai

labi

lity

of r

esou

rces

.+

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

SIO

44. T

o ca

rry

out a

rev

iew

of s

peed

lim

its a

nd tr

affi c

man

agem

ent i

n th

e vi

cini

ty o

f sch

ools

and

pre

pare

traf

fi c c

alm

ing

plan

s w

here

app

ropr

iate

, in

cons

ulta

tion

with

com

mun

ities

and

the

elec

ted

mem

bers

, and

subj

ect t

o th

e av

aila

bilit

y of

fund

ing.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0

SIO

45. T

o de

velo

p a

Reg

iona

l Tra

ffi c

Man

agem

ent

Str

ateg

y in

co-

oper

atio

n w

ith n

eigh

bour

ing

loca

l

auth

oriti

es.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0

SIO

46. T

o de

velo

p a

traf

fi c m

anag

emen

t and

envi

ronm

enta

l pro

tect

ion

plan

for

spor

ts s

tadi

a an

d

sign

ifi ca

nt c

ultu

ral e

vent

s in

con

sulta

tion

with

rel

evan

t

tran

spor

t, sp

ortin

g an

d cu

ltura

l bod

ies.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TER

5 -

Co

nnec

ting

and

Sus

tain

ing

the

City

’s In

fras

truc

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SIO

47. T

o en

gage

with

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort p

rovi

ders

/

agen

cies

and

eve

nt o

rgan

iser

s re

gard

ing

the

feas

ibili

ty

of d

evel

opin

g a

‘Fre

e Tr

avel

’ sc

hem

e fo

r tic

ket h

olde

rs

atte

ndin

g m

ajor

eve

nts,

con

cert

s, c

onfe

renc

es a

nd

spor

ting

fi xtu

res

in th

e ci

ty.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

0

SIO

48. T

o m

onito

r th

e ef

fect

iven

ess

of th

e

HG

V M

anag

emen

t Str

ateg

y an

d bu

ild u

pon

the

oppo

rtun

ities

pre

sent

ed in

its

impl

emen

tatio

n or

expa

nsio

n.+

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

SIO

49. T

o ta

ckle

the

adve

rse

envi

ronm

enta

l and

roa

d

safe

ty im

pact

s of

traf

fi c in

the

city

thro

ugh

mea

sure

s

such

as:

◆

The

impl

emen

tatio

n of

traf

fi c c

alm

ing

in a

ppro

pria

te

area

s ba

sed

on th

e E

nviro

nmen

tal T

raffi

c C

ell o

r

‘Hom

ezon

e’ m

odel

◆

The

ongo

ing

mon

itorin

g of

traf

fi c n

oise

and

emis

sion

s, a

nd th

e as

sess

men

t and

eva

luat

ion

of

the

air

qual

ity a

nd tr

affi c

noi

se im

pact

s of

tran

spor

t

polic

y an

d tr

affi c

man

agem

ent m

easu

res

bein

g

impl

emen

ted

by D

ublin

City

Cou

ncil

◆

The

supp

ort o

f the

gov

ernm

ent’s

Ele

ctric

Tra

nspo

rt

Pro

gram

me

by e

xam

inin

g m

easu

res

that

wou

ld

faci

litat

e th

e ro

ll-ou

t of c

harg

ing

infr

astr

uctu

re

for

elec

tric

veh

icle

s, in

clud

ing

adva

nce

plan

ning

for

the

suita

ble

layo

ut a

nd lo

catio

n of

faci

litat

ing

infr

astr

uctu

re fo

r el

ectr

ic tr

ansp

ort.

+0

0+

++

+0

00

+0

00

00

0

SIO

50. T

o de

velo

p a

city

cen

tre

pede

stria

n ne

twor

k

whi

ch in

clud

es fa

cilit

ies

for

peop

le w

ith d

isab

ilitie

s

and

/or

mob

ility

impa

irmen

ts b

ased

on

the

prin

cipl

es o

f

univ

ersa

l des

ign.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PTE

R 5

- C

onn

ectin

g an

d S

usta

inin

g th

e C

ity’s

Infr

astr

uctu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SIO

51. T

o pr

ovid

e on

and

off

stre

et d

isab

led

driv

er

park

ing

bays

in e

xces

s of

min

imum

req

uire

men

ts

whe

re a

ppro

pria

te.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

SIO

52. T

o pr

iorit

ise

the

intr

oduc

tion

of ta

ctile

pav

ing,

ram

ps a

nd k

erb

dish

ing

at a

ppro

pria

te lo

catio

ns

incl

udin

g pe

dest

rian

cros

sing

s, ta

xi r

anks

, bus

sto

ps

and

rail

plat

form

s.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

SIO

53. T

o im

plem

ent t

he r

ecom

men

datio

ns a

nd

actio

ns o

f the

Clim

ate

Cha

nge

Str

ateg

y fo

r D

ublin

City

2008

-201

2.+

00

+0

++

+0

++

00

00

00

SIO

54. T

o se

ek to

ach

ieve

the

targ

ets

for

emis

sion

s

redu

ctio

n as

set

out

in th

e C

limat

e C

hang

e S

trat

egy

for

Dub

lin C

ity 2

008-

2012

.+

00

+0

++

+0

++

00

00

00

SIO

55. T

o se

ek to

initi

ate

and

supp

ort c

arbo

n ne

utra

l

dem

onst

ratio

n pr

ojec

ts in

con

junc

tion

with

loca

l

com

mun

ities

.+

00

+0

++

+0

++

00

00

00

SIO

56. T

o se

ek to

initi

ate

pilo

t pro

ject

s ut

ilisi

ng

inno

vativ

e gr

een

tech

nolo

gy to

asc

erta

in th

e fe

asib

ility

of r

enew

able

ene

rgy

sour

ces

in c

ity c

entr

e lo

catio

ns.

+0

0+

0+

++

00

00

00

00

0

SIO

57. T

o se

ek to

initi

ate

and

supp

ort c

arbo

n ne

utra

l

publ

ic p

ark

light

ing

sche

mes

thro

ugh

the

use

of g

reen

tech

nolo

gy a

nd th

e pr

ovis

ion

of r

enew

able

ene

rgy

sour

ces

with

in th

ese

gree

n sp

aces

.+

00

+0

++

00

00

00

00

00

SIO

58. T

o in

vest

igat

e th

e fe

asib

ility

of u

sing

pub

lic

park

s as

pla

ces

whe

re u

nobt

rusi

ve a

nd v

isua

lly

plea

sing

ren

ewab

le e

nerg

y so

urce

s m

ight

be

loca

ted,

with

the

obje

ctiv

e of

red

ucin

g th

e le

vel o

f car

bon

used

to s

ervi

ce th

ese

gree

n sp

aces

.+

00

+0

++

00

00

00

00

00

SIO

59. T

o pr

ovid

e fo

r m

unic

ipal

/pub

lic r

ecyc

ling

and

com

mun

al c

ompo

stin

g fa

cilit

ies

in a

cces

sibl

e lo

catio

ns

thro

ugho

ut th

e ci

ty.

+0

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

0


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TER

5 -

Co

nnec

ting

and

Sus

tain

ing

the

City

’s In

fras

truc

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SIO

60. T

o se

ek th

e pr

ovis

ion

of a

dequ

atel

y si

zed

publ

ic r

ecyc

ling

faci

litie

s in

new

com

mer

cial

deve

lopm

ents

whe

re a

ppro

pria

te.

+0

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

0

SIO

61. T

o pr

omot

e th

e re

use

of b

uild

ing

mat

eria

ls,

recy

clin

g of

dem

oliti

on m

ater

ial a

nd th

e us

e of

mat

eria

ls fr

om r

enew

able

sou

rces

. In

all d

evel

opm

ents

in e

xces

s of

10

hous

ing

units

and

com

mer

cial

deve

lopm

ents

in e

xces

s of

100

0sq.

m.,

a m

ater

ials

sour

ce a

nd m

anag

emen

t pla

n-sh

owin

g ty

pe o

f

mat

eria

ls/p

ropo

rtio

n of

reu

se/r

ecyc

led

mat

eria

ls to

be

used

sha

ll be

impl

emen

ted

by th

e de

velo

per.

+0

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

0

SIO

62. T

o im

plem

ent t

he L

itter

Man

agem

ent P

lan

thro

ugh

enfo

rcem

ent o

f the

litt

er la

ws,

str

eet c

lean

ing

and

educ

atio

n an

d aw

aren

ess

cam

paig

ns.

+0

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

0

SIO

63. T

o pr

omot

e be

st p

ract

ice

in a

ll as

pect

s of

wat

er s

uppl

y in

clud

ing

plan

ning

, sup

ply,

trea

tmen

t,

stor

age,

tran

smis

sion

, dis

trib

utio

n an

d co

nser

vatio

n.+

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

00

SIO

64. T

o pr

omot

e th

e in

trod

uctio

n of

effi

cien

t wat

er

savi

ng fi

xtur

e an

d fi t

tings

in a

ll de

velo

pmen

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

the

wat

er b

y-la

ws.

+0

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

0

SIO

65. T

o pr

omot

e a

redu

ctio

n in

wat

er s

uppl

y

dem

and

thro

ugh

a ra

nge

of c

onse

rvat

ion

mea

sure

s

incl

udin

g ra

inw

ater

har

vest

ing.

+0

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

0

SIO

66. T

o co

-ord

inat

e w

ith th

e ot

her

plan

ning

auth

oriti

es in

the

Gre

ater

Dub

lin r

egio

n re

gard

ing

the

supp

ly o

f drin

king

wat

er.

+0

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

0

SIO

67. T

o pr

otec

t and

saf

egua

rd th

e in

tegr

ity o

f wat

er

supp

ly fa

cilit

ies,

inst

alla

tions

and

pip

es.

+0

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

0

SIO

68. T

o fa

cilit

ate

the

iden

tifi c

atio

n an

d se

curin

g of

serv

ice

corr

idor

s fo

r w

ater

sup

ply.

+0

00

00

00

0+

00

00

00

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PTE

R 5

- C

onn

ectin

g an

d S

usta

inin

g th

e C

ity’s

Infr

astr

uctu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SIO

69. T

o se

ek to

initi

ate

pilo

t pro

ject

s en

cour

agin

g

hom

eow

ners

to in

stal

l rai

nwat

er r

ecov

ery

syst

ems

whe

re fe

asib

le in

con

junc

tion

with

loca

l com

mun

ities

.+

00

00

00

00

+0

00

00

00

SIO

70. T

o im

plem

ent t

he E

urop

ean

Uni

on W

ater

Fram

ewor

k D

irect

ive

thro

ugh

the

impl

emen

tatio

n

of th

e E

aste

rn R

iver

Bas

in M

anag

emen

t Pla

n an

d

prog

ram

me

of m

easu

res.

++

+0

00

00

+0

00

0+

00

0

SIO

71. T

o ta

ke in

to c

onsi

dera

tion

the

Eas

tern

Riv

er

Bas

in M

anag

emen

t Pla

n w

hen

cons

ider

ing

new

deve

lopm

ent p

ropo

sals

.+

++

00

00

0+

00

00

+0

00

SIO

72. T

o m

inim

ise

stor

m w

ater

dis

char

ge to

the

publ

ic d

rain

age

netw

ork

by th

e us

e of

Sus

tain

able

Urb

an D

rain

age

syst

ems

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith D

ublin

City

Cou

ncil’

s D

rain

age

Cod

e of

Pra

ctic

e.+

00

00

00

++

00

00

00

00

SIO

73. T

o re

quire

that

all

new

dev

elop

men

ts c

ompl

y

with

the

Gre

ater

Dub

lin R

egio

nal C

ode

of P

ract

ice

for

Dra

inag

e W

orks

and

the

code

of p

ract

ice

for

drai

nage

wor

ks a

s se

t out

by

Dra

inag

e D

ivis

ion

of D

ublin

City

Cou

ncil.

+0

00

00

00

++

00

00

00

0

SIO

74. T

o pr

omot

e th

e re

duct

ion

of p

ollu

tion

load

ing

in th

e di

scha

rges

to th

e pu

blic

sew

er n

etw

ork

from

indu

strie

s w

ithin

the

city

and

in th

e D

ublin

reg

ion.

+0

00

00

00

+0

00

00

00

0

SIO

75. I

n co

oper

atio

n w

ith o

ther

loca

l aut

horit

ies

in

the

Reg

ion

to im

plem

ent a

ppro

pria

te D

evel

opm

ent

Man

agem

ent p

olic

ies

to p

reve

nt o

verlo

adin

g of

the

was

tew

ater

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd th

e co

nseq

uent

ris

k of

pollu

tion

of n

atur

al w

ater

bodi

es.

++

+0

00

00

++

00

00

00

0


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TER

5 -

Co

nnec

ting

and

Sus

tain

ing

the

City

’s In

fras

truc

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SIO

76. T

o re

quire

that

all

deve

lopm

ents

sho

uld

incl

ude

a W

aste

wat

er D

isch

arge

Pla

n to

acc

ompa

ny

any

appl

icat

ion

dem

onst

ratin

g to

the

satis

fact

ion

of

the

plan

ning

aut

horit

y th

at th

e pr

opos

ed d

isch

arge

of w

aste

wat

er fr

om th

e pr

opos

ed d

evel

opm

ent,

in

conj

unct

ion

with

exi

stin

g di

scha

rges

, wou

ld n

ot c

ause

non

com

plia

nce

with

the

com

bine

d ap

proa

ch a

s

defi n

ed in

the

Was

te W

ater

Dis

char

ge (A

utho

risat

ion)

Reg

ulat

ions

200

7.+

++

00

00

0+

+0

00

00

00

SIO

77. T

o re

quire

all

appl

ican

ts, w

here

app

ropr

iate

,

to c

arry

out

a F

lood

Ris

k A

sses

smen

t in

acco

rdan

ce

with

the

Dep

artm

enta

l gui

delin

es o

n Fl

ood

Ris

k

Man

agem

ent.

The

fl ood

ris

k as

sess

men

t sha

ll

acco

mpa

ny th

e pl

anni

ng a

pplic

atio

n an

d sh

ould

be

suffi

cien

tly d

etai

led

to q

uant

ify th

e ris

ks a

nd th

e ef

fect

s

of a

ny n

eces

sary

miti

gatio

n/ad

apta

tion,

toge

ther

with

the

mea

sure

s ne

eded

to m

anag

e re

sidu

al r

isks

. loc

al

area

pla

ns o

r ot

her

land

use

pla

ns o

r po

licie

s dr

awn

up

by D

ublin

City

Cou

ncil

unde

r th

e de

velo

pmen

t pla

n ar

e

also

sub

ject

to a

fl oo

d ris

k as

sess

men

t as

appr

opria

te

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e gu

idel

ines

.+

00

00

00

++

00

00

00

00

SIO

78. T

o pr

omot

e su

stai

nabl

e de

sign

and

cons

truc

tion

to h

elp

redu

ce e

mis

sion

s fr

om th

e

dem

oliti

on a

nd c

onst

ruct

ion

of b

uild

ings

.+

00

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

SIO

79. T

o en

cour

age

the

use

of in

tern

al d

uctin

gs /

stai

rcor

es w

ithin

all

new

mix

ed u

se d

evel

opm

ents

whe

re a

ppro

pria

te to

faci

litat

e ai

r ex

trac

tion/

vent

ilatio

n

units

and

oth

er a

ssoc

iate

d pl

ant a

nd s

ervi

ces.

+0

0+

+0

00

00

00

00

00

0

SIO

80. T

o im

plem

ent t

he D

ublin

Reg

iona

l Air

Qua

lity

Man

agem

ent P

lan

2008

-201

2 in

coo

pera

tion

with

the

othe

r lo

cal a

utho

ritie

s in

Dub

lin.

+0

0+

0+

+0

00

00

00

00

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PTE

R 5

- C

onn

ectin

g an

d S

usta

inin

g th

e C

ity’s

Infr

astr

uctu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SIO

81. T

o im

plem

ent t

he D

ublin

Agg

lom

erat

ion

Noi

se A

ctio

n P

lan

in c

oope

ratio

n w

ith th

e ot

her

loca

l

auth

oriti

es in

Dub

lin.

+0

00

+0

00

00

00

00

00

0

SIO

82. T

o im

plem

ent a

str

ateg

y to

dev

elop

are

as s

uch

as ‘H

ome

Zone

s’ o

r ‘S

tree

ts fo

r P

eopl

e’ in

the

layo

ut

of n

ew d

evel

opm

ents

and

use

sur

face

trea

tmen

ts to

publ

ic r

oads

, whi

ch m

inim

ise

nois

e du

ring

the

lifet

ime

of th

e de

velo

pmen

t pla

n.+

00

0+

00

00

00

00

00

00

SIO

83. T

o su

ppor

t new

tech

nolo

gies

and

pra

ctic

es a

s

a po

wer

sou

rce

in tr

ansp

ort t

o re

duce

noi

se.

+0

00

+0

00

00

00

00

00

0

SIO

84. T

o pr

otec

t res

iden

ts o

f mix

ed-u

se

deve

lopm

ents

from

noi

se e

man

atin

g fr

om o

ther

use

s

such

as

shop

s, o

ffi ce

s, n

ight

club

s, la

te n

ight

bus

king

,

publ

ic h

ouse

s an

d ot

her

nigh

t tim

e us

es th

roug

h th

e

plan

ning

sys

tem

.+

00

0+

00

00

00

00

00

00

SIO

85. T

o gi

ve c

aref

ul c

onsi

dera

tion

to th

e lo

catio

n of

nois

e se

nsiti

ve d

evel

opm

ents

so

as to

ens

ure

they

are

prot

ecte

d fr

om m

ajor

noi

se s

ourc

es w

here

pra

ctic

al.

+0

00

+0

00

00

00

00

00

0

SIO

86. T

o su

ppor

t and

faci

litat

e th

e m

onito

ring

and

enfo

rcem

ent b

y th

e en

viro

nmen

tal h

ealth

dep

artm

ent

of n

oise

red

uctio

n m

easu

res

in a

reas

exp

erie

ncin

g

exce

ss n

oise

.+

00

0+

00

00

00

00

00

00

SIO

87. T

o ad

opt n

oise

by-

law

s fo

r th

e pr

otec

tion

of

resi

dent

ial c

omm

uniti

es.

+0

00

+0

00

00

00

00

00

0

SIO

88. T

o fa

cilit

ate

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f acc

essi

ble

WIF

I

Zone

s w

ithin

Dub

lin c

ity d

urin

g th

e lif

etim

e of

this

pla

n.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

SIO

89. T

o su

ppor

t the

gov

ernm

ent t

arge

ts o

f hav

ing

40%

of e

lect

ricity

con

sum

ptio

n ge

nera

ted

from

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y so

urce

s by

the

year

202

0.+

00

00

++

+0

00

00

00

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TER

5 -

Co

nnec

ting

and

Sus

tain

ing

the

City

’s In

fras

truc

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

SIO

90.

To

requ

ire th

at p

ropo

sals

for

larg

e-sc

ale

deve

lopm

ents

(typ

ical

ly 5

0 un

its o

r 5,

000s

q.m

and

abov

e) o

r as

may

be

dete

rmin

ed b

y th

e pl

anni

ng

auth

ority

, sho

uld

incl

ude

an E

nerg

y S

tate

men

t

to a

ccom

pany

any

app

licat

ion,

illu

stra

ting

how

the

prop

osal

inco

rpor

ates

the

abov

e de

sign

cons

ider

atio

ns a

nd h

ow it

add

ress

es e

nerg

y ef

fi cie

ncy

with

reg

ard

to th

e de

mol

ition

, con

stru

ctio

n an

d lo

ng-

term

man

agem

ent o

f the

dev

elop

men

t.+

00

00

++

+0

00

00

00

00

SIO

91. T

o en

cour

age

resp

onsi

ble

envi

ronm

enta

l

man

agem

ent i

n co

nstr

uctio

n.+

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

SIO

92. T

o pr

omot

e su

stai

nabl

e ap

proa

ches

to

deve

lopm

ents

by

spat

ial p

lann

ing,

layo

ut, d

esig

n an

d

deta

iled

spec

ifi ca

tion.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

SIO

93. T

o en

sure

hig

h st

anda

rds

of e

nerg

y ef

fi cie

ncy

in e

xist

ing

and

new

dev

elop

men

ts a

nd e

ncou

ragi

ng

deve

lope

rs, o

wne

rs a

nd te

nant

s to

impr

ove

the

envi

ronm

enta

l per

form

ance

of t

he b

uild

ing

stoc

k,

incl

udin

g th

e de

ploy

men

t of r

enew

able

ene

rgy.

+0

00

0+

++

00

00

00

00

0

SIO

94. T

o pr

omot

e th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e D

ublin

Sus

tain

able

Ene

rgy

Act

ion

Pla

n.+

00

00

++

+0

00

00

00

00

CH

AP

TE

R 6

Gre

enin

g th

e C

ity

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

GC

O1.

To

prog

ress

the

illus

trat

ed s

trat

egic

gre

en

infr

astr

uctu

re n

etw

ork

and

to d

evis

e a

prog

ram

me

of

spec

ifi c

wor

ks to

be

impl

emen

ted

with

in th

e cu

rren

t

deve

lopm

ent p

lan

timef

ram

e (s

ee S

trat

egic

Gre

en

Net

wor

k m

ap a

nd a

lso

City

Cen

tre

rout

es).

++

/ -

+ /

-+

++

++

00

+0

0+

/ -

++

/ -

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

6G

reen

ing

the

City

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

GC

O2.

To

achi

eve

the

follo

win

g cr

itica

l lin

kage

s w

ithin

the

lifet

ime

of th

e de

velo

pmen

t pla

n;

◆

To p

rom

ote

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

Sut

ton

to

San

dyc

ove

Cyc

letr

ack

sche

me

(S2S

) as

a ke

y

obje

ctiv

e in

bot

h ‘S

mar

ter

Trav

el’ a

nd in

the

‘Nat

iona

l Cyc

le P

olic

y Fr

amew

ork’

sub

ject

to

the

appr

opria

te e

nviro

nmen

tal a

sses

smen

ts,

incl

udin

g an

y as

sess

men

t req

uire

d un

der

6(3)

of

the

Hab

itats

Dire

ctiv

e. S

ubje

ct to

com

plia

nce

with

envi

ronm

enta

l reg

ulat

ions

and

sta

tuto

ry a

ppro

vals

,

com

plet

ion

of th

is p

roje

ct is

rec

ogni

sed

as a

sign

ifi ca

nt d

evel

opm

ent o

f Dub

lin B

ay w

ith p

oten

tial

recr

eatio

nal a

nd to

uris

m b

enefi

ts, a

s w

ell a

s

prov

idin

g a

tram

-fre

e cy

clew

ay fo

r bo

th r

ecre

atio

n

and

com

mut

er c

yclis

ts.

◆

To p

rovi

de a

ped

estr

ian

and

cycl

e w

ay g

reen

link

inte

rcon

nect

ing

the

Roy

al C

anal

to th

e G

rand

Can

al

via

the

Pho

enix

Par

k in

con

sulta

tion

with

the

Offi

ce

of P

ublic

Wor

ks.

◆

To p

rovi

de a

con

tinuo

us c

ycle

way

con

nect

ing

the

Pho

enix

Par

k an

d H

eust

on S

tatio

n to

the

prop

osed

S2S

rou

te a

long

the

city

’s q

uays

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith

the

Offi

ce o

f Pub

lic W

orks

.

◆

To im

prov

e ac

cess

to e

xist

ing

natu

ral a

sset

s su

ch

as p

arks

and

wat

erw

ays

thro

ugh

iden

tifi e

d gr

een

rout

es.

◆

To s

eek

to p

rovi

de p

edes

tria

n an

d cy

clin

g gr

een

links

con

nect

ing

the

Roy

al C

anal

and

the

Tolk

a

Valle

y vi

a a

rout

e th

roug

h B

otan

ic G

arde

ns/

Pro

spec

t Cem

eter

y an

d a

rout

e in

the

vici

nity

of

Hol

y C

ross

Col

lege

(or

rout

es a

s cl

ose

as p

ract

ical

ly

poss

ible

) in

cons

ulta

tion

with

the

Offi

ce o

f Pub

lic

Wor

ks.

++

/ -

+ /

-+

++

++

00

+0

0+

/ -

++

/ -

0

++

/ -

+ /

-+

++

++

00

+0

0+

/ -

++

/ -

0


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 6

Gre

enin

g th

e C

ity

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

GC

O3.

To

esta

blis

h an

inte

rdep

artm

enta

l tas

k fo

rce

on g

reen

roo

fi ng

with

in th

e C

ity C

ounc

il to

exa

min

e th

e

suita

bilit

y of

var

ious

tech

nica

l des

igns

of g

reen

roo

f for

new

and

exi

stin

g de

velo

pmen

ts in

the

city

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

GC

O4.

To

revi

ew e

xist

ing

road

con

stru

ctio

n st

anda

rds

and

to p

repa

re a

des

ign

guid

e fo

r ne

w d

evel

opm

ents

to e

nsur

e th

e in

tegr

atio

n of

Sus

tain

able

Urb

an

Dra

inag

e S

yste

ms

(SU

DS

) in

rela

tion

to T

akin

g in

Cha

rge

Sta

ndar

ds.

++

00

00

0+

00

00

00

00

0

GC

O5.

To

deve

lop

linea

r pa

rks

alon

g w

ater

way

s

and

to li

nk e

xist

ing

park

s an

d op

en s

pace

in o

rder

to

prov

ide

gree

n co

rrid

ors

thro

ugho

ut th

e ci

ty. W

here

land

s al

ong

wat

erw

ays

are

in p

rivat

e ow

ners

hip,

it s

hall

be a

n ob

ject

ive

in a

ny d

evel

opm

ent p

ropo

sal,

to s

ecur

e

publ

ic a

cces

s al

ong

the

wat

erw

ay. T

he C

ity C

ounc

il w

ill

activ

ely

liais

e w

ith th

e D

oEH

LG to

fi na

ncia

lly s

uppo

rt

the

achi

evem

ent o

f the

se li

near

par

ks.

+-

-0

00

00

00

00

0+

++

0

GC

O6.

To

prot

ect a

nd c

onse

rve

the

hist

oric

land

scap

e of

the

Pho

enix

Par

k an

d its

arc

haeo

logi

cal,

arch

itect

ural

and

nat

ural

her

itage

whi

lst f

acili

tatin

g

visi

tor

acce

ss, e

duca

tion

and

inte

rpre

tatio

n,

faci

litat

ing

the

sust

aina

ble

use

of th

e pa

rk’s

res

ourc

es

for

recr

eatio

n an

d ot

her

appr

opria

te a

ctiv

ities

,

enco

urag

ing

rese

arch

and

mai

ntai

ning

its

sens

e of

peac

e an

d tr

anqu

illity

.+

++

00

00

00

00

0+

++

+0

GC

O7.

To

inve

stig

ate

the

follo

win

g ar

eas

with

a v

iew

to d

eter

min

ing

thei

r su

itabi

lity

for

desi

gnat

ion

as

Land

scap

e C

onse

rvat

ion

Are

as; (

i) P

hoen

ix P

ark,

(ii)

Nor

th B

ull I

slan

d, (i

ii) T

he B

otan

ic G

arde

ns, a

nd (i

v)

St.

Ann

e’s

Par

k an

d to

exa

min

e th

e po

tent

ial f

or o

ther

Land

scap

e C

onse

rvat

ion

Are

as a

s ap

prop

riate

dur

ing

the

lifet

ime

of th

e de

velo

pmen

t pla

n.+

++

00

00

00

00

0+

++

+0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

6G

reen

ing

the

City

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

GC

O8.

To

unde

rtak

e a

‘vie

ws

and

pros

pect

s’ s

tud

y.

Add

ition

al v

iew

s an

d pr

ospe

cts

may

be

iden

tifi e

d

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent m

anag

emen

t pro

cess

and

durin

g th

e dr

aftin

g of

loca

l are

a pl

ans.

++

00

00

00

00

00

++

00

0

GC

O9.

To

seek

the

desi

gnat

ion

of th

e Li

ffey

Valle

y

(from

Isla

ndbr

idge

to th

e ci

ty b

ound

ary)

, San

dym

ount

and

Mer

rion

Str

ands

and

als

o Iri

shto

wn

Nat

ure

Par

k as

Spe

cial

Am

enity

Are

as a

nd to

pre

pare

Spe

cial

Am

enity

Are

a O

rder

s fo

r sa

me.

++

+0

00

00

00

00

0+

++

0

GC

10. T

o pr

otec

t tre

es in

acc

orda

nce

with

exi

stin

g

Tree

Pre

serv

atio

n O

rder

s.+

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

GC

O11

. To

unde

rtak

e su

rvey

s an

d an

alys

is, w

ith a

view

to a

dva

ncin

g ad

ditio

nal T

ree

Pre

serv

atio

n O

rder

s

whe

re a

ppro

pria

te.

++

+0

00

00

00

00

0+

00

0

GC

O12

. To

man

age

stre

et a

nd ro

adsi

de tr

ees

in a

n

envi

ronm

enta

lly s

ensi

tive

and

arbo

ricul

tura

lly a

ppro

pria

te

man

ner,

to b

e vi

gila

nt in

ens

urin

g th

e co

nser

vatio

n of

all

stre

et a

nd ro

adsi

de tr

ees

unde

r its

car

e.+

++

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

GC

O13

. To

repl

ace

all t

rees

rem

oved

with

an

appr

opria

te s

peci

es, w

here

the

rem

oval

of s

tree

t or

road

side

tree

s is

nec

essa

ry.

++

+0

00

00

00

00

0+

00

0

GC

O14

. To

impl

emen

t a p

rogr

amm

e fo

r en

hanc

ed

plan

ting

alon

g pr

opos

ed g

reen

rou

tes

thro

ugh

exis

ting

deve

lope

d ar

eas.

Thi

s sh

all b

e ca

rrie

d ou

t in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith a

pro

gram

me

of w

orks

to b

e dr

awn

up o

n an

ann

ual b

asis

, spe

cify

ing

rout

es in

volv

ed.

++

+0

00

00

00

00

0+

00

0

GC

O15

. To

plan

t app

ropr

iate

tree

s on

all

stre

ets

and

road

s su

itabl

e fo

r su

ch p

lant

ing

and

in p

artic

ular

on

all

new

larg

e sc

ale

urba

n de

velo

pmen

ts a

nd a

ll re

side

ntia

l

and

city

str

eets

. Pla

ntin

g on

res

iden

tial s

tree

ts w

ill be

carr

ied

out b

y D

ublin

City

Cou

ncil

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith

resi

dent

s.+

++

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 6

Gre

enin

g th

e C

ity

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

GC

O16

. To

impl

emen

t a p

rogr

amm

e fo

r su

itabl

e tr

ee

plan

ting

alon

g ce

ntre

-roa

d ve

rges

whe

re th

ere

is

alre

ady

soft

land

scap

ing,

in p

artic

ular

alo

ng n

atio

nal

prim

ary

rout

es a

nd m

ajor

app

roac

hes

to th

e ci

ty,

incl

udin

g in

nova

tion

corr

idor

s.0

0+

00

00

00

00

00

++

00

GC

O17

. To

seek

to p

rovi

de to

ilet/

chan

ging

roo

m

faci

litie

s as

app

ropr

iate

in a

ll ci

ty c

ounc

il pa

rks.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

GC

O18

. To

supp

ort o

n a

phas

ed b

asis

, the

deve

lopm

ent o

f allo

tmen

ts o

n ap

prop

riate

site

s in

the

city

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

GC

O19

. To

prov

ide

for

allo

tmen

ts a

nd c

omm

unity

gard

ens

whe

re a

ppro

pria

te a

s a

regu

lar

feat

ure

of c

ity

coun

cil p

arks

and

pub

lic o

pen

spac

es.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

+0

0

GC

O20

. To

esta

blis

h a

Dub

lin C

ity F

arm

with

in th

e

lifet

ime

of th

e pl

an.

++

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

GC

O21

. To

revi

ew e

xist

ing

publ

icly

acc

essi

ble

open

spac

es w

ith a

vie

w to

incr

easi

ng a

cces

s fo

r ci

tizen

s

durin

g th

e pl

an p

erio

d.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

GC

O22

. To

supp

ort t

he in

vest

igat

ion

of th

e re

stor

atio

n/

reno

vatio

n of

wei

rs o

n th

e D

odde

r R

iver

sub

ject

to th

e

prov

isio

n th

at th

e re

stor

atio

n w

ork

does

not

add

to

fl ood

ing

risk.

+-

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

GC

O23

. To

enha

nce

the

amen

ities

of t

he r

iver

val

leys

of th

e S

antr

y an

d M

ayne

riv

ers

and

to p

rote

ct th

e

drai

nage

and

env

ironm

enta

l rol

e of

the

Kilb

arra

ck

stre

am, G

rang

e riv

er a

nd N

anik

in r

iver

.+

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

+0

GC

O24

. To

esta

blis

h, w

here

feas

ible

, riv

er c

orrid

ors,

free

from

dev

elop

men

t, al

ong

all s

igni

fi can

t

wat

erco

urse

s in

the

city

.+

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

+0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

6G

reen

ing

the

City

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

GC

O25

. To

esta

blis

h a

wor

king

gro

up in

ass

ocia

tion

with

adj

oini

ng lo

cal a

utho

ritie

s, th

e D

epar

tmen

t of

Env

ironm

ent,

Her

itage

and

Loc

al G

over

nmen

t and

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Com

mun

icat

ions

, Ene

rgy

and

Nat

ural

Res

ourc

es, t

o ov

erse

e th

e pr

epar

atio

n of

a g

uide

on Ir

ish

river

reh

abili

tatio

n an

d a

publ

ic e

duca

tion

prog

ram

me.

++

+0

00

00

+0

00

0+

0+

0

GC

026.

To

supp

ort D

ublin

Doc

klan

ds D

evel

opm

ent

Aut

horit

y in

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

river

Liff

ey

Reg

ener

atio

n S

trat

egy

(Oct

ober

200

1).

+0

00

00

00

00

00

++

00

0

GC

O27

. To

supp

ort t

he im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e ‘D

ublin

City

Bio

dive

rsity

Act

ion

Pla

n 20

08-1

2’, i

nclu

ding

inte

r

alia

(a) t

he c

onse

rvat

ion

of p

riorit

y sp

ecie

s, h

abita

ts

and

natu

ral h

erita

ge fe

atur

es, a

nd (b

) the

pro

tect

ion

of

desi

gnat

ed s

ites.

++

+0

00

00

00

00

0+

++

0

GC

O28

. To

ende

avou

r to

pro

vide

pla

y sp

aces

in

ever

y ne

ighb

ourh

ood

in th

e ci

ty. T

he c

ity c

ounc

il w

ill

ensu

re th

at p

lay

spac

es a

re o

pen

to p

ublic

use

and

will

disc

oura

ge th

e pr

ovis

ion

of p

rivat

e pl

ay s

pace

s.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

GC

O29

. To

enco

urag

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

the

intr

oduc

tion

of a

dult

amen

ities

in p

arks

suc

h as

tabl

e te

nnis

tabl

es,

outd

oor

gym

s, b

aske

tbal

l cou

rts,

bow

ling

gree

ns e

tc.

+?

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

GC

O30

. To

prov

ide

new

leis

ure

cent

res

to m

eet

dem

and,

incl

udin

g th

ose

plan

ned

at R

athm

ines

and

Will

ie P

ears

e P

ark.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

GC

O31

. To

invo

lve

child

ren

and

youn

g pe

ople

in

gree

ning

initi

ativ

es a

nd b

iodi

vers

ity p

roje

cts,

hav

ing

rega

rd to

thei

r ne

ed to

inte

ract

with

and

be

educ

ated

by n

atur

e.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

GC

O32

. To

exam

ine

the

poss

ibili

ty o

f usi

ng s

uita

ble

unde

velo

ped

land

tem

pora

rily

as in

form

al p

lay

spac

e.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 6

Gre

enin

g th

e C

ity

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

GC

O33

. To

iden

tify

spac

es w

hich

cou

ld b

e de

velo

ped

as n

eigh

bour

hood

pla

ygro

unds

and

rec

reat

iona

l are

as

for

child

ren

in a

reas

con

side

red

defi c

ient

in th

ese

faci

litie

s. T

o fa

cilit

ate

the

crea

tion

of v

iabl

e pu

blic

open

spa

ces

and

play

grou

nds

and

play

spa

ces,

cons

ider

atio

n w

ill be

giv

en to

the

publ

ic o

pen

spac

e

elem

ents

of d

evel

opm

ents

in c

lose

pro

xim

ity to

eac

h

othe

r be

ing

pool

ed to

geth

er o

n on

e si

re to

enh

ance

the

gain

to th

e ex

istin

g an

d fu

ture

res

iden

ts.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

GC

O34

. To

supp

ort a

nd im

plem

ent t

he c

onte

nt ‘D

ublin

City

Act

ive

Rec

reat

ion

stra

tegy

200

9-20

16’ a

nd r

elat

ed

actio

n pl

ans.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

GC

O35

. To

prov

ide

for

indo

or r

ecre

atio

nal f

acili

ties

in

area

s w

here

it is

con

side

red

that

ther

e is

insu

ffi ci

ent

publ

ic o

pen

spac

e. T

hese

mus

t be

acce

ssib

le to

all

resi

dent

s, in

lieu

of p

art o

f the

ope

n sp

ace

requ

irem

ent.

Suc

h pr

opos

als

will

be a

sses

sed

on th

eir

mer

its, t

heir

cont

ribut

ion

to th

e re

crea

tiona

l nee

ds o

f the

are

a an

d

thei

r im

pact

on

the

open

spa

ce h

iera

rchy

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

GC

O36

. To

prov

ide

indo

or r

ecre

atio

nal f

acili

ties

or a

ll

wea

ther

pitc

hes

as p

art o

f a n

ew d

evel

opm

ent,

whe

re

it is

con

side

red

acce

ptab

le. A

ll su

ch fa

cilit

ies

shou

ld b

e

mul

ti-fu

nctio

nal,

depe

nden

t on

the

recr

eatio

nal n

eeds

of th

e re

ceiv

ing

area

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

GC

O37

. To

cont

inue

with

its

prog

ram

me

of

refu

rbis

hmen

t and

red

evel

opm

ent o

f its

exi

stin

g

swim

min

g po

ols,

and

to u

nder

take

nec

essa

ry

mai

nten

ance

of i

ts s

port

s ha

lls, w

ith a

vie

w to

pro

vidi

ng

affo

rdab

le in

door

rec

reat

iona

l am

eniti

es.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

GC

O38

. To

mai

ntai

n be

ache

s at

Dol

lym

ount

,

San

dym

ount

, Mer

rion

and

Poo

lbeg

/She

llyba

nks

to

a hi

gh s

tand

ard,

and

to d

evel

op th

eir

recr

eatio

nal

pote

ntia

l as

a se

asid

e am

enity

, in

orde

r to

brin

g th

em

to ‘B

lue

Flag

’ sta

ndar

d.+

+0

00

00

0+

00

00

+0

00


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

6G

reen

ing

the

City

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

GC

O39

. To

seek

the

tran

sfer

of t

he p

layi

ng fi

eld

at

Cat

hal B

rugh

a B

arra

cks

from

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f

Def

ence

to D

ublin

City

Cou

ncil.

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

GC

O40

. To

cont

inue

to d

evel

op th

e fo

llow

ing

park

s,

open

spa

ces

and

amen

ities

:

◆

Tolk

a Va

lley

Par

k in

clud

ing

Car

diffs

brid

ge N

atur

e

Par

k

◆

Cam

ac V

alle

y P

ark

◆

Dod

der

Line

ar P

arks

bet

wee

n La

nsdo

wne

Roa

d

and

Lond

onbr

idge

, Bal

lsbr

idge

and

Don

nybr

ook,

and

Don

nybr

ook

and

Mill

tow

n -

and

also

to

prom

ote

and

activ

ely

purs

ue th

e de

velo

pmen

t of a

park

in th

e ar

ea k

now

n as

‘Scu

lly’s

Fie

ld’.

◆

San

try

Riv

er V

alle

y/S

prin

gdal

e R

oad

Par

k.

◆

May

ne R

iver

Val

ley

(in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith F

inga

l

Cou

nty

Cou

ncil)

◆

Str

eam

ville

Par

k

◆

Alfi

e B

yrne

Roa

d/T

olka

Est

uary

Lan

ds.

◆

St.

Ann

e’s

Par

k (M

anag

emen

t Pla

n to

be

impl

emen

ted)

◆

Mar

tin S

avag

e P

ark,

Ash

tow

n

◆

Le F

anu

Par

k

◆

Libe

rty

Par

k

◆

Wal

kins

tow

n P

ark

◆

Will

ie P

ears

e P

ark

◆

Kild

onan

Par

k

◆

Fairv

iew

Par

k -

to in

clud

e ne

w p

layg

roun

d.

◆

John

stow

n P

ark

– to

incl

ude

new

pla

ygro

und.

◆

Gra

ttan

Squ

are

Par

k –

to in

clud

e ne

w p

layg

roun

d

◆

Mou

nt P

leas

ant S

quar

e P

ark

– to

incl

ude

new

play

grou

nd

◆

Mou

nt B

erna

rd P

ark

- in

clud

e a

new

pla

ygro

und

and

to b

e ex

tend

ed

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 6

Gre

enin

g th

e C

ity

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

GC

O41

. For

the

river

Liff

ey:

◆

To p

rovi

de fo

r a

foot

path

alo

ng th

e no

rth

bank

of

the

river

Liff

ey fr

om Is

land

brid

ge to

Cha

peliz

od

◆

To in

vest

igat

e th

e fe

asib

ility

of p

rovi

ding

a

foot

brid

ge a

cros

s th

e riv

er L

iffey

to a

llow

for

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f a p

edes

tria

n ro

ute

linki

ng L

iffey

Valle

y P

ark

and

the

War

Mem

oria

l Gar

dens

with

the

Pho

enix

Par

k

◆

To p

rovi

de a

foot

brid

ge w

ith c

ycle

lane

s ac

ross

the

river

Liff

ey a

t Cha

peliz

od+

00

00

00

00

0+

0?

?0

00

GC

O42

. To

deve

lop

a gr

een

link

alon

g th

e ba

nks

of th

e

river

Cam

ac fr

om S

outh

Circ

ular

Roa

d to

Gol

denb

ridge

Indu

stria

l Est

ate,

and

als

o co

nnec

ting

acro

ss C

on

Col

bert

Roa

d to

the

Mem

oria

l Gar

dens

. Thi

s w

ould

link

to a

her

itage

trai

l inc

orpo

ratin

g K

ilmai

nham

Jai

l, IM

MA

(Roy

al H

ospi

tal)

and

the

War

Mem

oria

l Gar

dens

. A

gree

n lin

k sh

all a

lso

exte

nd fr

om th

is ro

ute

sout

hwar

ds

alon

g S

t. V

ince

nt S

tree

t Wes

t to

the

Gra

nd C

anal

. The

se

links

sha

ll al

low

for b

oth

wal

king

and

cyc

le a

cces

s.+

?0

00

00

00

0+

0+

??

?0

GC

O43

. To

cont

inue

to d

evel

op a

line

ar p

ark

alon

g

the

bank

s of

the

river

Tol

ka in

par

ticul

ar o

n in

stitu

tiona

l

land

s in

the

Dru

mco

ndra

are

a as

they

are

dev

elop

ed.

+?

00

00

00

00

00

0?

0?

0

GC

O44

. To

deve

lop

a riv

er w

alk

alon

g th

e S

antr

y riv

er

at R

ahen

y V

illage

bet

wee

n M

ain

Str

eet a

nd H

owth

Roa

d in

clud

ing

the

prov

isio

n of

a n

ew p

edes

tria

n an

d -

if

feas

ible

- c

yclin

g br

idge

ove

r the

riv

er a

t the

Sco

ut D

en.

+?

00

00

00

00

+0

0?

0?

0

GC

O45

. For

the

river

Dod

der:

◆

To d

evel

op a

fram

ewor

k pl

an to

con

serv

e an

d

impr

ove

the

area

alo

ng th

e D

odde

r bet

wee

n

Rin

gsen

d an

d O

rwel

l Brid

ge (W

aldr

on’s

Brid

ge)

◆

To ta

ke in

to p

ublic

ow

ners

hip/

crea

te R

ight

s of

Way

alon

g an

d ac

ross

the

Dod

der

at k

ey p

oint

s an

d to

mai

ntai

n ex

istin

g br

idge

s fo

r pe

dest

rians

and

cyc

le

traf

fi c. S

ubje

ct to

sou

rces

of f

undi

ng, n

ew a

dditi

onal

brid

ges

shal

l be

soug

ht.

+-

00

00

00

00

+0

0?

??

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

6G

reen

ing

the

City

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

GC

O45

. (C

ont.)

◆

To e

nsur

e th

at la

nds

adjo

inin

g th

e D

odde

r riv

er

and

zone

d Z9

sha

ll be

the

subj

ect o

f a s

peci

fi c s

ite

obje

ctiv

e fo

r th

eir

inco

rpor

atio

n in

to a

line

ar p

ark

alon

g th

e D

odde

r riv

er a

nd a

s pa

rt o

f the

Dod

der

Line

ar R

iver

wal

k.

◆

To s

ecur

e m

axim

um p

ublic

acc

ess

and

owne

rshi

p

of th

e w

alkw

ay a

long

the

Dod

der r

iver

with

in th

e ci

ty

area

and

to m

axim

ise

co-o

pera

tion

with

the

rele

vant

adjo

inin

g lo

cal a

utho

ritie

s to

war

ds p

repa

ring

and

then

impl

emen

ting

a riv

er a

cces

s, im

prov

emen

t

plan

and

env

ironm

enta

l man

agem

ent p

lan

for

the

entir

e le

ngth

of t

he r

iver

.+

-0

00

00

00

0+

00

??

?0

GC

O46

. To

seek

to p

rovi

de fu

ll pu

blic

acc

ess

to

Fitz

will

iam

Squ

are

and

pend

ing

the

full

acqu

isiti

on o

f

the

park

for

the

city

, to

seek

to h

ave

it op

ened

on

a

num

ber

of d

esig

nate

d ‘O

pen

Day

s’. A

lso,

to s

eek

to

prov

ide

publ

ic a

cces

s to

the

park

at W

ilton

Ter

race

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

GC

O47

. To

impl

emen

t the

City

Par

ks H

abita

t

Man

agem

ent P

lans

for

St.

Ann

e’s

Par

k, S

prin

gdal

e

Line

ar P

ark,

Le

Fanu

Par

k, S

t. K

evin

’s P

ark,

and

Bus

hy

Par

k, a

nd to

pro

duce

and

impl

emen

t fur

ther

Par

k

Hab

itat M

anag

emen

t Pla

ns w

here

app

ropr

iate

.+

++

00

00

00

00

00

++

+0

GC

O48

. To

com

plet

e w

orks

in P

oppi

ntre

e P

ark.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

GC

O49

. To

faci

litat

e us

e of

Lan

sdow

ne V

alle

y –

from

Inch

icor

e to

Drim

nagh

Cas

tle –

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e

prov

isio

ns s

et o

ut in

the

Drim

nagh

Inte

grat

ed A

rea

Pla

n

(Jun

e 20

09).

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 6

Gre

enin

g th

e C

ity

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

GC

O50

. To

desi

gnat

e La

nsdo

wne

Val

ley

as a

n ou

tdoo

r

reso

urce

cen

tre

in li

ght o

f its

var

ied

habi

tats

and

pote

ntia

l for

lear

ning

in a

num

ber

of d

isci

plin

es. T

o th

is

end

the

Cou

ncil

will

enga

ge th

e in

tere

st a

nd e

nerg

y of

the

loca

l com

mun

ities

, sch

ools

and

in p

artic

ular

the

educ

atio

nal e

xper

tise

of th

e C

ity o

f Dub

lin V

EC

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

Cha

pte

r 7

Fost

erin

g D

ublin

’s C

hara

cter

and

Cul

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FCO

1. T

o fa

cilit

ate

the

grow

th a

nd c

ontin

ued

deve

lopm

ent o

f cul

tura

l life

in th

e ci

ty b

y su

ppor

ting

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

Dub

lin C

ity C

ounc

il’s

Cul

tura

l

Str

ateg

y 20

09 -

201

7.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FCO

2. T

o su

ppor

t a C

ultu

ral A

llian

ce fo

r th

e ci

ty a

nd to

high

light

the

role

of D

ublin

City

Cou

ncil

as th

e cu

ltura

l

lead

er in

the

city

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FCO

3. T

o su

ppor

t a r

ange

of c

ultu

ral i

nitia

tives

and

faci

litat

e th

e pr

ovis

ion

of a

bro

ad r

ange

of

cultu

ral f

acili

ties

requ

ired

by th

e ci

ty’s

div

erse

eth

nic

popu

latio

ns.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

4. T

o fa

cilit

ate

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd e

xpan

sion

of th

e na

tiona

l cul

tura

l ins

titut

ions

and

oth

er e

xist

ing

sign

ifi ca

nt c

ultu

ral f

acili

ties

and

amen

ities

incl

udin

g

mus

eum

s, th

eatr

es, c

inem

as a

nd m

usic

ven

ues

in th

e

city

cen

tre.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0


| APPENDICESC

hap

ter

7Fo

ster

ing

Dub

lin’s

Cha

ract

er a

nd C

ultu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FCO

5. T

o en

sure

that

fi t-

for-

purp

ose,

acc

essi

ble,

cultu

ral f

acili

ties

are

prov

ided

as

part

of a

larg

er

deve

lopm

ents

in th

e ci

ty c

entr

e an

d th

at fi

t-fo

r pu

rpos

e,

acce

ssib

le, a

nd m

ulti-

purp

ose

whe

re a

ppro

pria

te,

cultu

ral f

acili

ties

are

prov

ided

as

part

of l

arge

r

deve

lopm

ents

in th

e ou

ter

city

and

sub

urbs

hav

ing

rega

rd to

Dub

lin C

ity C

ounc

il’s

Cul

tura

l Nee

ds A

naly

sis.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

6. T

o su

ppor

t the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

neig

hbou

rhoo

d-ba

sed

cultu

ral p

lans

/ in

itiat

ives

(e.g

.

the

Dra

ft R

ialto

Art

s P

lan

/ pr

opos

ed C

omm

unity

Art

s

Aca

dem

y).

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

7. T

o en

cour

age

and

faci

litat

e th

e pr

ovis

ion

of

affo

rdab

le li

ve-w

ork

units

and

stu

dios

/ w

orks

pace

s fo

r

artis

ts a

s pa

rt o

f lar

ger

mix

ed-u

se d

evel

opm

ents

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FCO

8. T

o su

ppor

t and

faci

litat

e th

e ch

ange

of u

se

of v

acan

t com

mer

cial

uni

ts to

pub

licly

acc

essi

ble

cultu

ral w

ork

spac

es, p

erfo

rman

ce v

enue

s, a

rt g

alle

ries

etc

on a

tem

pora

ry b

asis

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent

man

agem

ent p

roce

ss.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

9. T

o en

sure

that

the

nam

ing

of n

ew r

esid

entia

l

and

mix

ed-u

se s

chem

es r

efl e

ct lo

cal h

isto

ry, f

olkl

ore

and

/or

plac

e na

mes

and

are

sta

ted

in Ir

ish.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

10. T

o su

ppor

t the

sel

ectio

n of

a c

hose

n da

y to

be

desi

gnat

ed ‘D

ublin

Day

’.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FCO

11. T

o pr

omot

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

the

deve

lopm

ent

of c

ultu

ral a

ttra

ctio

ns w

hich

are

inte

gral

to th

e ci

ty,

incl

udin

g th

ose

attr

actio

ns th

at d

o no

t cha

rge

an

entr

ance

fee.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

12. T

o su

ppor

t the

use

of t

he Ir

ish

lang

uage

on

shop

fron

ts h

avin

g re

gard

to th

e pr

inci

ples

set

out

in

Dub

lin C

ity C

ounc

il’s

‘Sho

pfro

nt D

esig

n G

uide

’.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00


APPENDICES |

Cha

pte

r 7

Fost

erin

g D

ublin

’s C

hara

cter

and

Cul

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FCO

13. T

o su

ppor

t and

faci

litat

e th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of ‘D

ublin

Cor

pora

tion

Pub

lic L

ibra

ries

/ In

form

atio

n

Ser

vice

s an

d C

ity A

rchi

ves:

Pro

gram

me

for

Dev

elop

men

t 199

6 –

2001

’, as

rev

ised

and

upd

ated

, to

addr

ess

the

defi c

it in

libr

ary

prov

isio

n in

som

e ar

eas

of

the

city

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FCO

14. T

o en

sure

that

a C

ultu

ral I

mpa

ct A

sses

smen

t

acco

mpa

nies

all

maj

or p

lann

ing

appl

icat

ions

whi

ch

asse

sses

the

cont

ribut

ion(

s) th

at th

e pr

opos

ed

deve

lopm

ent p

ropo

sal w

ill ge

nera

te in

the

cultu

ral l

ife o

f

Dub

lin c

ity.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

15. T

o su

ppor

t the

cul

tura

l dev

elop

men

t of t

hose

cultu

ral q

uart

ers

as s

et o

ut in

Fig

ure

13 in

clud

ing

the

Nor

th G

eorg

ian

City

and

O’C

onne

ll S

tree

t Qua

rter

and

the

Heu

ston

/Roy

al H

ospi

tal Q

uart

er a

nd p

rom

ote

linka

ge to

the

hist

oric

vill

age

area

of K

ilmai

nham

/

Inch

icor

e, fo

cusi

ng o

n un

deru

tilis

ed a

men

ity r

esou

rces

,

incr

ease

d pe

rmea

bilit

y, a

nd e

ncou

ragi

ng a

vib

rant

are

a

in w

hich

to w

ork

and

live

whi

le h

avin

g re

gard

to th

e

grai

n an

d hi

stor

ic c

hara

cter

of t

hese

are

as.

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

+0

00

0

FCO

16. T

o su

ppor

t the

em

erge

nce

and

nurt

ure

the

pote

ntia

l of a

new

div

erse

cul

tura

l qua

rter

in th

e ou

ter

city

ext

endi

ng fr

om th

e H

eust

on /

Roy

al H

ospi

tal

Qua

rter

to th

e hi

stor

ic v

illag

es o

f Inc

hico

re a

nd

Cha

peliz

od in

corp

orat

ing

the

Cam

ac R

iver

Val

ley

and

Drim

nagh

Cas

tle A

rea.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

17. T

o se

ek to

inve

stig

ate

the

mer

its o

f dev

elop

ing

an ‘I

rish

Lang

uage

Qua

rter

’ by

clus

terin

g th

e va

rious

Irish

lang

uage

org

anis

atio

ns in

to o

ne s

uita

ble

part

of

the

city

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00


| APPENDICESC

hap

ter

7Fo

ster

ing

Dub

lin’s

Cha

ract

er a

nd C

ultu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FCO

18. T

o di

scou

rage

an

over

-con

cent

ratio

n of

larg

e pu

blic

hou

ses

in a

ny p

artic

ular

are

a to

ens

ure

a

bala

nced

mix

of c

ultu

ral u

ses,

incl

udin

g ve

nues

for

live

mus

ic, t

heat

re, fi

lm a

nd d

ance

, whi

lst p

rote

ctin

g th

e

resi

dent

ial a

men

ities

of c

ity-c

entr

e re

side

nts.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

19. T

o co

ntin

ue to

dev

elop

a c

oher

ent n

etw

ork

of a

ttra

ctiv

e, in

tegr

ated

str

eets

and

spa

ces

with

supp

ortin

g to

uris

m a

nd c

ultu

ral s

igna

ge a

nd

info

rmat

ion

syst

ems

havi

ng r

egar

d to

Dub

lin C

ity

Cou

ncil’

s Le

gibl

e D

ublin

Stu

dy

/ W

ayfi n

ding

Stu

dy

and

His

toric

Str

eet S

urfa

ces

and

Gui

danc

e D

ocum

ent

(200

8).

+0

00

00

00

00

+0

+0

00

0

FCO

20. T

o en

sure

the

incl

usio

n of

pub

lic a

rt in

all

maj

or d

evel

opm

ent s

chem

es in

the

city

and

sup

port

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

Dub

lin C

ity C

ounc

il’s

‘Pol

icie

s

and

Str

ateg

ies

for

Man

agin

g P

ublic

Art

’ and

‘Pub

lic A

rt

Pro

gram

me’

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FCO

21. T

o co

ntin

ue to

ani

mat

e th

e pu

blic

dom

ain

by fa

cilit

atin

g an

d su

ppor

ting

the

deliv

ery

of a

n

annu

al e

vent

s pr

ogra

mm

e by

Dub

lin C

ity C

ounc

il in

colla

bora

tion

with

key

eve

nt a

nd fe

stiv

al p

artn

ers,

whi

lst p

rote

ctin

g th

e re

side

ntia

l am

eniti

es o

f the

surr

ound

ing

area

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FCO

22. T

o de

velo

p m

ulti-

func

tiona

l, fi t

-for

-pur

pose

outd

oor

spac

es c

apab

le o

f hos

ting

fest

ival

s, e

vent

s,

food

and

cra

ft m

arke

ts e

tc.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

23. T

o pr

ovid

e a

liais

on a

nd s

uppo

rt s

ervi

ce fo

r

artis

ts a

nd o

rgan

iser

s of

out

door

fest

ival

s an

d ev

ents

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FCO

24. T

o fa

cilit

ate

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f new

, and

to

iden

tify

exis

ting,

spa

ces

in th

e ci

ty w

here

car

niva

ls,

circ

uses

etc

. can

per

form

on

an a

nnua

l bas

is, t

hus

addi

ng v

arie

ty a

nd c

olou

r to

the

city

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00


APPENDICES |

Cha

pte

r 7

Fost

erin

g D

ublin

’s C

hara

cter

and

Cul

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FCO

25. T

o re

view

the

RP

S d

urin

g th

e lif

etim

e of

the

deve

lopm

ent p

lan

to e

nsur

e th

at a

ll re

cord

s ar

e

cons

iste

nt w

ith th

e cr

iteria

est

ablis

hed

for

incl

usio

n of

a

reco

rd o

n th

e R

PS

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FC02

6. T

o id

entif

y an

d pr

otec

t exc

eptio

nal b

uild

ings

of

the

late

tw

entie

th c

entu

ry, a

nd to

cat

egor

ise,

prio

ritis

e

and

whe

re a

ppro

pria

te, a

dd to

the

RP

S. D

ublin

City

Cou

ncil

will

prod

uce

guid

elin

es a

nd o

ffer

advi

ce fo

r

prot

ectio

n an

d ap

prop

riate

ref

urbi

shm

ent.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

27. T

o ac

know

ledg

e th

e im

port

ance

of 7

8/79

Gra

fton

Str

eet,

Bew

ley’

s O

rient

al C

afé,

by

enco

urag

ing

the

prot

ectio

n of

its

use

as a

caf

é w

hich

is in

trin

sic

to

the

spec

ial c

hara

cter

of t

hat b

uild

ing,

incl

udin

g th

e

entir

e bu

ildin

g –

the

base

men

t, gr

ound

fl oo

r an

d fi r

st

fl oor

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FCO

28. T

o pr

ovid

e gu

idan

ce fo

r ow

ners

of p

rote

cted

stru

ctur

es o

r hi

stor

ic b

uild

ings

on

upgr

adin

g fo

r en

ergy

effi c

ienc

y an

d to

pro

mot

e th

e pr

inci

ples

of s

usta

inab

le

build

ing

desi

gn in

con

serv

atio

n (R

efer

to S

tand

ards

Sec

tion

17.9

.1 S

usta

inab

le B

uild

ing)

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FCO

29. T

o fa

cilit

ate

sust

aina

ble,

wel

l-des

igne

d lig

htin

g

prop

osal

s on

key

land

mar

k st

ruct

ures

, whi

ch w

ill

enha

nce

and

are

com

patib

le w

ith th

e ch

arac

ter

of

prot

ecte

d st

ruct

ures

and

con

serv

atio

n ar

eas.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

30. T

o m

aint

ain

a re

gist

er o

f Bui

ldin

gs a

t Ris

k in

whi

ch p

rote

cted

str

uctu

res

at r

isk

from

neg

lect

or

wilf

ul

dam

age

will

be e

nter

ed a

nd a

ctio

ns m

ay b

e ta

ken

to

ensu

re th

eir

surv

ival

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FCO

31. T

o ca

rry

out a

stu

dy

usin

g in

tern

atio

nal b

est

prac

tice

as a

gui

de to

form

ulat

e de

taile

d gu

idel

ines

on

activ

e us

es fo

r bu

ildin

gs w

ithin

the

Geo

rgia

n C

ore

and

Con

serv

atio

n ar

eas.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0


| APPENDICESC

hap

ter

7Fo

ster

ing

Dub

lin’s

Cha

ract

er a

nd C

ultu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FCO

32. T

o de

sign

ate

addi

tiona

l Arc

hite

ctur

al

Con

serv

atio

n A

reas

, inc

ludi

ng r

esid

entia

l, su

burb

an

area

s of

the

city

with

the

spec

ifi c

obje

ctiv

e of

red

ucin

g

build

ings

in th

ese

area

s w

hich

are

list

ed o

n th

e R

ecor

d

of P

rote

cted

Str

uctu

res,

as

appr

opria

te. (

Any

bui

ldin

gs

sele

cted

for

dele

tion

from

the

RP

S w

ill be

of l

ocal

rat

her

than

of r

egio

nal s

igni

fi can

ce. T

hese

AC

As

will

prot

ect

prim

arily

the

fron

t fac

ades

and

str

eets

cape

cha

ract

er

and

will

rem

ove

the

prot

ecte

d st

ruct

ure

stat

us o

f suc

h

build

ings

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FCO

33. T

o pr

epar

e sc

hem

es fo

r A

reas

of S

peci

al

Pla

nnin

g C

ontr

ol, w

here

dee

med

des

irabl

e an

d

appr

opria

te h

avin

g re

gard

to s

tatu

tory

nee

ds o

f the

city

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FCO

34. T

o un

dert

ake

an a

sses

smen

t to

info

rm th

e

pote

ntia

l AC

A d

esig

natio

n fo

r th

e fo

llow

ing

area

s:

Mou

ntjo

y S

quar

e, C

rum

lin V

illag

e (S

t. A

gnes

Chu

rch

and

envi

rons

), Iv

eagh

Gar

den’

s C

rum

lin, C

IE E

stat

e

Inch

icor

e, th

e ea

ster

n pa

rt o

f Rat

hdow

n P

ark/

Rat

hfar

nham

Roa

d an

d S

and

ymou

nt V

illag

e an

d

Env

irons

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FCO

35. T

o im

plem

ent h

isto

rical

stu

dies

and

cons

erva

tion

plan

s to

ass

ist i

n th

e co

nser

vatio

n of

the

uniq

ue c

hara

cter

istic

s of

Dub

lin’s

his

toric

vill

ages

and

the

prom

otio

n of

the

cons

erva

tion

of th

eir

arch

itect

ural

feat

ures

and

str

eets

cap

es.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

36. T

o re

pair,

enh

ance

and

upg

rade

the

Man

sion

Hou

se a

s th

e of

fi cia

l res

iden

ce o

f the

Lor

d M

ayor

in

orde

r to

cel

ebra

te 3

00 y

ears

of i

ts c

ontin

ual u

se a

s a

May

oral

ty H

ouse

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00


APPENDICES |

Cha

pte

r 7

Fost

erin

g D

ublin

’s C

hara

cter

and

Cul

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FCO

37. T

o ca

rry

out a

sur

vey

and

stud

y of

the

rem

ains

of th

e ‘g

able

d tr

aditi

on’ o

f bui

ldin

gs a

nd a

ssis

t in

the

cons

erva

tion,

rec

ordi

ng a

nd in

som

e ca

ses

the

rest

orat

ion

of r

epre

sent

ativ

e ex

ampl

es o

f the

se h

ouse

s

so a

s to

pre

vent

this

lega

cy b

eing

lost

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FCO

38. T

o co

ntin

ue to

rev

iew

and

impl

emen

t the

Dub

lin C

ity H

erita

ge P

lan.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

39. T

o id

entif

y ke

y ur

ban

villa

ges

with

uni

que

char

acte

ristic

s an

d sp

ecia

l sen

se o

f pla

ce a

s pa

rt o

f

the

revi

ew o

f the

Her

itage

Pla

n.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FCO

40. T

o se

ek th

e pr

eser

vatio

n an

d en

hanc

emen

t of

all N

atio

nal M

onum

ents

in th

e ci

ty a

nd to

con

sult

the

Nat

iona

l Mon

umen

ts A

dvi

sory

Ser

vice

in a

sses

sing

prop

osal

s fo

r de

velo

pmen

ts w

hich

rel

ate

to R

ecor

ded

Mon

umen

ts.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

++

00

0

FCO

41. T

o im

plem

ent t

he s

igna

ge s

trat

egy

for

the

City

Wal

ls.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

42. T

o un

dert

ake

spec

ifi c

prio

rity

cons

erva

tion

wor

ks p

roje

cts

and

to s

eek

to id

entif

y ad

ditio

nal

natio

nal g

rant

mec

hani

sms

to a

id in

the

impl

emen

tatio

n

of s

uch

proj

ects

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FCO

43. T

o ca

rry

out a

sur

vey

of a

ll hi

stor

ic s

hop

fron

ts

in th

e ci

ty, a

nd a

n as

sess

men

t of t

he s

tree

tsca

pe

cont

ribut

ion

prov

ided

by

shop

fron

ts a

nd e

nsur

e

thei

r pr

otec

tion

thro

ugh

the

prov

isio

n of

con

serv

atio

n

guid

elin

es.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

44. T

o co

-ope

rate

with

oth

er a

genc

ies

in th

e

inve

stig

atio

n of

clim

ate

chan

ge o

n th

e fa

bric

of h

isto

ric

build

ings

in th

e ci

ty.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0


| APPENDICESC

hap

ter

7Fo

ster

ing

Dub

lin’s

Cha

ract

er a

nd C

ultu

re

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FCO

45. T

o co

ntin

ue th

e pr

epar

atio

n an

d

impl

emen

tatio

n of

con

serv

atio

n pl

ans

whe

re

appr

opria

te, f

or v

ulne

rabl

e si

tes

durin

g th

e cu

rren

cy o

f

this

pla

n.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FCO

46. T

o co

mm

emor

ate

and

appr

opria

tely

cel

ebra

te

the

cent

enar

y of

his

toric

eve

nts

incl

udin

g th

e D

ublin

1913

Str

ike

and

Lock

out a

nd th

e 19

16 R

ebel

lion.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

47. T

o pr

omot

e be

st p

ract

ice

for

arch

aeol

ogic

al

exca

vatio

n an

d en

cour

age

the

diss

emin

atio

n of

the

fi ndi

ngs

of a

rcha

eolo

gica

l inv

estig

atio

ns a

nd

exca

vatio

ns th

roug

h th

e pu

blic

atio

n of

exc

avat

ion

repo

rts

ther

eby

prom

otin

g pu

blic

aw

aren

ess

and

appr

ecia

tion

of th

e va

lue

of a

rcha

eolo

gica

l res

ourc

es.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

48. T

o pr

omot

e th

e de

velo

pmen

t of t

he D

ublin

City

Arc

haeo

logi

cal A

rchi

ve.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

49. T

o co

ntin

ue to

dev

elop

a lo

ng te

rm

man

agem

ent p

lan

to p

rom

ote

the

cons

erva

tion,

enha

ncem

ent,

man

agem

ent a

nd in

terp

reta

tion

of

arch

aeol

ogic

al s

ites

and

mon

umen

ts a

nd to

iden

tify

area

s fo

r st

rate

gic

rese

arch

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FCO

50. T

o fa

cilit

ate

a st

udy

on th

e ef

fect

s of

foun

datio

n ty

pes

on s

ubte

rran

ean

arch

aeol

ogic

al

rem

ains

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00

FC05

1. T

o pr

omot

e th

e de

velo

pmen

t of a

His

toric

Gra

veya

rd A

dvi

sory

Gro

up fo

r D

ublin

city

and

to

expl

ore

the

poss

ibili

ty o

f im

prov

ing

acce

ssib

ility

and

gene

alog

ical

inte

rpre

tatio

n/in

form

atio

n at

thes

e hi

stor

ic

grav

eyar

ds a

nd to

inve

stig

ate

the

pote

ntia

l for

the

erec

tion

of C

olum

baria

n W

alls

.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00


APPENDICES |

Cha

pte

r 7

Fost

erin

g D

ublin

’s C

hara

cter

and

Cul

ture

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

FCO

52. T

o in

clud

e In

dust

rial H

erita

ge s

ites

to th

e

Rec

ord

of P

rote

cted

Str

uctu

res

durin

g th

e lif

etim

e of

the

deve

lopm

ent p

lan.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

FCO

53. T

o en

cour

age

and

faci

litat

e th

e co

nser

vatio

n

and

sust

aina

ble

futu

re u

se o

f the

old

Mill

at

Row

erst

own

Lane

, Kilm

ainh

am a

s an

impo

rtan

t

exam

ple

of D

ublin

’s in

dust

rial h

erita

ge.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

CH

AP

TE

R 8

Mak

ing

Dub

lin t

he H

eart

of t

he R

egio

n

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

HR

O1.

To

deve

lop

a br

and

iden

tity

for

Dub

lin b

ased

on th

e ci

ty’s

dis

tinct

ive

iden

tity,

bui

lt he

ritag

e an

d

envi

ronm

ent,

uniq

ue a

chie

vem

ents

and

com

petit

ive

adva

ntag

e as

inte

rnat

iona

l city

reg

ion.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

HR

O2

. To

seek

to p

rom

ote

the

visu

al id

entit

y of

the

city

thro

ugh

the

disp

lay

of fl

ags,

ban

ners

and

cre

sts

uniq

ue

to th

e ci

ty, t

he c

ity c

hara

cter

are

as a

nd g

atew

ays,

as

wel

l as

the

city

-reg

ion.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

HR

O3.

To

deve

lop

a la

rge

scal

e in

tera

ctiv

e

touc

hscr

een

digi

tal m

ap o

f the

city

in C

ity H

all o

r at

the

Woo

d Q

uay

in th

e C

ivic

Offi

ces

allo

win

g vi

sito

rs to

disc

over

and

exp

lore

the

city

thro

ugh

the

map

and

to

acce

ss h

isto

ric im

ages

of e

vent

s an

d pl

aces

toge

ther

with

info

rmat

ion

abou

t zon

ings

and

als

o im

ages

of

pote

ntia

l fut

ure

deve

lopm

ents

as

cont

aine

d in

LA

Ps

or

villa

ge m

aste

rpla

ns.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

HR

O4.

To

co-o

pera

te w

ith th

e ad

join

ing

loca

l

auth

oriti

es in

the

Dub

lin r

egio

n to

pre

pare

and

impl

emen

t a S

usta

inab

le E

nerg

y A

ctio

n P

lan

for

the

Dub

lin r

egio

n.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

9 -

Rev

italis

ing

the

City

’s E

cono

my

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

RE

O1.

To

impl

emen

t the

pol

icie

s an

d ac

tion

set o

ut

in E

cono

mic

Dev

elop

men

t Act

ion

Pla

n fo

r th

e D

ublin

City

Reg

ion,

inso

far

as th

ey a

re c

onsi

sten

t with

the

deve

lopm

ent p

lan.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

RE

O2

.

◆

To r

eque

st E

cono

mic

and

Em

ploy

men

t Im

pact

Sta

tem

ents

for

appr

opria

te p

lann

ing

appl

icat

ions

and

to h

ave

rega

rd to

the

econ

omic

crit

eria

set

out

,

in p

lann

ing

deci

sion

-mak

ing

◆

To e

xam

ine

the

need

and

opp

ortu

nity

for

new

deve

lopm

ent a

nd fi

nanc

ing

mod

els

that

will

allo

w

desi

rabl

e de

velo

pmen

ts to

go

ahea

d in

the

shor

t-

term

whi

le e

nsur

ing

that

the

optim

um d

evel

opm

ent

of th

e si

te w

ill be

ach

ieve

d in

sta

ges

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

RE

O3.

To

exam

ine

how

key

eco

nom

ic g

ener

ator

s

coul

d ha

ve g

reat

er s

pin-

off b

enefi

ts fo

r th

eir

surr

ound

ing

area

s an

d to

act

ivel

y pr

omot

e th

eir

deve

lopm

ent.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

RE

O4.

To

activ

ely

supp

ort i

nitia

tives

and

pro

gram

mes

in th

e Lo

rd M

ayor

's J

ob C

reat

ion

Pla

n.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

RE

O5.

To

prep

are

a re

port

and

rec

omm

enda

tions

on h

ow th

e ci

ty’s

att

ract

iven

ess

for

fore

ign

dire

ct

inve

stm

ent a

nd p

oten

tial i

n re

latio

n to

out

war

d di

rect

inve

stm

ent c

ould

be

enha

nced

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 9

- R

evita

lisin

g th

e C

ity’s

Eco

nom

yP

H1

BFF

1B

FF2

A1A

2C

F1C

F2C

F3W

1W

2M

A1M

A2

CH

1LS

1LS

2LS

3LS

4

RE

O6.

◆

To p

repa

re a

rep

ort a

nd r

ecom

men

datio

ns o

n ho

w

the

econ

omic

and

em

ploy

men

t gen

erat

ing

capa

city

of th

e lo

cally

trad

ed s

ervi

ces

sect

or (i

nclu

ding

the

feas

ibili

ty o

f a F

ood

Tour

ism

Str

ateg

y an

d th

e

pote

ntia

l of s

tree

t foo

d ve

ndin

g) c

ould

be

enha

nced

◆

To

prep

are

a re

port

and

rec

omm

enda

tions

on

the

pote

ntia

l for

any

bar

riers

to s

ecur

ing

alte

rnat

ive

uses

for

vaca

nt c

omm

erci

al s

pace

. +

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

Ob

jec

tive

RE

O7.

To

carr

y ou

t a fe

asib

ility

stu

dy

with

a vi

ew to

est

ablis

hing

a s

ocia

l ent

erpr

ise

hub

in th

e

city

cen

tre,

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith th

e re

leva

nt s

ocia

l

entr

epre

neur

um

brel

la o

rgan

isat

ions

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

RE

O8.

To

wor

k w

ith th

e C

reat

ive

Dub

lin A

llian

ce to

iden

tify

the

chal

leng

es a

nd o

ppor

tuni

ties

that

enh

ance

the

inno

vatio

n po

tent

ial o

f the

city

and

to d

raw

up

a

prog

ram

me

of w

ork

for

the

deliv

ery

of p

roje

cts

that

will

mee

t tho

se c

halle

nges

and

dev

elop

opp

ortu

nitie

s, w

ith

the

aim

of p

ositi

onin

g D

ublin

as

an In

nova

tion

hub

for

Eur

ope.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

RE

O9.

To

esta

blis

h th

e co

ntrib

utio

n of

the

crea

tive

indu

strie

s to

the

wid

er e

cono

my

in D

ublin

and

iden

tify

mea

sure

s th

at w

ould

hel

p su

ppor

t the

gro

wth

of

exis

ting

and

emer

ging

cre

ativ

e in

dust

ries

in th

e ci

ty

regi

on, i

nclu

ding

fi lm

-mak

ing

and

fash

ion

desi

gn. I

n

this

reg

ard,

Dub

lin C

ity C

ounc

il w

ill se

ek to

est

ablis

h a

city

qua

rter

with

app

ropr

iate

acc

omm

odat

ion

spac

e, to

supp

ort a

nd fa

cilit

ate

the

crea

tive

indu

strie

s.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

RE

10. T

o w

ork

with

the

othe

r D

ublin

loca

l aut

horit

ies

to

furt

her

deve

lop

the

prac

tical

app

licat

ion

of th

e co

ncep

t

of e

cono

mic

cor

ridor

s an

d cl

uste

ring.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

9 -

Rev

italis

ing

the

City

’s E

cono

my

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

RE

O11

. To

iden

tify

and

map

the

exis

ting

and

pote

ntia

l

clus

ters

in th

e ci

ty r

egio

n an

d id

entif

y ef

fect

ive

supp

orts

to o

ptim

ise

the

clus

terin

g be

nefi t

s.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

RE

O12

. To

map

and

col

late

app

roac

hes

to

rege

nera

tion

and

in p

artic

ular

i) th

e sp

ecifi

c

empl

oym

ent a

nd e

nter

pris

e ob

ject

ives

in r

egen

erat

ion

plan

s, to

mon

itor

deliv

ery

of th

ese

outc

omes

and

enco

urag

e di

ssem

inat

ion

and

lear

ning

ii) t

o ca

rry

out a

n as

sess

men

t of t

he c

halle

nges

and

bar

riers

to

rege

nera

tion

as w

ell a

s th

e op

port

uniti

es a

nd to

brin

g

forw

ard

reco

mm

enda

tions

for

actio

n.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

RE

O13

. To

asse

ss th

e po

tent

ial o

f the

Par

nell

Str

eet,

Cap

el S

tree

t and

oth

er a

reas

for

the

crea

tion

and

the

prom

otio

n of

eth

nic

reta

il an

d re

stau

rant

clu

ster

s.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

RE

O14

. To

asse

ss th

e ne

ed fo

r a

rang

e of

hot

els

of

suita

ble

size

and

qua

lity

for

inte

rnat

iona

l con

vent

ions

/

grou

p to

uris

m a

nd th

e su

pply

of l

arge

sca

le, h

igh

qual

ity b

anqu

etin

g fa

cilit

ies.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

RE

O15

. To

exam

ine

the

issu

es a

nd p

oten

tial a

dditi

onal

syne

rgie

s of

pro

mot

ing

Dub

lin a

s an

Inte

rnat

iona

l

Edu

catio

n C

entr

e an

d to

iden

tify

and

seek

to a

ddre

ss

the

chal

leng

es e

xper

ienc

ed b

y in

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nts

in

cons

ider

ing

Dub

lin a

s a

city

of c

hoic

e.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

RE

O16

. To

exam

ine

the

feas

ibili

ty o

f a c

ruis

e te

rmin

al

in th

e P

oolb

eg a

rea

and

Dub

lin P

ort,

incl

udin

g a

revi

ew

of th

e cu

rren

t dis

emba

rkin

g po

int a

nd it

s co

nnec

tivity

with

the

city

and

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f tou

r op

tions

for

visi

tors

with

in th

e ci

ty a

nd s

et o

ut r

ecom

men

datio

ns.

+-

-?

00

??

?0

00

00

00

0

RE

O17

. To

supp

ort F

áilte

Irel

and

in it

s da

ta a

naly

sis

of it

s To

uris

t Con

tent

Sys

tem

in o

rder

to in

form

the

targ

eted

pro

visi

on o

f a w

ide

rang

e of

futu

re to

uris

t

serv

ices

and

faci

litie

s.+

00

00

00

00

00

0+

00

00


APPENDICES |

CH

AP

TE

R 9

- R

evita

lisin

g th

e C

ity’s

Eco

nom

yP

H1

BFF

1B

FF2

A1A

2C

F1C

F2C

F3W

1W

2M

A1M

A2

CH

1LS

1LS

2LS

3LS

4

RE

O18

. To

prep

are

an A

ctio

n P

lan

in c

onsu

ltatio

n

with

the

stak

ehol

ders

that

wou

ld o

ptim

ize

the

bene

fi ts

Con

vent

ion

Cen

tre

Dub

lin (C

CD

), pr

omot

e, fa

cilit

ate

and

cons

olid

ate

the

CC

D A

rea

as a

maj

or b

usin

ess,

tour

ism

, hot

el, e

nter

tain

men

t and

leis

ure

dest

inat

ion

of in

tern

atio

nal s

tand

ard

and

brin

g fo

rwar

d en

hanc

ed

pede

stria

n lin

kage

s to

O’C

onne

ll S

tree

t etc

and

als

o

publ

ic r

ealm

man

agem

ent.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

+0

00

0

CH

AP

TE

R 1

0 -

Str

eng

then

ing

the

City

as

the

Nat

iona

l Ret

ail D

estin

atio

n

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

RD

O1.

To

impl

emen

t the

env

ironm

enta

l and

oth

er

impr

ovem

ents

set

out

in th

e re

tail

core

Fra

mew

ork

Pla

n su

ch a

s im

prov

ing

faci

litie

s fo

r pe

dest

rians

, a h

igh

qual

ity s

tree

t env

ironm

ent a

nd b

ette

r lin

ks b

etw

een

the

shop

ping

are

a an

d ne

w r

oute

s, w

ith th

e re

furb

ishm

ent

and

exte

nsio

n of

the

key

pede

stria

n st

reet

net

wor

k

incl

udin

g th

e re

pavi

ng o

f the

Gra

fton

Str

eet P

edes

tria

n

Spi

ne a

nd L

iffey

Str

eet U

pper

and

Low

er (a

ll

envi

ronm

enta

l and

pub

lic r

ealm

impr

ovem

ents

to b

e

prio

ritis

ed u

nder

the

Pub

lic R

ealm

Str

ateg

y).

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

RD

O2

. To

mon

itor

and

eval

uate

pro

gres

s on

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

City

Cen

tre

reta

il co

re

Fram

ewor

k P

lan.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

RD

O3.

To

prom

ote

and

faci

litat

e th

e ea

rly

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

City

Mar

kets

Pro

ject

, a v

ibra

nt

reta

il fo

od m

arke

t, re

stau

rant

and

leis

ure

mar

ket,

and

a

cruc

ial d

evel

opm

ent i

n in

tegr

atin

g th

e ci

ty c

entr

e ar

ea.

+0

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

0

RD

O4.

To

eval

uate

the

oper

atio

n of

the

Bus

ines

s

Impr

ovem

ent D

istr

icts

(BID

s) a

nd g

ive

cons

ider

atio

n to

the

furt

her

desi

gnat

ion

of th

e sc

hem

e in

the

city

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

RD

O5.

To

give

con

side

ratio

n to

app

ropr

iate

sig

nage

of th

e C

ity C

entr

e re

tail

core

as

a de

stin

atio

n fo

r re

tail,

cultu

ral a

nd le

isur

e at

trac

tions

as

part

of t

he C

ity

Cou

ncil’

s P

edes

tria

n W

ayfi n

ding

Sys

tem

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00


| APPENDICESC

HA

PT

ER

11

Pro

vid

ing

Qua

lity

Hom

es in

a C

omp

act

City

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

QH

O1.

To

unde

rtak

e a

pilo

t hou

sing

sch

eme,

bas

ed o

n

the

Bos

ton

Mod

el, w

hich

pro

vide

s fo

r so

cial

, affo

rdab

le

and

priv

ate

rent

ed te

nure

s, u

nder

a s

peci

fi c d

esig

n

and

man

agem

ent s

truc

ture

, whi

ch w

ill ne

cess

itate

a

once

-off

dero

gatio

n fr

om th

e re

side

ntia

l dev

elop

men

t

stan

dard

s se

t out

in S

ectio

n 17

.9.1

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

CH

AP

TE

R 1

2 -

Cre

atin

g G

oo

d

Nei

ghb

ourh

oo

ds

and

Suc

cess

ful C

om

mun

ities

PH

1B

FF1

BFF

2A1

A2

CF1

CF2

CF3

W1

W2

MA1

MA

2C

H1

LS1

LS2

LS3

LS4

NC

O1.

To

liais

e w

ith th

e D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion

and

Sci

ence

and

oth

er c

omm

unity

inte

rest

s in

the

prep

arat

ion

of a

rep

ort o

n th

e ed

ucat

iona

l nee

ds o

f the

city

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

NC

O2

. To

activ

ely

assi

st a

nd li

aise

with

the

DES

in

the

prov

isio

n of

new

or

addi

tiona

l sch

ool p

lace

s in

deve

lopi

ng a

reas

, for

exa

mpl

e, to

pro

gres

s th

e de

liver

y

of a

new

prim

ary

scho

ol in

the

Whi

teha

ll A

rea,

as

iden

tifi e

d by

the

DES

.+

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

NC

O3.

To

inve

stig

ate

the

oppo

rtun

ities

, in

cons

ulta

tion

with

you

ng p

eopl

e, to

pro

vide

for

chal

leng

ing

play

oppo

rtun

ities

whi

ch p

rovi

de a

wid

e va

riety

of p

lay

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APPENDICES |

10.4 APPENDIX D

Key Environmental Issues and Policies / Objectives Incorporated into the Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 to Address These Issues

Overarching Strategic Issues Identifi ed as Affecting Dublin City’s Environment

The Principal Policies and Objectives Incorporated into the Development Plan 2011 – 2017 to Address the Issue

The housing of Dublin city’s growing population in balanced, sustainable and attractive neighbourhoods on the limited amount of suitable land available within Dublin City Council’s administrative boundary to allow for a compact city and region.

Policies SC1, SC5, SC9, SC10, SC13, SC14, QH1, QH2, QH3, QH4, QH15, QH16, QH17, QH24, NC1, NC4, NC7, NC9, NC15, NC20

The treatment of drinking water is a major issue for the city and region. The current water treatment plants are working to full capacity. While Ballymore Eustace is currently being expanded this will deal only the demand growth that will have taken place in the meantime.

Polices SI35, SI36. SI37, SI38, SI39 and SI40

and Objectives SIO63, SIO64, SIO65, SIO66, SIO67, SIO68, SIO69

In order to meet projected demands up to 2031 and beyond for drinking water a new water source must be determined. Currently the river Liffey is at its limit for safe abstraction.

Policy SI35 and

Objective SIO63, SIO66, SIO68

The European Union Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that all governments aim to achieve “good ecological status” in all their natural waters by 2015. The rivers in Dublin City Council are currently either ‘at risk’ or ‘probably at risk’ of not being able to achieve good status by 2015 unless improvement measures are taken.

Policy SI41

and Objectives SIO70, SIO71

Existing wastewater treatment infrastructure required by an increasing population in the Dublin region is inadequate. Maximum capacity will be reached by 2014. Additional wastewater treatment infrastructure must be constructed in order to avoid signifi cant adverse impacts upon water quality, biodiversity, fl ora and fauna and human health.

Policies SI44, SI45, SI46, SI47

and Objectives SIO72, SIO73, SIO74, SIO75

There is a need to secure the necessary land, plant and underground corridors for major utility infrastructure, including water supply, delivery and drainage in a compact city to facilitate its growth and well-being while also integrating utility infrastructure into lands so that other uses are not compromised (e.g. rights of way limiting recreational provision).

Objectives SIO67, SIO68


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Overarching Strategic Issues Identifi ed as Affecting Dublin City’s Environment

The Principal Policies and Objectives Incorporated into the Development Plan 2011 – 2017 to Address the Issue

There is a need to ensure, through the implementation of measures such as sustainable urban drainage systems, that changes in land use do not lead to increased fl ood risk. Increased fl ood risks arising from climate change and sea level rise need to be addressed through proper planning and risk management measures in accordance with national guidelines.

Policies SI47, SI48, SI49, SI50, SI51, SI52

and Objective SIO77

There is a continuing need to ensure better integration of land-use and transport which promotes more sustainable forms of transport, greater use of public transport as well as signifi cant improvements in public transport.

Policies SI1, SI2, SI3, SI4, SI8, SI9, SI8, SI11, SI12, SI14, SI15, SI16, SI17, SI20, SI23

and Objectives SIO1, SIO2, SIO3, SI04, SIO5, SIO6, SIO7, SI08, SIO9, SI11, SIO12, SIO13, SIO14, SIO15, SIO17, SIO18, SIO19, SIO20, SIO30, SI031, SIO32, SIO33, SI038, SIO4, SIO52

A balance must be struck between accommodating the future development, recreational, heritage and biodiversity needs of Dublin city.

Policies GC1, GC2, GC3, GC4, GC5, GC6, GC7, GC8, GC10, GC11, GC12, GC13, GC14, GC15, GC16, GC17, GC18, GC20, GC21, GC22, GC23, GC24, GC25, GC26, GC27, GC28, GC29, GC30, GC32, GC33, GC34, GC35, GC36, GC37, GC38, GC39

and Objectives GCO1, GCO2, GCO5, GCO7, GCO8, GCO9, GC10, GCO11, GCO12, GCO13, GCO14, GCO15, GCO21, GCO23, GCO24, GCO27, GCO28, GC030, GCO31, GCO32, GCO33, GCO34, GCO35, GCO36, GCO37, GCO38, GCO40, GCO41, GCO42, GCO43, GCO44, GCO45, GCO46, GCO47, GCO48, GCO49

Under the Kyoto Protocol Ireland has agreed to limit the net growth of Green House Gases (GHGs) to 13% above its 1990 levels (current fi gure is 25% above 1990 levels). There is a pressing need for Dublin city to reduce its GHG emissions.

Policy SI53, HR8

and Objectives SIO78, SIO79

Emissions, mainly from the transport sector, are the main threat to air quality in the Dublin region (oxides of nitrogen NOx and PM10 and PM2.5). These emissions must be reduced by switching to more sustainable modes of movement and transport.

Policies SI1, SI2, SI3, SI4, SI8, SI9, S10, SI1, SI12, SI14, SI15, SI16, SI17, SI20, SI23, SI5

and Objectives SIO1, SIO2, SIO3, SI04, SIO5, SIO6, SIO7, SI08, SIO9, SI11, SIO12, SIO13, SIO14, SIO15, SIO17, SIO18, SIO19, SIO20, SIO30, SI031, SIO32, SIO33, SI038, SIO49, SIO52

GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND PHRASES


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11.0 GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND PHRASES

Architectural Conservation Area: Place or townscape which is of special architectural, historic, archaeological, artistic, cultural, scientifi c, social or technical interest or that contributes to the appreciation of protected structures.

Appropriate Assessment: An assessment based on best scientifi c knowledge, by a person with ecological expertise, of the potential impacts of the plan on the conservation objectives of any Natura 2000 sites (including Natura 2000 sites not situated in an area encompassed by the plan or scheme) and the development, where necessary, of mitigation or avoidance measures to preclude negative effects.

Biodiversity: Describes the variability among living organisms on the earth, including the variability within and between species and also within and between ecosystems.

Brownfi eld Site: Land that is or was occupied by a permanent structure, which has become vacant, underused or derelict and has the potential for redevelopment.

Carbon sequestration: This is a technique for the long-term storage of carbon dioxide or other forms of carbon, for the mitigation of global warming. Carbon dioxide released by the burning of fossil fuels is usually captured from the atmosphere through biological, chemical or physical processes.

Climate Change: Long-term variations in global temperature and weather patterns, which occur both naturally and as a result of human activity, primarily through greenhouse gas emissions.

Combined Heat and Power: Combined Heat and Power is a system that involves the recovery of waste heat from power generation to form useful energy like useable steam. Combined heat and power is also the production of electricity and thermal energy in a single integrated structure.

Compact City: This term is used to explain a less wasteful pattern of development within the urban area. In spatial terms, all land areas would be used effi ciently with effective integration of different uses, services and public transportation. The edges and boundaries of the urban area would be well defi ned. A city like Barcelona is a good case study.

Consolidate the City: This is a term to explain the principle of increasing densities, making effi cient use of land to infi ll and develop the city, restricting sprawl and sporadic forms of development and co-ordination of land-use patterns with public transportation for ease of access etc. The term is used in conjunction with density policies.

Core Strategy: Core strategy means the strategy contained in a development plan in accordance with Section 5 of the Planning and Development Bill, 2009. The core strategy must show that development plan objectives are consistent with, as far as practicable with national and regional development objectives set out in the National Spatial Strategy and Regional Planning guidelines.

The core strategy shows the location, quantum, phasing of new development, details of transport plans, retail centres and areas designated for signifi cant development during the period of the development plan, particularly for areas for which it is intended to prepare a local


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area plan. It includes a map which shows signifi cant development areas / local area plan areas (LAP Areas), retail areas and public transport.

District Heating: District heating (less commonly called teleheating) is a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements such as space heating and water heating.

Eastern River Basin District: The Eastern River Basin district incorporates all or part of twelve counties; Westmeath, Meath, Cavan, Kildare, Offaly, Fingal, South Dublin, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Wicklow, a small portion of Wexford and Louth and Dublin city.

Economic Corridor: This term is used to describe a route connecting separate centres between which frequent interactions in business occur. Complimentary and supporting function strengthens both centres and locations along the corridor. An example nationally is the Dublin-Belfast Economic Corridor and within the city, UCD/Trinity/Digital Hub/James Hospital corridor.

Ecological (Eco) Footprint: A term used to express a measure of human demand and consumption of natural resources owing to lifestyle choices against the earth’s natural ability to renew these resources and the natural environment. The expression of this footprint demonstrates that presently people, owing to lifestyle choices, consume resources at a pace much faster than the earth’s natural ability to renew and recover.

Environmental Protection Objectives: Measures used to show whether the objectives of a plan are benefi cial to the environment, to compare the environmental

effects of alternatives, or to suggest improvements. If complied with in full, the environmental objectives set should result in an environmentally neutral impact from implementation of the plan.

Environmental Report: The part of the plan’s documentation which contains the information required by Article 5 and Annex 1 of the SEA Directive.

Fauna: A collective term for all kinds of animals.

Flood Risk Assessment: A study to assess the risk of fl ooding under both present and future circumstances, such as changes in climate, land use, development or fl ood risk management.

Flood Risk Management: Flood Risk Management combines the function of mitigating and monitoring fl ood risks and may include pre-fl ood, fl ood-event or post fl ood activities.

Flora: A collective term for all kinds of plants.

Framework for Sustainable Dublin: This is a term for an overarching structure to co-ordinate, inform and set in place effective guidance over other policies and decisions to reach sustainable targets and a sustainable course for the city of Dublin.

Green Based Economy: This is a model of economic development that possess at its core a strong philosophy of environmental protection, use of renewable resources and promotion of pioneering sustainable techniques paralleled with economic growth.

Green Corridor: Linear green connection along road and rail routes, rivers and canals, and including cycling routes and



rights of way. These interconnect larger open spaces, habitats, and areas of natural landscape.

Green Infrastructure: This term is used in two ways. It can describe a network of connected, high quality, multifunctional open spaces, corridors, and the links in between that provide environmental services and multiple benefi ts for people and wildlife. It is also used to describe a broad range of design measures, techniques and materials that have a sustainable character and have a benefi cial environmental impact such as solar panels, wind turbines etc.

Green Roof: A roof with living vegetation growing in a substrate or growing medium. Also referred to as eco-roofs, vegetated roofs, or living roofs.

Habitat: A place in which a particular plant of animal lives. Often used in the wider sense referring to major assemblages of plants and animals found together.

Indicators: This word is used either singularly or in conjunction with another term (e.g Sustainable Indicators) and means a measurable and quantitative statistic which, when grouped over a time period, shows a trend.

Key Developing Areas: These are signifi cant and strategic development zones within the city. Their co-ordinated development and inclusion of sustainable principles are an integral part of the core strategy for the city. Proper planning and sustainable development will be guided in these zones by documents such as local area plans and masterplans.

The main growth areas identifi ed for development in the lifetime of the plan e.g. The North Fringe, Pelletstown, Park

West, Cherry Orchard and the Docklands. They combine the main elements of the government’s developing areas Initiative (for the co-ordinated delivery of social and physical infrastructure in such areas) with the ‘Framework Development Areas’ of the current development plan. The development of these areas will create clusters of economic, commercial and residential neighbourhoods close to public transport corridors in accordance with the core strategy of the plan.

Key District Centres: Localised hubs of commercial, retail, employment and community facilities with a distinctive local identity – usually in the form of urban villages and generally delivered by the Z4 (Mixed Services) zoning. There are 9 KDCs, including 2 in the North Fringe key developing area, Finglas, Ballyfermot, Rathmines and Phibsborough.

Key district centre can lie with a Key Developing Area, as the anchor to the larger area e.g. Ballymun, North Fringe. Rathmines Village is an example of a KDC in its own right that does not lie within a key developing area. Pelletstown, in contrast, still has growth potential as a key developing area, and does not have a key district centre within it – but has 2 smaller neighbourhoods instead.

Also describes distinctive locations in the inner and outer suburbs of the city that are important focal points for mixed services and facilities that service a distinct catchment area. They include historical town centres such as Rathmines and Phibsborough and the major service zones for new emerging areas such as the North Fringe and Ballymun. This term has replaced the designation of Prime Urban Centres (PUCs) under the 2005-2011 Dublin City Development Plan. Strategically,


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these locations are important for their city for their accessible locations on important radial routes and public transport routes accessing the city centre, their capacity for future development and their contribution to creating distinctive and special character areas throughout the city.

Kyoto Protocol: An international environmental treaty which legally binds countries that signed into the treaty to reduce their production of greenhouse gases by defi ned targets over a specifi ed time period. The treaty was signed in 1997 in the city of Kyoto Japan and came into effect in 2005. Targets are set to achieve reductions in emissions by set percentages below 1990 levels.

Metropolitan Area: This is a term used in Regional Planning guidelines and is a reference to the existing built up area of Dublin and its immediate environs (which includes parts of each of the four Dublin local authorities). It is a distinct urbanised area.

Mitigation: The term is used to describe an action that helps to lessen the impacts of a process or development on the receiving environment. It is used most often in association with measures that would seek to reduce negative impacts of a process or development.

Modal shift: This is a term used to describe a situation where people change their travel behaviour (usually between home and work) from a particular type of transport (private car for example) to another more sustainable form of travel (public transport for example).

Over-arching sustainable framework: This is a reference for an overall, city wide guiding structure to co-ordinate and provide effective guidance across all

policies and decisions in the achievement of a sustainable city. The Framework for Sustainable Dublin (FSD) is a specifi c framework established to achieve this.

River Basin Management Plan: As required by the EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC), these plans will establish a strategic plan for the long-term management of the River Basin district.

Scoping: Process to determining what issues are to be addressed and setting out a methodology in which to address them in a constructed manner appropriate to the plan or programme. Scoping is carried out in consultation with the appropriate bodies.

Strategic Environment Assessment: This is a statutory process of assessment to examine the likely signifi cant environmental effects of a plan or programme, prior to their adoption. It identifi es consequences of actions prior to implementation and requires appropriate mitigation measures to remove identifi ed impacts as part of the plan or programme. The SEA process came into force in July 2001 from an EU Directive (EU Directive 2001/42/EC).

Sustainable Development: Sustainable development is a very important term in planning and development policies and is used to describe the character of development that minimises negative impacts on the environment and its natural resources. The defi nition of Sustainable Development comes from the Brundtland Commission (1983) which states it as development “ that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. The Brundtland Commission was convened as a world commission on the environment amid growing concern for the deterioration of the natural environment,



the depletion of natural resources and consequences for social and economic development.

Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems: A form of drainage that aims to control run-off as close to its source as possible using a sequence of management practices and control structures designed to drain surface water in a more sustainable fashion than some conventional techniques.

Synergies: This term refers to strong connections between different locations, a complimentary character in terms of activities and types of uses and correspondingly strong interactions between the locations with frequent movement patterns between the locations.

Taking in Charge: This is a term to describe when a local authority takes over the running/ maintenance/ownership of lands that were developed privately but which have public access and a wider public benefi t in their provision. The local authority thereafter looks after these areas for the public. Examples are residential estate roads and public parks.

Traffi c/Transport Assessment: Also referred to as a Traffi c Impact Assessment, this is a detailed assessment of the impacts of a proposed development on the transportation systems of the surrounding environment and is used to help inform decisions on design, access proposals, quantum of new car parking etc. It assesses the capacity of the existing street network to absorb additional quantities of trips and makes recommendations for traffi c management, promotes integration with public transport etc.

Urban Form: This term is a collective reference for the various separate important elements that create an urban

area. These elements include at a broad level the relationship between streets, blocks, individual buildings, open space etc. Understanding the urban form of a particular area can identify strengths and weaknesses of the existing area’s character and can inform positive ideas for new proposals to respect or restore the urban form.

Urban Sprawl: A term used to describe unco-ordinated or haphazard expansion of urban type development into undeveloped and rural areas that adjoin the boundary of a town or city. Urban sprawl can erode the lines of division between urban locations and the countryside.

Water Framework Directive: A European Community Directive (2000/60/EC) designed to integrate the way we manage water bodies across Europe. It requires all inland and coastal waters to reach “good status” or “good ecological potential” in the case of heavily modifi ed water bodies by 2015.

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