Agenda item

_{Deirdre Scully, Deputy City Planner, presented to the Committee on the pre-draft Consultation of the City Development Plan.  (See Presentation provided in ModGov pack for Jan SPC, circulated in advance of meeting)}

_{The presenter gave introduction on the City Development Plan review process under requirements for Development Plans, the process and timelines – the review process commenced 15/12/20, Headline issues including Economy & Retail. The public consultation process would continue until 22nd February 2021 and members were encouraged to share details with their networks.} 

_{Comments, Feedback & Questions:}

_{The Chair thanked the presenter and opened the floor for discussion.}

_{Cllr. MacDonncha expressed his dissatisfaction in regard to Local Authorities being held to timelines in midst of COVID crisis and that there can’t be any meaningful engagement with Councillors or the public under the current pandemic circumstances.  He will be writing to the Minister calling for a pause in the process, referring also to a piece of legislation pushed through before Christmas in the Oireachtas further restricting public engagement,  He acknowledged that Dublin City Council must work within the legislation and Ministerial Orders. Cllr. Cooney asked if the Urban Regeneration Funds for Dublin 1 area were in place and stressed importance of brining economic recovery to deprived areas, opportune time to bring back enterprise to inner city and plans should focus not just on commercial and tourism but on the creative sector and social enterprise sector. Evanne Kilmurray echoed the sentiments of Cllr. Cooney and spoke about innovative enterprise spaces and placement within inner city.  The use of smart spaces becoming increasingly important to help rebuild economy in inner city areas and spoke about social enterprise. ICE will make submission to the Dublin City Development Plan. Aidan Sweeney stressed importance of quantifying what we want for the City, qualify of life and mixed use development important.  He put questions to the presenter around benchmarking and use of data analysis, how does this economic data interact with the Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan and DCC’s alignment with other stakeholders such as Greater Dublin Transport Authority and it’s issues paper which are being published shortly. Odran Reid advised that a submission would be made by TUDublin. Cllr. Deacy agreed with comments made by Cllr. MacDonncha, and asked if the Councillors on this SPC could draw up a formal objection and directed this to the Chair.}

_Response:

_{The presenter responded to questions advising that DCC were contacting as many organisations as possible advising of the process and huge amount of outreach work was currently taking place.  The presenter asked if the Councillors could in turn use their contacts to communicate the process with their constituents.  Ministerial Directives was discussed further.  Dublin 1 area was being looked at with renewed focus and the plan through rezoning will identify key regeneration areas. In relation to transport timelines, contact is made with the Transport Authority on a regular basis with the purpose of creating connectivity between DCC and NTA’s Development Plans and members were directed to an analysis of current retail sector which would be posted on Planning & Development website in the coming weeks.}

_{Cllr. Cooney advised that the NTA Greater Dublin Strategy was currently open for consultation, deadline 17/1/21, and proposed that DCC Planning make a non-specific concept approach submission. Noted by Deirdre Scully.}

_{The Chair thanked the presenter and advised Councillors to contact Deirdre Scully directly with any further questions.}