Social Audit on Community Infrastructure The Spires, The Commons, Navan Road, Duleek, Co. Meath Social Audit on Community Infrastructure Proposed Strategic Housing Development at The Spires, The Commons, Navan Road, Duleek, Co. Meath Applicant: Manley Construction Ltd Main Street, Duleek, Co. Meath, A92 Y26 www.manleyconstruction.com Tel: + 353 41 982 3981 October 2020 Document Revision History The Spires, The Commons, Navan Road, Duleek, Co. Meath Rev Author Checked Date Comments 0 B. Sheik Jahangir Gabriel Manley 14/10/2020 For Planning Manley Construction Ltd 1 Social Audit on Community Infrastructure The Spires, The Commons, Navan Road, Duleek, Co. Meath Table of Contents Contents 1.0 Introduction……………………………………………………………………................……..……………...3 2.0 Site Location and Description……………………………………………………...………..…..............3 3.0 Description of Proposed Development…………………………………………….…..………..........4 4.0 Requirement for a Community Infrastructure Statement…………………….……...………..6 4.1 Educational Facilities………………………………………………………………….…..…..…………….…..7 4.2 Childcare Facilities……………………………………………………………………….………..………….…14 4.3 Recreational Facilities………………………………………………………………….……….……..………17 4.4 Retail Provision…………………………………………………………………………….……….…...…..…..21 4.5 Health Care Provision………………………………………………………………..….…………..…………23 4.6 Religious and Community Provision…………………………………….………….……………..…….25 5.0 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………...……..……….27 Manley Construction Ltd 2 Social Audit on Community Infrastructure The Spires, The Commons, Navan Road, Duleek, Co. Meath 1.0 Introduction Manley Construction Ltd, Main Street, Duleek, Co. Meath, have prepared this Social Audit of Community Infrastructure for to support an application for Residential Development for 142 dwelling units at The Spires, The Commons, Navan Road, Duleek, Co. Meath. The Planning application comprises a residential development consisting of 142 residential units as well as a childcare facility Public Park, community food garden and all associated services infrastructure, open space and associated site development works. This Audit has been prepared notwithstanding that the development is less than 200 dwelling units and therefore there is no obligation in the MCC Development Plan 2013-2019 to prepare such an audit. 2.0 Site Location and Description The proposed site is located in Duleek, Co Meath, and lies 1 km to the west of the town centre. The site is accessed via the R150 regional road, and lies to the east of Junction 8 of the M1 motorway, a short distance from Drogheda town. The proposed development is bounded by small scale residential developments to the north, south and east of the site. The infill site measures 55,780m² (5.5ha) in total and includes a public Park of 1.1Ha. and a community food garden. The site which abuts Duleek GAA grounds, and community hall would consolidate recreational and Community Use in the area. Fig. 1 – Aerial View of Site (Subject Site outlined in red) Manley Construction Ltd 3 Social Audit on Community Infrastructure The Spires, The Commons, Navan Road, Duleek, Co. Meath 3.0 Description of Proposed Development The proposed development shall provide for a total of 142 no. residential dwellings (82 no. houses and 60 no. apartments) and 1 no. childcare facility. A brief description of the proposal is provided below: An Bord Pleanála for permission for a strategic housing development including a public urban park on lands comprising 5.57Ha in total, including 4.45Ha land zoned residential and 1.119Ha zoned open space, at The Spires, The Commons, Navan Road, Duleek. The site is located to the western edge of Duleek Village, abutted to the north and south by established residential housing. Duleek GAA Grounds borders the site to the south west. The proposed development comprises: (1)The demolition of existing agricultural sheds 129sq.m and 37sq.m and closure of existing vehicular entrance to shed. (2)The relocation of one existing ESB pole on the western area of the site. (3) The strategic housing development comprises the development of 142 residential units in total on the residential zoned lands area 4.451Ha. This will include for 33 two storey three bed terrace dwellings, 5 two storey three bed end of terrace dual aspect dwellings 44 two storey two bed mid terraced dwellings and 60 two bed apartments in 15 two storey blocks, (4 units in each block), in summary there are 82 houses, 60 apartments and 38 three bed units, 104 two bed units; provision of 270 parking spaces serving the residential units and all associated open space and service infrastructure including possible location of photovoltaic panels on roofs where this is required. (4) The development provides for an Urban Park area: 1.1197ha on the open space zoned lands, ancillary other Landscaped open space are: 5.926ha and a Community garden: 0.1802ha, comprising a total provision of 1.8925ha of open space (34%); associated internal roads, footpaths and all services infrastructure, bin storage and public lighting associated with the development. The overall site area is 5.5780ha. (5) Provision of a crèche, 320sq.m floor area and associated outdoor play area and 16 parking spaces serving the crèche. (6) Provision of 256 cycle spaces throughout the development, with 76 allocated within rear gardens of houses and 180 spaces allocated to apartments. (7) Provision of two public electric car charging points and integrated electric charging points to residential spaces. (8)Two vehicular entrances to the development are proposed from The Navan Road, Duleek. (9) It is proposed to provide a new pedestrian entrance to the north of the site onto the Downstown Road and a new proposed footpath and cycle path along the southern boundary of the site connecting the development to the Downstown Road public footpath network. Manley Construction Ltd 4 Social Audit on Community Infrastructure The Spires, The Commons, Navan Road, Duleek, Co. Meath Fig. 2 – Proposed Site Layout Relevant Development Plan Policy for social infrastructure The survey was cognizant of the following development plan policy. Meath Co Development Plan 2013 -19 incorporates a number of policies in regard to community and social and recreational facilities so that new developments encourage and foster the creation of attractive mixed use sustainable communities; HS POL 1 and SOC POL 5. SS OBJ 6 -“To have regard to capacity in social infrastructure, when assessing applications for residential development. Planning applications for 200 or more dwelling units must be accompanied by a report identifying the demand for school places likely to be generated by the proposal and the capacity of existing schools in the vicinity to cater for such demand and an audit of the social infrastructure and community facilities available to serve the proposed development.” SOC POL 1 - “To support the provision and distribution of a range of social infrastructure facilities in accordance with the Settlement and Core Strategies to meet the needs of the County’s population in liaison with other statutory, voluntary, private sector and community groups.” SOC POL 2 – “To ensure that, where practicable, community, recreational and open space facilities are clustered, with the community facilities being located in local centres or combined with school facilities as appropriate. Community facilities should be located close to or within walking distance of housing, accessible to all sectors of the community and facilitate multi-use functions through their design and layout”. SOC POL 4 – “To seek to ensure the efficient and timely delivery of community and social facilities commensurate with the needs of the resident population and to assist in the delivery of such facilities”. Manley Construction Ltd 5 Social Audit on Community Infrastructure The Spires, The Commons, Navan Road, Duleek, Co. Meath SOC POL 12 – “To provide for an inclusive approach to service provision in line with relevant legislation and strategies”. In relation to childcare, the Plan encourages the provision of childcare facilities in accordance with national policy and relevant guidelines, located within a network that reflects the population distribution, in areas such as neighbourhood centres, large developments and transport nodes (SOC POL 21, 23 and 25). Open spaces are part of the Core Strategy of the Plan. Policies within the Plan promote high quality open space areas, for both active and passive use that are quality accessible for all and provide recreational and community spaces for formal and informal use (SOC POL 32, 42 and 13). The proposed urban park and community food garden will consolidate the provision of community recreational amenities in this area and will enhance the existing cluster comprising the GAA facilities and Community Hall. The provision of an urban park will furthermore satisfy the objective DUL 16 of the Draft Development Plan for the provision of an urban park. The provision of a childcare facility of 320sq.m providing 40 childcare spaces satisfies the development plan policy SOC POL 5 that provision is made in large residential developments for childcare facilities. It further satisfies the Planning Guidelines for Childcare Facilities 2001 guidance, which recommend the provision of one child-care facility (equivalent to a minimum of 20 child places) for every 75 dwelling units. It also accords with national policy set out in NPF 2040 to promote improvements in childcare provision. 4.0 Requirement for a Community Infrastructure Statement