Local Plans being prepared by DLR County Council

Local Plans being prepared by DLR County Council

The following information may be of interest in reply to a question I submitted to the Manager on 12 September 2011.

MEETING OF DÚN LAOGHAIRE-RATHDOWN COUNTY COUNCIL

12 SEPTEMBER 2011

DRAFT PLANS

Question: Councillor R. Humphreys

"To ask the Manager for a list of the draft local area plans, urban framwework plans,

strategic development zones, architectural conservation areas or similiar plans and

the stage each draft is currently at?"

Reply

Local Area Plans

• The Draft Goatstown Local Area Plan went on public display last week

(Wednesday 7th September). The public consultation period concludes 19th

October. The intention is to bring the Manager’s Report on Submissions received

to the January 2012 Council Meeting for the consideration of the Elected

Members.

• Preparatory work on the two Local Area Plans for Dún Laoghaire and Blackrock

has commenced and is reasonably well advanced. Assuming continuing

satisfactory progress over the coming weeks it is anticipated the consultation

process on the Pre-Draft ‘Issues & Options’ Papers for both Local Area Plans could

commence mid-November 2011. Work on the preparation of the Draft Local Area

Plans, and the various associated environmental reports, will proceed through the

first half of 2012. The timing of the publication of the two Draft Local Area Plans

will be heavily influenced by potential requirements in respect of Appropriate

Assessment.

Urban Framework Plans

• Consideration of the Manager’s Report on the Proposed Material Alterations in

respect of the Sandyford Urban Framework Plan (Variation No. 2) is a listed item

on tonight’s Council Meeting agenda.

Strategic Development Zones

• Preparation of the Planning Scheme for the Cherrywood Strategic Development

Zone (SDZ) is currently in train. The Planning Scheme requires it to be prepared

by May 2012. A Briefing Session for Councillors on progress to date in the

preparation of the Planning Scheme has been provisionally organised for 27th

September. Details of that Briefing Session – date, time, venue etc - will issue

shortly to Members.

County Development Plan

• County Development Plan Variations No. 4 – Core Strategy and No. 5 – Building

Heights Strategy were the subject of a four-week public consultation process

earlier this summer. The Manager’s Reports on submissions received in response

to these public consultation processes are included as listed items on tonight’s

Council agenda for consideration by the Elected Members.

• Section 15 (2) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires

that, not more than 2 years after the making of a development plan, the Manager

of a Planning Authority shall give a report to the Members of the Authority on the

progress achieved in securing the objectives of the Development Plan. The

preparation of that comprehensive 2 year ‘progress’ report on the 2010-2016

County Development Plan will commence towards the end of this calendar year –

with a view to bringing the finalised report to Members for their information early

2012.

Candidate Architectural Conservation Areas

The programme for the assessment of Candidate Architectural Conservation Areas

(ACA’s) is as follows:

• The Silchester Road and Sandycove proposed Architectural Conservation

Areas are going on public display on 26th September 2011.

• Those proposed ACA’s that lie within the Monkstown environs will be put out

on display as a composite proposed ACA in December 2011. The areas

included in the composite ACA are:

Seapoint Avenue

Queen’s Park

Eaton Square

Belgrave Square

The Hill

Montpelier Parade

Brighton Vale

• Consultancy work is nearing completion on Phase 1 (Character Appraisal) for

the next 10 no. ACAs. It is intended that these will be brought to Council for

consideration during the course of 2012.

Group 1:

Arkle Square

Sydenham Road

Sydenham Villas

Campfield Terrace

Group 2:

Cross Avenue

Montpelier Place

Newtown Villas

Group 3:

Adelaide Road

Vico Road/ Sorrento Point

Marlborough Road

All of the above timeframes are dependent on the continuing availability of resources

and adequacy of department budgets.