Donabate Urban Centre Strategy Fingal County Council
Donabate Urban Centre Strategy Fingal County Council
Donabate Urban Centre Strategy Fingal County Council
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2.0 Policy Context<br />
The <strong>County</strong> Retail <strong>Strategy</strong> provides the strategic policy framework<br />
for the spatial distribution of new retail development in accordance<br />
with the Retail Planning Guidelines 2005 and the Regional Planning<br />
Guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area 2004-2016.<br />
<strong>Donabate</strong> is designated as an ‘Expanding Suburban Village <strong>Centre</strong>’<br />
in the <strong>County</strong> Retail <strong>Strategy</strong>. One of the strategic policies in the<br />
<strong>County</strong> Development Plan for the Metropolitan Area including<br />
<strong>Donabate</strong> is:<br />
‘To facilitate and encourage the enhancement of shops and<br />
services in the expanding Suburban village centres within<br />
the Metropolitan Area to ensure needs of the existing and<br />
expanding populations are locally met’ [SS9].'<br />
A key element of this strategy is ‘to channel and concentrate the<br />
development of additional commercial, social and civic facilities<br />
within the town centre and promote a high quality of urban design<br />
in such development’ thus retaining the heart of the town within<br />
the town centre. (Development Objective 2: 2005-2011 <strong>County</strong><br />
Development Plan).<br />
The ‘<strong>Donabate</strong> Local Area Plan 2006’ states that in order to<br />
maximize the accessibility of the Town <strong>Centre</strong> to existing and<br />
future residents direct, safe and attractive pedestrian and cycle<br />
links will be provided to connect existing and proposed residential<br />
areas and the Town <strong>Centre</strong> and rail station. The LAP allows for<br />
the development of 144 hectares, to comprise of up to 5000 new<br />
dwellings and additional uses such as local shops and services,<br />
schools and public open spaces.<br />
The <strong>Donabate</strong> LAP requires that as part of the urban centre<br />
strategy specific Site Design and Development Briefs shall be<br />
prepared for identified undeveloped or potential redevelopment<br />
sites. These shall clearly present a vision for how these areas might<br />
be developed/ redeveloped in an integrated manner and provide<br />
for additional facilities to serve the expanding town in a manner<br />
that will enhance and improve the civic and environmental quality<br />
of this village and the vibrancy and vitality of the village core.<br />
Please refer to Map 2: Key Areas for Site Design and Development<br />
Briefs.<br />
The plan in particular makes reference to the future development<br />
/redevelopment of the lands around the railway station (Area 4)<br />
ensuring that provision shall be made for:<br />
•additional commuter parking in the form of a multi-storey facility<br />
•bus parking and turning facilities and<br />
•pedestrian and cyclist facilities including cycle parking, to promote<br />
greater use of improved public transport facilities as they become<br />
available and full integration between the different modes of<br />
transport (cars, buses, trains and cycling).<br />
Architectural details within <strong>Donabate</strong><br />
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