Draft Southern Environs Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027
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[Year]DRAFT SOUTHERN ENVIRONS LOCAL AREA PLAN 2021 - 2027 Forward/ Strategic Planning 10th October 2020 Draft Southern Environs Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027 1 CONTENTS 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 5 2 Legislative Requirements ..................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Strategic Environmental Assessment ............................................................................................ 7 2.2 Appropriate Assessment ............................................................................................................... 7 2.3 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment ................................................................................................... 7 3 Spatial Planning Policy ......................................................................................................................... 8 4 Southern Environs in Context .............................................................................................................. 9 4.1 Demographic Profile ................................................................................................................... 10 4.1.1 Population ........................................................................................................................... 10 4.1.2 Age Profile ........................................................................................................................... 10 4.1.3 Age Dependency Ratio ........................................................................................................ 10 4.1.4 Family Cycle ......................................................................................................................... 11 4.1.5 Average Household Size ...................................................................................................... 12 4.1.6 Student Population ............................................................................................................. 12 4.2 Socio Economic Profile ............................................................................................................... 12 4.2.1 Education ............................................................................................................................ 12 4.3.2 Employment & Unemployment .......................................................................................... 13 4.3.3 Social Class .......................................................................................................................... 13 4.3.4 Income ................................................................................................................................ 14 4.3.5 Nationality ........................................................................................................................... 14 5 Development Vision & Strategy ........................................................................................................ 15 5.1 Delivering the Vision ................................................................................................................... 16 5.2 Strategic Objectives .................................................................................................................... 17 5.3 Core Strategy ............................................................................................................................... 18 5.4 Function, Population and Scale of Southern Environs ................................................................ 19 5.5 Residential Land Availability & Capacity ..................................................................................... 21 6 Economic Development ..................................................................................................................... 23 Part A: Enterprise ................................................................................................................................ 23 6.1 Enterprise Context ...................................................................................................................... 23 6.2 Economic Profile ......................................................................................................................... 24 Draft Southern Environs Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027 2 6.3 Economic Strategy ...................................................................................................................... 24 6.3.1 Supporting Employment Growth ............................................................................................... 25 6.3.2 Availability of Zoned Land .......................................................................................................... 25 Part B: Retail ....................................................................................................................................... 27 6.4 Retail Context .............................................................................................................................. 27 6.5 Retail Strategy ............................................................................................................................. 27 6.6 Supporting the City Centre ......................................................................................................... 27 6.7 District Centre ............................................................................................................................. 28 6.8 Local Centres ............................................................................................................................... 29 7 Housing ............................................................................................................................................... 31 7.1 Residential Profile ....................................................................................................................... 31 7.2 Residential Development ............................................................................................................ 31 7.3 Density and Housing Type ........................................................................................................... 32 7.4 Older Persons’ Housing ............................................................................................................... 33 7.5 Regeneration ............................................................................................................................... 33 7.6 Noise ........................................................................................................................................... 34 8 Development Opportunities .............................................................................................................. 37 8.1 Urban Design ............................................................................................................................... 37 8.2 Key Buildings .............................................................................................................................. 39 8.3 Development Opportunity Sites ................................................................................................ 40 8.3.1 Mungret ............................................................................................................................. 40 8.3.2 Other Opportunity Sites ..................................................................................................... 42 9 Community Infrastructure ................................................................................................................. 43 9.1 Context ........................................................................................................................................ 43 9.2 Education & Childcare ................................................................................................................. 43 9.3 Health .......................................................................................................................................... 44 9.4 Leisure Facilities .......................................................................................................................... 44 9.5 Age Friendly ................................................................................................................................ 45 10 Key Infrastructure........................................................................................................................... 48 10.1 Context .................................................................................................................................... 48 10.2 Water ...................................................................................................................................... 48 10.3 Utilities .................................................................................................................................... 49 Draft Southern Environs Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027 3 10.4 Smart Tech .............................................................................................................................. 49 10.5 Pollution .................................................................................................................................. 50 10.6 Waste .....................................................................................................................................