Oldtown Mooretown - Text - Fingal County Council

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Typical Courtyard
Typical Strong Park Edge
Typical Residential Environment
OLDTOWN - MOORETOWN
Local Area Plan
3.3 Land Use Mix:
Residential Development; Retail and
Commercial services; Community and
Education Infrastructure
3.3.1 Residential Development
It is an objective of this LAP to promote a mix of housing types,
sizes and tenures with a range of community services and
facilities within walking distance in a high quality well designed
environment.
The LAP identifies 3 types of character areas, where density and
building form will vary between low, medium and higher density,
within a range of 35-50 dwellings per hectare. The character of
each area and heights suitable (see section 3.3.3) will vary
depending upon existing environmental features, topography,
relationship to adjoining residential dwellings, location at the
boundary with the Regional Park and Greenbelt, and
relationship to the archaeological parks. The overall strategy
for the lands is to build upon existing environmental
characteristics where appropriate, and promote different mix
of uses, unit types, layouts, designs and materials to distinguish
each neighbourhood. The following is a short description of the
character areas and key environmental and urban design
criteria to be considered in their future design – urban design
criteria will be discussed further within section 3.4.
Local Centres: Urban Quarter Higher Density Areas
The Oldtown and Mooretown Local Centres are located along
main streets within the development areas they serve, are
highly visible and are clustered around school sites and amenity
areas, supporting multi-trip usage. A mix of day and evening
uses will be supported at these locations and a high quality civic
plaza shall be the focus of each Local Centre. The soft and hard
landscaping of these areas will be a key element in their design.
An existing tree line and stream within the Oldtown lands will
be incorporated within the development of this Local Centre
area, where feasible. If the trees cannot be maintained, a record
of this townland boundary will be incorporated within the design
of the area and its historical context referenced in the design
treatment.
Broadmeadow Higher Density Area
The northern section of the LAP lands adjoins open space and a
linear park along the Broadmeadow River. The FEMFRAM study
of the Broadmeadow River to the north of the LAP lands
revealed that the 1 in 100 probability of flooding and 1 in 1000
probability of flooding coincides in part with the LAP boundary
and includes a portion of the LAP lands. The land which
coincides with the flood plain area shall be utilised as open
space.
Any proposed development shall be designed to overlook the
extended Broadmeadow Linear Park and Regional Park, with
frequent, attractive and safe pedestrian/cyclist connections into
the park. East-west connectivity will be facilitated for
Planning
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