Submission from the National Transport Authority (Submission No 348)
While not a statutory requirement for planning authorities outside the Greater Dublin Area, it is considered appropriate to summarise the submission from the National Transport Authority (NTA) in a similar manner to the OPR and SRA.
The submission by the NTA focuses on a number of themes and is structured to provide observations followed by recommendations for each theme.
The NTA submission includes recommendations under the following headings.
1. The role of CMATS as referenced in the Draft Plan’s Strategic Context (Chapter 1)
2. The Distribution of Growth as set out in the Core Strategy’s Growth Strategy (Chapter 2);
3. Sustainable Neighbourhoods, Compact Growth and Sustainable Residential Development & Residential Density (Chapter 3, 11);
4. The status of CMATS and its implementation, mode share targets, Active Travel and Area Based Transport Assessment (Chapter 4);
5. The location of employment growth a nd the Draft Plan’s Strategic Employment locations (Chapter 7);
6. Retail Planning and the Draft Retail Strategy (Chapter 7);
7. The Draft Plan’s objectives relating to the Key Growth Areas (Chapter 10); and
8. The Draft Plan’s objectives relating to Car & Cycle Parking and Parking Standards (Chapter 11).
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