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Environmental Amenities and Architectural Heritage ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES AND ARCHITECUTRAL HERITAGE Environment Strategy Heritage Strategy Policies DRAFT POOLBEG PLANNING SCHEME Environment Strategy 8.1 This section identifi es the strategic environmental Ecology and Biodiversity and heritage measures and policies required to meet the ob- 8.3 Within the Planning Scheme Area there are few jectives of the Planning Scheme and to ensure that there is a ecologically unique areas or habitats. However, Dublin Bay positive relationship between development, the environment and the River Liff ey are important for nature conservation (see and the historic assets. section 2.0). The Master Plan (2008) states that protecting, conserving and sensitively enhancing the natural resources 184 8.2 This section details improvements to existing open of the city adds signifi cantly to quality of life and that encour- spaces the nature and heritage themed routes along the aging appropriate access to and interaction with the natural peninsula. The creation of new public open spaces and com- environment should be encouraged. munity facilities are described in section 5.0. 8.4 Overall the area supports a variety of common fl ora and fauna typically associated with an urban environment. Dublin Bay hosts large numbers of water birds in the winter months including internationally important numbers of light- bellied Brent geese and other species. The water birds also use some grassland sites within the Planning Scheme area during the winter months. Kestrels and Peregrine falcons have been observed hunting on the peninsula and many of the buildings present may be suitable for roosting bats. 8.5 The Planning Scheme aims to regenerate the penin- sula through new sustainable residential and commercial de- velopment. This regeneration will be carried out in a manner Environmental enhancements will improve access to the beach so as to: 8.0 ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE • conserve and enhance the area’s existing ecology and 8.8 Development proposals for sites which border a biodiversity (including habitats) complementing the designated nature conservation area or may accommodate existing nature conservation areas, including the Special a protected species are to be accompanied by an ecological Protection Area (SPA), proposed Natural Heritage Area and habitats assessment. (pNHA) and candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC) (see fi gure 2.9). • create new areas of ecological value and green spaces Environmental Enhancement valued for their social amenity; 8.9 The peninsula-wide landscape framework (see sec- • integrate the land and marine environments, creating tion 3.0 and fi gure 3.1) will contain a range of open spaces a peninsula wide network of habitats, within an overall of diff erent sizes and functions linked by walking routes and 185 landscape framework; public realm improvements. The new open spaces shown in • ensure there is a balance of fl ora and fauna in the area, the landscape framework are described in section 5.0. with particular regard to native and alien or invasive spe- cies. 8.10 The landscape framework will be supported by a nature route, which will link environmental destinations or 8.6 Development should seek to enhance the ecology nodes across the peninsula (fi gure 8.1). The nature route and biodiversity value of the peninsula. All developers should will be a walk along the Dublin Bay, from Strand Road and have regard to the Green City Guidelines (UCD Urban Insti- Sandymount Strand, along the southern shores of the pe- tute Ireland, 2008) which provides advice for the protection ninsula to the South Bull Wall and the Poolbeg Lighthouse. and enhancement of biodiversity in medium to high density It is envisaged that this route will connect with the new and urban developments. neighbouring residential areas and provide opportunities for interpreting and promoting the natural environment. 8.7 The Sustainability Toolkit (section 10.0 and appendix 5) contains minimum performance requirements for enhanc- ing ecology and biodiversity in development sites, which all Applications for Certifi cation will be required to address. This covers the creation and management of ecological areas, the introduction of appropriate habitats and native species and multiple functions for green spaces. 186 8.0 ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE 8.11 Existing areas of open space in Planning Scheme Irishtown Nature Park (Zone 8): area which will be improved, or where the Authority will seek The Nature Park will be retained and enhanced. It is envisaged improvement, are: that its topography will be reprofi led to improve access and connect with Dublin Bay and the Beach Walk. It is proposed to Sean Moore Park (Zone 6): provide nature walks through the park. The park and playing fi elds will remain, but it is intended that the park’s relationship with surrounding streets and develop- The Beach Walk (Zones 8, 9 and 10): ment should be improved through better routes and cross- This will be a continuous and accessible public route along ings for pedestrians and cyclists. A connection will be made the southern shore of the peninsula, connecting Irishtown Na- between Sean Moore Park and Ringsend Park. In addition, it ture Park with Shellybanks and the Poolbeg Lighthouse. It is 187 is intended that an appropriately positioned new playspace intended that the waterside promenade should be extended area will be provided in cooperation with Dublin City Council. through this area, and new lighting and a better surface treat- ment for cycling and jogging provided. 01. Example of Paths through Nature Park (Leicester, UK) 02. Example of Continuous Public Route along the Beach 188 8.0 ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE Green Hill (Zone 9): Heritage Strategy The Authority will seek to ensure, in conjunction with the landowner, that this residual area of ESB land is environmen- tally enhanced with grassland and other appropriate vegeta- Conservation, Restoration, Interpretation and Reuse tion. This enhancement of this area should promote the visual 8.13 The Planning Scheme aims to conserve and re-use linkage between Pigeon House Dock and the south of the the existing heritage assets on the peninsula, and to link them peninsula. together by a heritage route which will provide interpretive in- formation. The heritage route will be a more urban route that 8.12 In addition to the environmental enhancements de- follows the line of the Great South Wall and connects Pigeon tailed above, the Authority will seek to ensure, in conjunction House Dock with the Poolbeg Lighthouse (see fi gure 8.1). 189 with the landowner, that the southern and eastern edges of the former Pitch and Putt Course (Zone 7) are enhanced with 8.14 The focus will be the conservation of Pigeon House soft landscaping and tree planting, so that they presents an Dock, the refurbishment and re-use of the former Pigeon attractive frontage to Zone 3 and the north-south link along House Power Station and former Pigeon House Hotel for arts Shellybanks Road. and cultural uses. There is the potential for the location of a Heritage Centre within the peninsula at Shellybanks or at Pigeon House Dock. This could be coupled with the interpre- tation of sections of the Great South Wall. The intention is to conserve other listed buildings along Pigeon House Road, and integrate the remains of the Pigeon House Fort into a mixed- use cluster with residential, commercial and retail develop- ment. 8.15 Short term conservation and temporary use of the former Pigeon House Power Station and Pigeon House Hotel will be encouraged. 8.16 Architectural Heritage Impact Assessments must be carried out where development will take place within, or in DRAFT POOLBEG PLANNING SCHEME close proximity to, any protected structure. This will par- Interpretation: ticularly aff ect development to, and in the proximity of, the Interpretation of historic sites is part of the process of conser- former Pigeon House Power Station and the Pigeon House vation. It involves the communication of information about, Hotel. The input of a conservation architect should be sought or the explanation of, the nature, importance, and purpose of and consultation should take place with the Dublin City Con- historical sites. servation Offi cer and the National Monuments Section (NMS) of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Re-use: Government. Mitigation measures identifi ed should take due It is generally recognised that the best method of conserva- regard to the heritage policies and objectives included in tion of a historic building is to keep it in active use. Where a 190 Chapter 10 of the Dublin City Development Plan 2005 – 2011 structure is of great rarity or quality, every eff ort should be and in the urban design section of the Master Plan (2008). made to fi nd a solution which will allow it to be adapted to a new use without unacceptable damage to its character and 8.17 For the purposes of the policies below, the following special interest. Where a change of use is approved, every defi nitions apply to managing historical assets. eff ort should be made to minimise change to, and loss of, sig- nifi cant fabric and the special interest of the structure should Conservation: not be compromised. Architectural conservation can generally be considered as the action taken to prevent decay, and to prolong the life of our architectural heritage. The conservation process should be carried out without damaging the structure and without de- stroying or falsifying historical evidence. Conservation aims at ensuring the long term survival of heritage assets. Restoration: Architectural restoration can be taken as the process of returning a structure to a known earlier state, without the introduction of new material. It is intervention made with the deliberate intention of revealing or recovering a known ele- ment of heritage value. 8.0 ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE Archaeological Strategy 8.18 The intention of the archaeological strategy is to • Pre-development archaeological testing where there is an maximise opportunities to reveal and interpret archaeological indication that archaeological remains are likely to occur.
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