Swords Masterplan - Fingal County Council

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Ground Floor Commercial Ground Floor Office Ground Floor Public & Institution Ground Floor Residential Ground Floor Vacancy S W O R D S M A S T E R P L A N CIVIC/COMMUNITY – Seatown Road Seatown Road is the community and civic centre of the town. The character area lies east between North Street and Main Street. School, community and civic buildings are located along this route that includes Fingal County Hall as well as Swords Castle. The Seatown Road has the potential to become a strong and attractive pedestrian route into the Town Centre in light of the proposals from Metro North to locate a stop at Seatown. Ground Floor Commercial Ground Floor Office Ground Floor Public & Institution Ground Floor Residential Ground Floor Vacancy 1 1 2 COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL The North Street area is characterised by retail with a small mix of established terraced housing, some apartments as well as a hotel, offices and public houses. North Street also contains a number of independent specialist shops including a bicycle repair shop, garage repairs, motor sales, a carpet specialist and a photographers gallery. The area lacks a sense of enclosure, partly because of weak building lines and exposed surface carparking areas. There is also a high rate of vacant buildings (up to 27% of existing building stock). This provides opportunities for redevelopment of buildings and sites within this character area. Ground Floor Commercial Ground Floor Office Ground Floor Public & Institution Ground Floor Residential Ground Floor Vacancy
Topography Building footprints and streets should follow the line of contours, with buildings ‘stepping up’ slopes where they cross contours. The Main Street area, North Street area and Seatown Road area are set on relatively flat ground, with a sharp drop in gradient to the west towards the Ward river. Changes in levels and slopes here can provide a distinctive character and sense of place. This offers an opportunity for the roofscape to emphasise the natural landform. Church Road Area River Ward Backlands Area Main St. Backlands Area 16m Section AA showing existing levels and indicative building heights Church Road Area River Ward Backlands Area Main St. Backlands Area Section BB showing existing levels and indicative building heights B 16m A B 17.8m 21.5m A Views S W O R D S M A S T E R P L A N The composition of views and vistas adds character, and reinforces legibility and an understanding of the place. A varied sequence of connecting views, which lead or draw the eye from one feature to another, creates interest. This should be a key consideration when designing the new blocks and streets. Swords’ flat topography makes street-long vistas particularly significant. Views of Swords Castle from the Main Street and Dublin Street are important, creating a visual connection to the North Street area. It is the intention of Fingal County Council to open views to and develop a positive urban space around Swords Castle as part of a separate project. The adjacent figure highlights the key view corridors to existing focal buildings within Swords. The views to the historic core of Swords at St Columba’s Church and round tower from the Main Street, Church Road and Well Road are also an important reference point. There are views to the spire of St Columcille’s Roman Catholic Church from Main Street and New Street providing a prominent landmark from a distance over Swords consistent low building height. There are also strong views of the County Hall, which is a new landmark building from Bridge Street, Main Street and North Street. 1 1 3 Public Open Space/Public Realm THE RETAIL/COMMERCIAL CORE The quality of the public realm in the Town Centre needs to be improved. In recognition of the importance of the public realm to the vibrancy, vitality and quality of the Town Centre, Fingal County Council will prepare a detailed public realm strategy. A key element of this strategy will be developing a civic space at Swords Castle. Planting and greenery is a distinctive feature of the retail/commercial core. The wide pavements of the Main Street accommodates large mature treestands (Plane variety). To supplement this there is a small parcel of green open space and mature tree stands of Holmes Oak (Evergreen Oak) north of the Main Street associated with the entrance to the Fingal County Hall. Moving westwards from the Main Street towards the river there is extensive treestands and greenery. There is also evidence of a historic stone cut wall along Well Road which contributes to a positive character. The River Ward currently is an underutilised asset which the Town Centre effectively turns its back on. There is potential to front buildings onto the river and other green open spaces to provide surveillance, an active edge, and an attractive visual aspect. CIVIC/COMMUNITY CORE There is little soft landscaping or street trees in this character area except for the greenery associated with the Parochial House and Swords Castle. COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL In this character area streets are planted with few street trees and a hard landscape predominates. The area also enjoys access to open space within Swords Town Park to the west of North Street. View Corridors Focal Buildings 0 25m 100m N Green Landscape Trees 0 25m Includes Ordnance Survey Ireland data reproduced under OSI Licence No. 2003/07/CCMA/Fingal County Council. © Ordnance Survey Ireland, 2006. 100m N Includes Ordnance Survey Ireland data reproduced under OSI Licence No. 2003/07/CCMA/Fingal County Council. © Ordnance Survey Ireland, 2006.
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1.0.1 LOCAL CONTEXT: FINGAL COUNTY
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Local Objectives to CDP Swords Maps
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SECURITY SHUTTERS The appearance of
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Summary The Urban Design Guidelines
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3.7 Riverside Walk THE RIVERSIDE
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