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T17 SDCC will engage with local communities to develop a vision for the future of their neighbourhoods with a strong focus on local living, sustainable mobility and quality of life.

In the next 5 years

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Update: Public Consultation for the Development Plan took place between 7th July 2021 and 15th September 2021. Following Material Alterations, the Draft Plan went back on Public Display for a period of 4 weeks from 29th March 2022 to 26th April 2022. The SDCC County Development Plan 2022-2028 was adopted on 22nd June 2022 and came into effect on 3rd August. Climate change is a fundamental theme throughout the Plan, each chapter indicates where objectives are climate action positive and contain a climate action audit outlining how the objectives positively contribute to climate action.

SDCC have developed a consultation portal to access plans during the consultation period. Users can make submissions on current plans through the portal. Consultations on the portal have included;

• St. Cuthbert’s Park, Clondalkin Design Plan

• D24 Neighbourhood Cycle Network Scheme

• Wellington Lane Walking and Cycling Scheme

• Grand Canal to Lucan Urban Greenway

• Dodder Greenway Firhouse Road / Butterfield Avenue

• Active Travel Schools Projects

• Airton Road Extension

SDCC will also engage with communities on the development of implementation plans for Decarbonising Zones.

The City Edge Project represents the most significant housing and economic opportunity ever undertaken in the Dublin Region with the potential to be one of the largest and most transformational regeneration projects in Europe. Covering an area of approx. 700 hectares and strategically positioned in the Naas Road, Ballymount and Park West areas at the western edge of Dublin City, the area is identified under the National Planning Framework (NPF) and Regional Spatial and Economics Strategy (RSES) as a part of Dublin that is currently underutilised with the potential to achieve compact growth through a major increase in population and employment.

The area is already well served by public transport and is home to a thriving employment base and well-established residential communities. With funding from the Government’s Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF), City Edge is a joint initiative between South Dublin County Council and Dublin City Council to create a new liveable, sustainable and attractive urban extension of the city, where more people will be able to live, work, and socialise. As part of the first Phase of the City Edge Project, an international urban design and urban planning team undertook a detailed study of the area and identified an aspirational vision and strategy for the delivery of new homes at scale together with the promotion of the next generation of employment over the coming decades within a green and climate resilient mixed-use urban quarter.

Public participation and consultation with all stakeholders including residents, employees, business owners and landowners, as well as interest groups, state agencies and service providers, is an important part of informing the redevelopment of the City Edge Project area. Consultation allows interested people, groups and organisations to let the project team know what their concerns are and to give feedback and suggestions regarding draft plans.

The initial non-statutory public consultation on the Emerging Preferred Scenario has been completed. The consultation period ran from 9th of September 2021 to 6th of October 2021.As part of the public consultation programme, South Dublin County Council (SDCC) and Dublin City Council (DCC) hosted two live online presentation events that provided the opportunity to get a further understanding of the project and to ask questions.

This work which has culminated in the formulation of the City Edge Strategic Framework (May 2022), which will inform statutory plan making processes at the next stage of the City Edge Project.