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Douglas Land Use & Transport Strategy (DLUTS) DLUTS Final Report In Association With Cork County Council August 2013 Document Control Project Title: Douglas Land Use & Transport Strategy (DLUTS) MVA Project Number: 30004712300047 Document Type: Draft Final Report Draft Final Report Directory & File Name: G:\Projects\300047 Douglas Land Use & Transport Study\30004712\Reports\Final Report Document Approval Primary Author: David Conlon, Ross Palmer (Cork Co.Co.), Darragh O’Suilleabhain (Cork Co.Co.), Martin Ryan (Cork Co.Co.), Sean McLoughlin and Giulia Vallone (Architects Department CorkCo.Co) Other Author(s): Ian Byrne, Sinead Canny, Reviewer(s): Ian Byrne, Peter O’Donoghue (Cork Co.Co.), Niall O’Callaghan (Cork Co. Co.) 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Contents Foreword 1 Introduction 1.1 1.1 Background to the Douglas Land Use Transport Strategy 1.1 1.2 DLUTS Strategy Area 1.2 1.3 History Evolution 1.2 1.4 Douglas Today 1.4 1.5 National and Regional Policies that inform DLUTS 1.8 1.6 DLUTS Requirements 1.12 1.7 Approach to developing DLUTS 1.13 1.8 Structure of Report 1.14 2 DLUTS Methodology 2.1 2.1 Introduction 2.1 2.2 Project Management & Stakeholder Engagement 2.1 2.3 Technical Methodology for Delivering DLUTS 2.4 3 Existing Land Use Conditions in Douglas 3.1 3.1 Introduction 3.1 3.2 Existing Land Use Survey 3.1 3.3 Town Centre Precincts 3.3 3.4 Precinct 1 - St Patricks Woollen Mills 3.3 3.5 Precinct 2: Douglas Village Shopping Centre 3.8 3.6 Precinct 3: Barrys Field 3.11 3.7 Precinct 4 – Cinema Site 3.14 3.8 Precinct 5: Douglas Court Shopping Area 3.17 3.9 Retail Survey and Retail Health Check 3.22 3.10 Community, Open Space and Recreation Facilities 3.29 3.11 Environmental Considerations 3.30 4 Existing Public Realm Conditions in Douglas 4.1 4.1 Introduction 4.1 4.2 Site Assessment 4.1 4.3 Constraints 4.2 4.4 Desire Lines 4.4 4.5 Streetscape Assessment 4.6 4.6 Implications for Douglas 4.7 5 Existing Transport Conditions in Douglas 5.1 5.1 Introduction 5.1 5.2 Pedestrian Facilities and Conditions 5.1 5.3 Cycle Facilities and Conditions 5.2 DLUTS Final Report 1 Contents 5.4 Bus Operating Arrangements and Conditions 5.3 5.5 Baseline Traffic Evaluation 5.6 5.6 Goods Vehicle Arrangements 5.12 5.7 Implications and the way forward 5.12 6 Guiding Principles 6.1 6.1 Introduction 6.1 6.2 Land Use Principles 6.1 6.3 Urban Design Principles 6.2 6.4 Transport Principles 6.3 7 Developing and Evaluating DLUTS 7.1 7.1 Introduction 7.1 7.2 DLUTS Vision Statement 7.2 7.3 Developing DLUTS Land Use, Urban Design and Transport Evaluation Objectives 7.4 7.4 Explanation of Evaluation Objectives 7.5 7.5 Linking the DLUTS Vision and Evaluation Objectives 7.8 7.6 Linking Evaluation Objectives to KPI’s and Evaluation Framework 7.8 7.7 DLUTS Development 7.11 7.8 DLUTS 2022 Evaluation 7.12 7.9 Conclusions 7.27 8 DLUTS Land Use Strategy 8.1 8.1 Introduction 8.1 8.2 Summary of Key Land Use Issues 8.1 8.3 Land Use Strategy for 2022 8.3 8.4 Land Use Strategy for 2032 8.3 8.5 Specific Land Use Policies of Town Centre Precincts 8.11 8.6 Precinct 1 - St Patricks Woollen Mills 8.12 8.7 Precinct 2: Douglas Village Shopping Centre 8.13 8.8 Precinct 3: Barry’s Field 8.14 8.9 Precinct 4 – Cinema Site 8.15 8.10 Precinct 5: Douglas Court Shopping Area 8.17 9 DLUTS Urban Design Strategy 9.1 9.1 Introduction 9.1 9.2 Public Realm Issues 9.1 9.3 Opportunities 9.2 9.4 General Policies for Urban Design 9.5 9.5 Specific Urban Design Policies 9.8 9.6 Design Guidance for the Public Realm 9.22 10 Transport Strategy 10.1 10.1 Introduction 10.1 DLUTS Final Report 2 Contents 10.2 Summary of Key Transport Issues in the DLUTS Area 10.2 10.3 Overview of DLUTS Transport Strategy 10.3 10.4 Introduction to DLUTS Transport Improvement Options 10.3 10.5 DLUTS Walking and Cycling Strategy 10.9 10.6 Public Transport Strategy 10.15 10.7 Schools Transport Strategy (Transport Policy T-07) 10.23 10.8 Road Network Enhancements 10.26 10.9 Junction Upgrades –An Overview of Measures for the Wider Network (Transport Policy T- 12) 10.34 11 Implementation of DLUTS 11.1 11.1 Introduction 11.1 11.2 DLUTS Delivery Timeline 11.1 11.3 Implementation and Monitoring Strategy 11.3 12 Conclusions and Recommendations 12.1 12.1 Summary of the Process 12.1 12.2 DLUTS Requirements 12.1 12.3 DECLG Spatial Planning and Transport Guidelines - Land Use and Transport Planning checklist 12.1 12.4 Current Land Use, Urban Design and Transport Characteristics and Emerging Themes 12.2 12.5 Guiding Principles 12.4 12.6 Vision and Objectives and Evaluation of DLUTS 12.5 12.7 DLUTS Land Use Strategy 12.5 12.8 DLUTS Urban Design Strategy 12.6 12.9 DLUTS Transport Strategy 12.6 Tables Table 1.1 DLUTS Area Population 1.6 Table 2.1 Stakeholders Contacted 2.3 Table 3.1 St Patrick’s Woollen Mills Existing Land Use Analysis Table 3.6 Table 3.2 Douglas Village Shopping Centre Land Use Analysis 3.9 Table 3.3 East Village Land Use Analysis Table 3.16 Table 3.4 Douglas Court Shopping Area Land use Analysis Table 3.20 Table 3.5 GOAD Classification 3.23 Table 3.6 Land Use Analysis of Douglas Study Area (2012) 3.24 Table 3.7 Retail Services by Character Area 3.25 Table 3.8 Diversity of Uses 3.26 Table 3.9 Ownership of Uses 3.27 Table 5.1 Junction issues summary 5.11 Table 7.1 Hierarchy of Interventions 7.5 Table 7.2 DLUTS Economic Evaluation Objectives 7.9 Table 7.3 DLUTS Health & Safety Evaluation Objectives 7.10 Table 7.4 DLUTS Environmental Evaluation Objectives 7.10 Table 7.5 DLUTS Integration, Accessibility and Social Inclusion Evaluation Objectives 7.10 DLUTS Final Report 3 Contents Table 7.6 Number of Sub Objectives and KPIs for each Objective Heading 7.11 Table 7.7 2022 Economic Evaluation Framework 7.13 Table 7.8 2022 Health & Safety and Environmental Evaluation Framework 7.14 Table 7.9 2022 Integration, Accessibility & Social Inclusion Evaluation Framework 7.15 Table 7.10 2032 Economic Evaluation Framework 7.18 Table 7.11 2032 Health & Safety and Environmental Evaluation Framework 7.19 Table 7.12 2032 Integration, Accessibility & Social Inclusion Evaluation Framework 7.20 Table 7.13 2032 Economic Evaluation Framework 7.23 Table 7.14 2032 Health & Safety and Environmental Evaluation Framework 7.24 Table 7.15 2032 Integration, Accessibility & Social Inclusion Evaluation Framework 7.25 Table 8.1 Land Use Policy LU-01 8.3 Table 8.2 Land Use Policy LU-02 8.5 Table 8.3 Land Use Policy LU-03 8.8 Table 8.4 Land Use Policy LU-04 8.9 Table 8.5 Land Use Policy LU-05 8.11 Table 8.6 Land Use Policy LU-06 8.11 Table 8.7 Recommended Policy for St.