COMHAIRLE CONTAE FHINE GALL
FINGAL COUNTY COUNCIL
BALBRIGGAN-SWORDS-RUSH-LUSK AREA COMMITTEE MEETING
(Services B – Strategic & General Matters)
THURSDAY 12TH DECEMBER, 2019
ITEM NO. 60

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Motion: Councillor B. Dennehy
“That the Chief Executive outline to this Services B – Strategic & General
Matters Committee the frequency of updates provided to the Department
of Education on house building applied for and granted in Fingal and the
level of house commencement and the numbers of adults and children
occupying the new houses built.”
Report:
The Forward Planning section of the Planning and Strategic Infrastructure
Department are in contact with the Department of Education in relation to
the provision of schools within Local Area Plan and Masterplan
boundaries during the drafting of these Plans. Through the Development
Plan, Local Area Plan and Masterplan process, Fingal County Council, in
conjunction with DES identifies suitable school sites.
These sites are identified having regard to future growth projections and
average household size and are based on the figures set out by the
National Planning Framework and the Regional Spatial and Economic
Strategy and the requirements of the Department of Education and Skills.
Furthermore, the document, “The Provision of Schools and the Planning
System A Code of Practice for Planning Authorities, the Department of
Education and Science, and the Department of the Environment, Heritage
and Local Government” published in 2008 is also utilised. This outlines
that in identifying future primary school demands, it is reasonable to
assume an average of 12% of the population are expected to present for
primary education; and the number of classrooms required can be
derived from this.
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