S.I. No. 274/2001 - Planning and Development Act, 2000 (Designation of Strategic Development Zone - Clonmagadden Valley, Navan) Order, 2001.

1. This Order may be cited as the Planning and Development Act, 2000 (Designation of Strategic Development Zone - Clonmagadden Valley, Navan) Order, 2001.

2. This Order shall come into operation on 1 July, 2001.

3. In this Order -

“the Act” means the

Planning and Development Act, 2000

;

the “Greater Dublin Area” means the County Borough of Dublin and the administrative counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, Kildare, Meath, South Dublin and Wicklow.

4. The area shown as the “designated area” on the map titled “Strategic Development Zones Area No. 1. Clonmagadden Valley. Navan.” dated May 2001 and attached to this order shall be designated as a site for the establishment of a strategic development zone in accordance with the provisions of Part IX of the Act for residential development, the provision of schools and neighbourhood light retail facilities, and the provision of community facilities, as referred to in Part III of the First Schedule of the

Planning and Development Act, 2000

, including childcare facilities.

5. The site referred to in paragraph 4 has been designated for the establishment of a strategic development zone for the development specified in that paragraph, taking into consideration the deficiency in the supply of housing nationally and in the Greater Dublin Area particularly, the number and phasing of the housing units which would be delivered by the inclusion of the lands within a strategic development zone, the potential for comprehensive planning and development of the site due to its scale and configuration, the efficient use of public investment in infrastructural facilities, including public transport, water, waste water and that development of the site will help give effect to the policies in the Strategic Planning Guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area for development of a number of primary development centres in the Greater Dublin Area.

6. The development agency specified for the purposes of section 168 of the Act is Meath County Council.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 19

th

day of June 2001.

BERTIE AHERN, T.D.,

Taoiseach

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The effect of this Order is to designate a site in Clonmagadden Valley, Navan in the administrative area of Meath County Council for the establishment of a strategic development zone for residential development in accordance with the provisions of Part IX of the

Planning and Development Act, 2000

.

The Government, pursuant to a proposal by the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, being of opinion that the development specified in paragraph 4 of this Order is of economic and social importance to the State, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by

section 166

(1) of the

Planning and Development Act, 2000

(No. 30 of 2000), hereby order as follows:-