Blanchardstown Urban Structure Plan - Fingal County Council

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INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
SECTION 1:
OBJECTIVES OF THE BLANCHARDSTOWN URBAN
STRUCTURE PLAN – DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 3
BACKGROUND PLANNING TO DATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
VISION STATEMENT AND KEY ISSUES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SECTION 2:
DEVELOPMENT THEMES 6
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
THEME: COMMERCE RETAIL AND SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
THEME: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
THEME: TRANSPORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
THEME: LEISURE, RECREATION & AMENITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
THEME: CULTURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
THEME: FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 3:
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES –
ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS 14
SECTION 4:
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY AREAS 15
Area 1: Blanchardstown Town Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Area 2: Blanchardstown Village. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Area 3: New District Centre at Coolmine, Porterstown, Clonsilla. . . . 21
Area 4: Blanchardstown Institute of Technology and Environs . . . . . 24
Area 5: Connolly Memorial Hospital and Environs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Area 6: International Sports Campus at Abbotstown. (O.P.W.) . . . . . 26
Area 7: Existing and Proposed District & Neighbourhood Centres . . 27
Area 8: Tyrrellstown & Environs Future Mixed Use Development. . . 28
Area 9: Hansfield SDZ Residential and Mixed Use Development . . . 29
Area 10: North Blanchardstown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Area 11: Dunsink Lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 5:
RECOMMENDATIONS & CONCLUSIONS 32
BLANCHARDSTOWN URBAN STRUCTURE PLAN
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION
SPRING 2007
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