Chief Executive's Report on Submissions to the Pre Draft Stage
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CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S REPORT for pre-draft stage of the Kildare County Development Plan 2023-2029 April 2021 Planning Department Kildare County Council REPORT DATE: 30th April 2021 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Legislative Requirements ................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Public Consultation ............................................................................................................................ 3 1.3 My submission - How to read this report .......................................................................................... 5 1.4 Zoning Requests ................................................................................................................................. 5 1.5 Next Steps .......................................................................................................................................... 6 2.0 List of Persons/Bodies Who Made Submissions ............................................................... 8 3.0 Issues raised in Statutory Authority Submissions and Chief Executive’s Opinion and Recommendation .................................................................................................................... 20 3.1 Office of the Planning Regulator ............................................................................................................ 20 3.2 Eastern and Midlands Regional Authority ............................................................................................. 26 3.3 National Transport Authority ................................................................................................................. 39 3.4 Transport Infrastructure Ireland ............................................................................................................ 45 4.0 Issues raised in Non-Statutory Submissions, Chief Executive’s Opinions and Chief Executive’s Recommendations ................................................................................................ 51 4.1 Healthy Placemaking: People and Places ............................................................................................... 52 4.2 Economic Opportunity: Innovation, Enterprise and Employment ........................................................ 76 4.3 Climate Action: Environment, Climate Change and Adaptation ............................................................ 88 4.4 Sustainable Mobility: Movement and Transport ................................................................................. 114 4.5 Creative Places: Social, Community and Cultural Development ......................................................... 139 4.6 Enhanced Amenity & Heritage: Landscape & Green Infrastructure .................................................... 158 4.7 Making it Happen: Infrastructure, Energy & Communications............................................................ 187 4.8 Miscellaneous ...................................................................................................................................... 215 Page 1 of 219 Glossary AA Appropriate Assessment CDP County Development Plan CARO Climate Action Regional Office DMURS Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets EMRA East and Midlands Regional Assembly HNDA Housing Needs Demand Assessment LAP Local Area Plan NPF National Planning Framework NTA National Transport Authority OPR Office of the Planning Regulator OPW Office of Public Works PPN Public Participation Network P&D Planning and Development RSES Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment SFRA Strategic Flood Risk Assessment SPPR Specific Planning Policy Requirements (as referred to in Section 28 Guidelines) SuDS Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems TII Transport Infrastructure Ireland Page 2 of 219 1.0 Introduction Kildare County Council gave notice of its intention to review the existing Kildare County Development Plan 2017-2023 and to prepare a new County Development Plan for the period 2023-2029 on Monday 11th January 2021 in accordance with Section 11 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) (hereafter referred to as ‘the Act’). The review will take up to two years and will conclude with the adoption of the Kildare County Development Plan 2023-2029 in ca. January 2023. This report relates to submissions and observations received from the public and prescribed bodies during an 8 week consultation period between 11th January to 8th March 2021 following the publication of the statutory notice and Issues Paper for the Pre-Draft stage of the Kildare County Development Plan 2023- 2029. 1.1 Legislative Requirements In accordance with Section 11 of the Act, the Chief Executive is required to prepare a report on any submissions or observations received during the public consultation period. This report shall list the persons who made submissions or observations and persons or bodies consulted by the authority, summarise the issues raised, give the opinion of the Chief Executive to the issues raised and make recommendations on the policies to be included in the draft development plan. The opinion of the Chief Executive shall take account of the proper planning and sustainable development of the area, the statutory obligations of the local authority and relevant policies or objectives of the Government or of any Minister of the Government. 1.2 Public Consultation In accordance with Section 11 of the Act, a public notice was published in the Irish Independent on the 11th January 2021 informing members of the public of the pre-draft stage of the County Development Plan 2023-2029 and inviting members of the public to participate in the public consultation process for an 8 week period to the 8th March 2021. Furthermore, • Notices were also published in the Leinster Leader, the Nationalist and the Liffey Champion. • Radio ads were played on KFM three times daily for the duration of the consultation period. • Regular messages were published on Kildare County Council’s social media, e.g. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. • Notification was sent to all Elected Members and Kildare Oireachtas Members. • Notification was sent to all statutory authorities. • Notification was sent to all members of the Kildare Public Participation Network (approx. 1200) and Kildare Comhairle na nÓg. Issues Paper and Consult An Issues Paper was published to encourage and stimulate discussion and debate around the strategic issues facing County Kildare for this development plan period and beyond. The issues highlighted in this document were based on 7 strategic themes as follows: Healthy Placemaking: People and Places Economic Opportunity: Innovation, Enterprise and Employment Page 3 of 219 Climate Action: Environment, Climate Change and Adaptation Sustainable Mobility: Movement and Transport Creative Places: Social, Community and Cultural Development Enhanced Amenity & Heritage: Landscape & Green Infrastructure Making it Happen: Infrastructure, Energy & Communications The Issues Paper was published online and hard copies were made available for posting. A Frequently Asked Questions section (FAQ’s) and two Powerpoint presentations (with voiceovers) were also published online in relation to the development plan process. Public Meetings Two online public meetings took place on Tuesday 2nd February 2021 at 11am and on Thursday 11th February 2021 at 7pm. The meetings were independently facilitated and included a presentation from the Planning Department, a questions and answers session and a discussion about a future vision for County Kildare. Approx. 80 members of the public attended these meetings which included community groups, climate action groups, residents’ associations, environmental groups, business, media, citizens etc. The Facilitator’s report for both meetings is attached as an appendix to this report. The Planning Department also presented to the Public Participation Network (PPN) at their online meeting to discuss the Issues Paper and Development Plan process. Fig 1: Examples of social media messages about public consultation Youth Engagement A Youth Photographic Competition was launched, targeted at young people of primary and secondary school-going age, with the theme ‘This is my Kildare!’. This was advertised on social media and an e-flyer was sent to all Primary Schools and Secondary Schools in the County. An invitation was also extended to Kildare Youth Services, KWETB and Comhairle na nÓg. 305 photographs were received, and it is planned to publish many of these photographs in the Draft County Development Plan. Page 4 of 219 The photographs received cover a range of themes, but mainly landscape, nature, home, community and family. An online workshop with members of Comhairle na nÓg was facilitated by Kildare Youth Services on Wednesday 3rd March 2021. A detailed discussion took place around the themes contained in the Issues Paper. An interactive ‘padlet’ was used to record the input from the group and this is attached as an Appendix to this report. Bodies consulted In accordance with Section 11(2) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended), the Issues Paper and Public Notice was referred to the prescribed authorities for the purposes of preparing a Development Plan, as set out in Article 13 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended). Meetings were held