Parkleigh Residents' Association Submission

This submission is made by Parkleigh Residents’ Association, SDCPPN-1366. Parkleigh is
the first residential development in the new neighbourhood of Seven Mills, part of the
Clonburris SDZ.

We wrote about this submission on our website:
https://www.parkleighra.ie/2026/09/26/consultations-for-clonburris-sdz-material-amendments/

While our Association supports sustainable urban development and the principle of modal
shift toward active travel and public transport, we wish to formally lodge an Objection to
Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, and Amendment No. 9 of the Proposed Material
Amendments to the Clonburris SDZ Planning Scheme 2019.

Our objections stem from premature infrastructure reductions, lack of current public transport
infrastructure, and the negative impact these amendments will have on safety, traffic
congestion, and residential amenity.

We object to this proposed amendment, particularly the Council’s intention to avoid
allocating individual parking spaces to residents.

• Residents in developments such as Parkleigh and Cooper Square already have
  allocated parking. We are concerned about what the proposed changes would mean
  for existing developments and how parking would be managed and enforced in
  practice.
• Unallocated parking directly contradicts the Council’s push for EV adoption. In
  existing developments like Parkleigh, allocated spaces allow residents to invest their
  own money in installing home EV chargers. Without assigned spaces, neither
  residents nor Owners’ Management Companies (OMCs) have certainty about where
  to install EV chargers or who will cover the cost. This leaves neighbourhoods stuck
  with the minimum 10% provision.
• These restrictions are being introduced before public transport projects (DART+ SW,
  BusConnects) are delivered. Until viable alternatives exist, restricting resident
  parking will only lead to overspill onto surrounding roads.

Instead of prematurely restricting resident parking, we ask South Dublin County Council to
consider the following practical measures:

• Investigate the use of undeveloped building sites (e.g. future school or employment
  building site) as a temporary overflow parking until public transport projects are
  delivered.
• Increase commuter and visitor parking near the urban cores.
• Launch an SDCC bike-sharing scheme, using Clonburris and Adamstown as
  high-density pilot locations, utilising the Grand Canal Greenway as one of the key
  corridors.