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 change as we believe it will cause more traffic congestion on the other two
junctions and will restrict our connections.

• Completely removing vehicular connectivity across the railway line forces all
  north-south traffic onto surrounding external arterial roads (such as Fonthill Road /
  R113 and the local road network).
• As highlighted in the Council’s own Bridge Removal Assessment Modelling Report
  (Systra, 2025), removing this vehicular link results in significant traffic rerouting. The
  report states the following: An issue was identified in both the AM and PM for
  this junction. The impacts of the road removal may require mitigation to address
  the impact at this junction.