Dún Laoghaire Rathdown's new county development plan (available here
https://www.dlrcoco.ie/en/county-development-plan/county-development-plan-2022-2028) is one of the most Orwellian documents since well... Animal Farm.
It pays lip service to the '10 minute city' (ie 10 min walk to amenities) and need for high density development particularly close to public transport hubs (ie. the DART, Luas and quality bus corridors all of which Dún L Rathdown is very well served with), but this is qualified by the following statement:
"In some circumstances higher residential density development may be constrained by Architectural Conservation Areas (ACA) and Candidate Architectural Conservation Areas (cACA) designations, Protected Structures and other heritage designations. To enhance and protect ACAs, cACAs, Heritage Sites, Record of Monuments and Places, Protected Structures and their settings, new residential development will be required to minimise any adverse effect in terms of height, scale, massing and proximity".
This in effect means no high density development in Blackrock, Seapoint, Monkstown, Dún Laohaire, Sandycove and Dalkey - ie all along the Dart line millionaire's row.
In a declaration of interest - I live in one of these areas and I think the development plan is a disgrace.