Stillorgan Community Planning Weekend
Stillorgan Community Planning Weekend
The following is a reproduction of a 4 page boucher produced by Treasury Holdings. The Stillorgan Wood Residents Association do not condone nor endorse this document.
Stillorgan Community Planning Weekend
1st April 2006
A New Vision for Stillorgan
A wide range of community members and local shareholder attended the Stlllorgan Community planning weekend, held at the Kilmacud Crokes GAA Club, to discuss the creation of a new heart for Stlllorgan.
The Weekend was facilitated by John Thompson and Partners on behalf of Treasury holdings, owners of Stlllorgan Shopplng centre and other key areas of land. Through a series of workshops and hands-on planning sessions participants considered a wide range of topics including the layout of the central area, the mix of uses, the quality of the environment, housing and sustainable transport.
Pariapants appreciated the opportunity to be involved in the development of comprehensive proposals for the central area and were keen to see a elementary transformation of Stlllorgan fit for the 21st century. At an appropriate scale and density and combining a rich mix of activities and uses including housing, to serve the whole community and to create an active and safe community hub. The community are keen to see improvements in the environment and the creation of high quality, landscaped public realm and a community square at the heart of Stlllorgan. Participants felt that the current range of shopping should be enhanced with a combination of chain stores, local shops and markets to create a variety choice and vibrancy. People had differing views about whether they preferred open air or undercover shopping. Of key importance was the desire to see comprehensive masterplan for the whole area developed in an integrated way with full and continuing community involvement.
Dun Laoughaire-Rathdown County Council are preparing a Local Area Plan and the outcomes of the weekend will be submitted to the planners for consideration prior to the completion of the draft LAP. That will ultimately inform the creation of a new masterplan for the central area. In response to the communities desire for continuing participation.
In developing the ideas John Thompson and Partners will be holding the first Stlllorgan community Forum at 7.30pm on Monday 8th May at Kilmacud Crokes GAA Club
Masterplan Key
Stillorgan Community planning weekend. The new indicative masterplan shows a new road layout In the head of Stlllorgan which opens up the opportunity to create a sense of pedestrial friendly streets, lanes and public spaces. The new vision for a revitalized center combines the beat of the old with high quality and contextual, new buildings housing a variery of uses including retail entertainment housing and a new library.
Public Realm and Community Uses
1 Bolands Square
2 Pavilions with cafes and restaurants
3 Flexlble creative arts pavilion
4 Bolands Square - markets and exhibitions
5 Square located on arrival from west
6 Library building
Retail Uses
7 Retail focused mixed use centre
8 High street connects key spaces
9 Phasing to allow shopping centre to operate during construction residential
10 A mix of lower scale residential homes including elderly housing and apartments
11 Apartments above flexible ground floor uses
12 Apartments of mixed sizes and tenure
13 Taller residential buildings
Leisure and Sport
14 Leisure building on Lower Kllmacud Road with links to GAA Club
15 Extend patch for Championship matches
Movement & Transport
16 Improvements to M11 junction with possible new bridge
17 Cycle and footpath badge
18 Realigned east to west roads
19 Environmental Improvements to The Hill
20 Environmental Improvements to Lower Kilmacud Road
21 Environmental Improvements to OId Dublin Road
22 Improved Pedestrian access to GAA Club
23 Reconfigured road access to Patrician Villas
Open Space and Landscape
24 Street trees and landscaping
25 Terraced gardens
26 Street trees and landscaping