#MapLesotho Settlement Planning

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Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall
Fingal County Council
Fingal County Council
Settlement Planning and the
Local Area Plan Process
Hazel Craigie
21 June 2016

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National
Strategic Planning Unit, Planning and Strategic Infrastructure Dept.
Plan Hierarchy – Irish Context
Regional
County

3. Fingal County Council fingal.ieStrategic Planning Unit, Planning and Strategic Infrastructure Dept.
Plan Hierarchy – National Level
• National – a national framework to guide
policies, programmes and investment
• Provided for alignment of spatial
planning at regional level with capital
spending on infrastructure
• Spatial – it is concerned with the location of
people, their work and other activities and
with how different places relate to each
other
• Strategic – it offers a broad, long-term,
comprehensive twenty-year view for
achieving more balanced patterns of
development

4. Fingal County Council fingal.ieStrategic Planning Unit, Planning and Strategic Infrastructure Dept.
Plan Hierarchy – Regional Level
• Link between National and Local
planning frameworks
• Provide greater detail and a spatial
framework to strengthen local authority
development plans and other planning
strategies at county, city and local level.
• Set targets for housing and population
for each county
• Regional Assemblies are obliged to take
account of the National Plan when
making regional plans for their areas.

5. Fingal County Council fingal.ieStrategic Planning Unit, Planning and Strategic Infrastructure Dept.
Plan Hierarchy – County Level
• 6 Year County Development Plans
• Must be consistent with national plans, policies or
strategies as the Minister determines relate to
proper planning and sustainable development
• Create the vision for the county
• Specify the type, amount and quality of
development
• Seek to protect and enhance the environment and
amenities
• Create the policy framework and necessary
degree of certainty within which individual
development decisions can be made over the life
of the plan.

6. Fingal County Council fingal.ieStrategic Planning Unit, Planning and Strategic Infrastructure Dept.
Plan Hierarchy - Local Area Plans
• Statutory Plans – 6 Years but can be
extended
• Allow for detailed planning policies at local
level which accord with the County
Development Plan
• Consultation obligatory – timeframes set in
legislation
• Subject to approval by elected members
(county councillors)
• Environmental screening required
• LAP mandatory for certain sized towns
• Policy context for decision making on
planning applications and appeals

7. Fingal County Council fingal.ieStrategic Planning Unit, Planning and Strategic Infrastructure Dept.
Local Area Plans
Villages
Residential Areas
Industrial Areas
LAPs must contain a
written statement and
a map or maps
indicating objectives
Objectives:
Zoning
Phasing
Movement
Design standards
Community facilities
Open Space
Climate change, etc.
Dublin Airport

8. Fingal County Council fingal.ieStrategic Planning Unit, Planning and Strategic Infrastructure Dept.
Local Area Plans - Process
Key Phases
1. Non-statutory, background data gathering process (pre-draft)
• No statutory timeframe
• Generally allow 1 year from proposed display of draft plan
• Initial consultation with stakeholders, public, statutory bodies
2. Statutory process
• Minimum of 18 weeks from draft plan display
• Can be up to 35 weeks with amendments
• Decision to make, amend or revoke the plan made by
Councillors

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LAP Process & Timeframes

10. Fingal County Council fingal.ieStrategic Planning Unit, Planning and Strategic Infrastructure Dept.
Local Area Plans - Baldoyle

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Pre-draft - Public Consultation
Vision
Legibility
Linkages
High Quality
Integration
Environment

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Pre-draft - Statutory Consultation
Department of Environment,
Community and Local
Government
National Parks and Wildlife
Environmental Protection
Agency
National Transport Authority
Irish Rail

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Pre-draft – Flood Risk Assessment

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Pre-draft – Traffic Study

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Pre-draft – Developer Consultation
Workshop format
Agenda set - 10
workshops
Cross departmental
input
Cross professional input
Negotiation and
compromise -
consensus

16. Fingal County Council fingal.ieStrategic Planning Unit, Planning and Strategic Infrastructure Dept.
Statutory Consultation – Draft Plan

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Draft Plan – Vision and Objectives
Sustainable Development - the creation of an urban area with
buildings and surrounding areas constructed to high standards of
sustainable design, accessible good quality public transport, green
spaces and corridors and strong inclusive communities.
High Quality Places for All - the development of interesting, exciting
and stimulating buildings and public spaces, which make the most of
natural features and are well connected to surrounding areas.
A New Heart for Baldoyle-Stapolin- the development of a new mixed
use village centre and public realm in which people want to live, work
and invest.
Homes for the Future – the creation of well designed sustainable
homes and neighbourhoods which cater for a wide range of
households.

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Draft Plan – Themes
Green Infrastructure
Transportation and Movement
Water Services and Utilities
Residential Development & Density
Community and Education
Employment and Retail
Sustainable Development Framework
Sequencing and Phasing
Environmental Assessments

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Draft Plan – Layout

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Draft Plan – Urban Design

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Draft Plan – Heights & Density

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Draft Plan – Phasing

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Adopted Plan