Oldtown Mooretown - Text - Fingal County Council

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Local Centre - urban village street
High Quality Street Furniture
OLDTOWN - MOORETOWN
Local Area Plan
The Local Centre for Oldtown is located along the existing Glen
Ellan Road Extension/proposed Main Street and is opposite the
location of the existing archaeological site/park and the
permanent primary schools site. This Local Centre is accessible
given its location on a key street within the scheme and will be
highly accessible to schools and community facilities,
supporting dual use trips.
The Mooretown Local Centre, which will be a larger centre to
that at Oldtown given the needs of the area, will be located
adjoining the Western Distributor Link Road, with access from
a main street connecting to the WDLR. The site is adjoining a
school campus, which in turn adjoins the archaeological park
and is easily accessible by pedestrians/cyclists as well as those
travelling by car.
The location of both Local Centres will ensure they are
successful, integral parts of the future development, easily
accessible to the community (both existing and new), and vibrant
hubs of activity.
The Local Centres will be designed as part of a typical
mixed-use urban village street and will be fully integrated with
surrounding areas. The scale, mix of uses and design
parameters associated with these Local Centres are set out
hereunder.
Retail and Commerical:
The proposed strategy for northwest Swords is to facilitate
redevelopment/regeneration of the Rathbeale and
Brackenstown Neighbourhood Centres, continue support for
Applewood Neighbourhood Centre, and provide for new
Neighbourhood Centres/Local Centres at Oldtown and
Mooretown to serve the proposed population in this area and
further augment facilities for the existing population. The
Oldtown Local Centre will be smaller than that at Mooretown,
given the population envisaged for Mooretown and proximity to
existing services.
Both Local Centres shall provide for a mix of uses, offering a
range of daytime and evening uses, which will promote the
vitality and economic viability of this area as a core focal area.
The retail component shall be of a form and scale that will not
attract significant volumes of additional vehicular traffic to the
area. The supermarket element within the Mooretown centre
will be larger than that at Oldtown and there will be additional
capacity for office type uses within Mooretown.
Retail floorspace shall be distributed among a variety of shops
and services with independent frontages and access from the
street. A convenient foodstore is a key anchor for village type
Local Centres and such a store shall be of a scale appropriate
to the Local Centre.
In Oldtown, the Local Centre should comprise no greater than
2,000sqm gross of retail. To ensure a good mix of uses, it is
recommended that the retail area be distributed among
approximately 5-10 shops thereby ensuring a mix of services
and a vibrant core area. The convenient supermarket element
should be no greater than 1000 sqm net.
Planning
Department