Donabate Urban Centre Strategy Fingal County Council

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7.0 Vision for the Urban Centre
PROMOTING GREEN ROUTES AND LANDSCAPING
As part of the drive to enhance Donabate’s image and
attractiveness as a town a number of measures could be
implemented, including:
• Planting new trees throughout the town centre
• Enhancing existing green spaces such at the town green
• Developing pedestrian and cycle routes to existing green spaces
near the town centre, such as to the surrounding demesnes
landscapes through improvements to landscaping, lighting and
signage
• Encourage enhanced public access from the town centre to the
environmental and recreational potential of the coast
• Providing key pedestrian/cycle routes linking LAP lands and the
town centre
Supervalu
400m
(5 minute walk)
Green Linkage Strategy
DEVELOPING PUBLIC SPACES
High quality, hard landscaped, public spaces in the town centre can
help contribute to an enhancement of Donabate’s image and its
attractiveness as a place in which people will choose to live, work
and to relax. The development of such new urban spaces in the
town centre will therefore be promoted where appropriate, and
particularly adjacent to the train station.
Supervalu
400m
(5 minute walk)
Public Space Strategy
LIVING IN THE TOWN
New developments in Donabate, such as ‘The Gallery’ have
included residential units, which have proved to be extremely
popular. There is potential to develop further residential units in
Donabate town centre as a single use or as part of a mix of uses.
The key areas for these developments within the town centre
are identified within the Donabate LAP 2006. Of particular
importance are the lands located immediately east and west of
the railway line.
Supervalu
400m (5 minute walk)
Potential Redevelopment Sites
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