Public Document Pack COMHAIRLE CHONTAE DHÚN LAOGHAIRE-RÁTH AN DÚIN DÚN LAOGHAIRE-RATHDOWN COUNTY COUNCIL Phone: 2054700 County Hall Dún Laoghaire Co. Dublin 12 September 2011 To Each Member of the County Council Dear Councillor I am to inform you that a Meeting of the County Council will be held in the County Hall, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin on Monday, 12th September, 2011 at 5.00 pm to consider the following agenda. A visitor's ticket is enclosed. Yours Faithfully Tony Pluck Director of Corporate Services & IT *********************************************************************** This meeting may be filmed for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s website. At the start of the meeting the Chair will confirm if all or part of the meeting is being filmed. You should be aware that the Council is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1997, Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003 and the Data Protection Act 1988 and data collected during this webcast will be retained in accordance with the legislation. Therefore by entering the Council Chamber and using the seats around the meeting tables, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings for webcasting. Members of the public and press should confine themselves to the area provided so that their image is not captured on film. If you have any queries regarding this, please contact the Corporate Services Department on Extns. 4007/4382. *********************************************************************** 1 CLÁR/AGENDA Part 1 - Initial Business 1. Confirmation of Minutes (a) Minutes of County Council meeting held on Monday 4 th July 2011. (circulated herewith) 2. Questions (see attached appendix) Part 2 - Manager's Business for Decision (Reserved Functions) 3. Education And Training For Councillors in accordance with Section 142 (5) of the Local Government Act 2001 (circulated herewith) 4. Approval of Nominations in accordance with Section 142 (5) of the Local Government Act 2001 (circulated herewith) 5. Proposed Disposal of Properties a) Proposed disposal of Affordable Housing units at Rochdale, Honey Park, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin acquired under Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000-2010 and the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002, as amended b) Proposed disposal of Affordable Housing units at Mimosa Hall and Levmoss Avenue, The Gallops, Sandyford, Dublin 18 acquired under Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 - 2010 and the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002, as amended (already circulated) 6. Local Government Act 2001 - Section 19 (3) (a): Casual Vacancy Resulting from the resignation of Aidan Culhane, Labour Party (circulated herewith) 7. Appointment of 1 member to the Housing Strategic Policy Committee (circulated herewith) 8. Appointment of 1 member to the Planning Strategic Policy Committee (circulated herewith) 9. Report of the Manager under Section 13 (4) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) in relation to Proposed Variation No. 4 Core Strategy of the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Development Plan 2010-2016. (already circulated) 2 a) Councillor R. Humphreys “That the strategy include a table of abbreviations at the start.” b) Councillor R. Humphreys “That the Manager amend page 3 of the Core strategy by adding a new para “1.2.2 This strategy may be referred to as the Core Strategy of the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Development Plan 2010-2016.” c) Councillor R. Humphreys “That the Strategy be amended by increasing Map 2.1 on page 5 to full page size so that it is clearly legible.” d) Councillor R. Humphreys “That the map on page 6 be numbered Map 2.2 and increased in size to full page.” e) Councillor R. Humphreys “That the map on page 16 be numbered map 7.1 and increased in size to full page.” f) Councillor R. Humphreys “That the map on p 26 be moved to after p 3 and numbered map 1.1.” 10. Report of the Manager under Section 13 (4) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) in relation to Proposed Variation No. 5 Building Heights Strategy of the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Development Plan 2010-2016. (already circulated) a) Councillor R. Humphreys “That the Manager on page 5 of the draft strategy, at the end of para 1.1 insert a new para “This strategy may be referred to as the Building Heights Strategy 2011-2016. On the adoption of this strategy, appendix 1 of the County Development Plan shall cease to have effect.”” b) Councillor R. Humphreys “That the Manager on page 26 para 4.3 after “Specific building height ranges are outlined in the Masterplan.” Insert “The construction of housing and/or educational development to the heights referred to in the Masterplan will be subject to ensuring that they do not have a detrimental impact on residential amenity of locations situated outside UCD campus.”” c) Councillor R. Humphreys “That the Manager on page 28, 2nd paragraph, after “within the terms laid out in this document.”, make the rest of the paragraph a separate paragraph and change “of 3-4 storeys” to “to a maximum of 3-4 storeys”” 3 d) Councillor R. Humphreys “That the Manager on page 28 3rd paragraph change first sentence to “This maximum height (3-4 storeys) for certain developments clearly cannot apply in every circumstance referred to above.”” e) Councillor R. Humphreys “That the Manager on page 28, 3rd paragraph, final sentence after “The presumption is that any increase” insert “or decrease”” f) Councillor R. Humphreys “That the Manager on page 28 at the end of the 3rd paragraph insert “Particular importance will be placed on item 1 on the list of downward modifiers, where it applies.”” g) Councillor R. Humphreys “That the strategy be printed in at least 12 point type.” h) Councillor R. Humphreys “That the strategy be amended by a significant increase in the size of illegible maps and indistinct photographs such as those on pages 6 and 7.” 11. Adoption of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Memorials Policy (circulated herewith) 12. Adoption of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Arts Development Policy 2011-2014 under Pt2. S6 (1) of the Arts Act 2003 (circulated herewith) 13. Report of the Manager under the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) in relation to Proposed Variation No. 2 Proposed Material Alterations Sandyford Urban Framework Plan of the Dún Laoghaire- Rathdown County Development Plan 2010-2016. (already circulated) a) Councillor G. Horkan “That the paragraph of text on page eight and repeated on page nine (see below) of the Managers Report of August 2011 explaining why the Sandyford Urban Framework Plan cannot have a date of operation beyond 2016 be included within the body of the adopted plan.” "The Sandyford Urban Framework Plan, on adoption of Variation No.2, will form part of the County Development Plan 2010-2016. The SUFP will not become obsolete in 2016, but will be reviewed as part of the preparation of the County Development Plan 2016-2022. The date 2011-2016 is considered appropriate as it accords with the life of the County Development Plan which this Plan will form part of. " 4 b) Councillor L. McCarthy “That the Manager would please include the following in the final report The Sandyford Urban framework Plan, on adoption of Variation No. 2, will form part of the County Development Plan 2010-2016. The SUFP will not become obsolete in 2016, but will be reviewed as part of the preparation of the County Development Plan 2016-2022. The date 2011-2016 is considered appropriate as it accords with the life of the County Development Plan which this Plan will be part of. As stated in the Managers Response & Recommendation” c) Councillor R. Humphreys Add at the end of paragraph 1.2 (page 10 of material alterations) "The SUFP will not become obsolete in 2016, and will be reviewed as part of the preparation of the County Development Plan 2016-2022" d) Councillor M. Bailey “Par 2.3.3. of the requires the provision of 10% - 15% open space in commercial developments in Zone 3, Office Based Employment Zone, at Sandyford Business District. A proposed amendment to par 2.3.3 suggests that this should be exclusive of boundary treatments including boundary set-backs and planting/landscaping. This motion proposes that the amendment to par 2.3.3 should not be approved and the requirement for open space in commercial developments in Zone 3, Office Based Employment, at Sandyford Business District should be 10%-15% of site area. e) Councillor G. Horkan “That the Manager within the final Sandyford Urban Framework Plan include a commitment from DLRCC that it is committed to working with all relevant landowners/developers/builders/receivers/examiners/liquidators and NAMA to resolve as soon as possible the issue of unfinished developments within the SUFP area.” f) Councillor R. Humphreys Add at the end of paragraph 2.3.9 (page 13 of Material Alterations) "The Council will actively engage with stakeholders, including local residents, to this end" g) Councillor L. McCarthy “That the Manager will implement all recommendations set out in ‘A best practice Guidance Manuel on Managing and Resolving Unfinished Housing Developments’ and actively engage with local residents and businesses” h) Councillor M. Bailey At paragraph 2.5.1, a proposed amendment to the SUFP defines density as follows: 5 “Density of development across the plan area is calculated as follows; This is calculated as follows: plot ratio is the plot size to the ratio of gross external floor area (plot size includes open space provision but excludes road schemes identified as Road Objectives TAM 18, TAM 19, TAM 20) and units to the hectare in the case of residential.” This motion proposes that the definition of density at par 2.5.1 should revert to the original draft text, i.e.: Density of development across the plan area is calculated as follows; the ratio of gross external floor area to plot size – plot ratio or units to the hectare in the case of residential.” i) Councillor B.