That this Area Committee instructs the Chief Executive and calls upon the Chief Executive of the NTA to carry out the democratic will of this Council as expressed by the amendment of the Housing Land Initiative Report of on fhe 9th January 2017. This report was the foundation document of the Procurement and Disposal Process of the Oscar Traynor Road site which was passed by a 100% vote by Councillors in favour of the amendment on the 9th January 2017, the wording of which was (in bold) below:
“Dublin City Council has recently met with residents of Lorcan Estate and public representatives from the North West and North Central Area. It is proposed to put in place a Local Consultative Forum to ensure that there is fair and ongoing engagement and consultation with Community Interests in the area. The exact consultation structure can be agreed between the Area Committees and the local Area Managers and their teams but will include representatives of Lorcan Estate, Castletimon Estate, Woodlawn Estate, Aulden Grange Estate, Santry Court Estate and Gaelscoil Cholmcille. 1. This forum will be consulted by those drawing up the statutory Master Plan. 2.The Masterplan will then be presented to the City Council for approval.”
As neither 1: 1. This forum will be consulted by those drawing up the statutory Master Plan
nor 2: 2.The Masterplan will then be presented to the City Council for approval.”
have ever been completed, it is incumbent upon the Chief Executive to complete these two steps immediately and should have done so “before” the Oscar Traynor Road was presented for disposal.
Minutes:
That this Area Committee instructs the Chief Executive and calls upon the Chief Executive of the NTA to carry out the democratic will of this Council as expressed by the amendment of the Housing Land Initiative Report of on fhe 9th January 2017. This report was the foundation document of the Procurement and Disposal Process of the Oscar Traynor Road site which was passed by a 100% vote by Councillors in favour of the amendment on the 9th January 2017, the wording of which was (in bold) below:
“Dublin City Council has recently met with residents of Lorcan Estate and public representatives from the North West and North Central Area. It is proposed to put in place a Local Consultative Forum to ensure that there is fair and ongoing engagement and consultation with Community Interests in the area. The exact consultation structure can be agreed between the Area Committees and the local Area Managers and their teams but will include representatives of Lorcan Estate, Castletimon Estate, Woodlawn Estate, Aulden Grange Estate, Santry Court Estate and Gaelscoil Cholmcille. 1. This forum will be consulted by those drawing up the statutory Master Plan. 2.The Masterplan will then be presented to the City Council for approval.”
As neither 1: 1. This forum will be consulted by those drawing up the statutory Master Plan nor 2: 2.The Masterplan will then be presented to the City Council for approval.”
have ever been completed, it is incumbent upon the Chief Executive to complete these two steps immediately and should have done so “before” the Oscar Traynor Road was presented for disposal.
Reply
Comment/Observation
This forum will be consulted by those drawing up the statutory Master Plan
The original motion referred to a change to be made to the text of the Oscar Traynor Road Feasibility Study, 2017. The proposed text contained the phrase “statutory masterplan”, since, in the context of the Housing Land Initiative procedure, the masterplan cannot be considered “statutory”, the word “statutory” was omitted from the final document.
The Community Consultative Forum was set up in 2017, as per the text contained in the final version of the Feasibility Study above, including the membership.
The consultation with the local community has had a deep and strategic impact on the masterplan at all levels. Especially on the following issues: Mixed, not single tenure, no scope for vehicular rat running through the new development, taller buildings to be distanced from existing two storey houses, inclusion of at least 20% of the site to be dedicated to a park, local labour and apprenticeship clause, Restriction on the use of bogus sole trader employment on site, de-culverting of the Naniken river, restriction on retail units (attracting extra traffic), limited scope for studio apartments, no student accommodation, no “shared living units”, inclusion of community facilities, MUGA etc, mitigation of wider traffic issues in local area, facilitating the construction of the gaelscoil etc etc,
The Masterplan will then be presented to the City Council for approval
The masterplan was submitted by the successful tenderer Glenveagh Living Limited as part of the procurement process The content of the final bid/masterplan was dictated by, amongst other issues, several main considerations: zoning, community input, planning guidelines, city development plan, site configuration, current trends in ABP decisions and available finance/funding, agreed Feasibility Study, etc. Local consultation has been as important as any of any of these main issues referred to above, in determining the overall design of the development.
Glenveagh presented the masterplan on the 21st September 2020 to North Central Area Committee and to the Consultative Forum meeting on the 28th September 2020.
The masterplan was submitted to the Council for approval at its November 2020 meeting without being passed.
Coilín O’Reilly
Director of Services
North City
Contact: David Dinnigan, Director of Housing Delivery
Tel: 222 6802
Email: dave.dinnigan@dublincity.ie
Order: Agreed. Cllr. Gilliland to organize a meeting of the consultative forum to discuss.