Agenda - Lucan-Clondalkin Area Committee (1) 16th Jan 2007

Confirmation and Re-affirmation of Minutes

Minutes of Meeting of Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee held on the 6th December, 2006

• minutes 06/12/06

To ask the Manager to request Dublin Bus to move a bus stop in front of the houses on Foxborough Road (near the Centra shop) as it is facilitating anti-social behaviour and activities outside normal hours to two householders and their young families; and if he will also notify Dublin Bus of leaks from the roof of the bus shelter opposite Chalet Gardens and request that these be fixed as a matter of urgency?

• Q7 Dublin Bus

To ask the Manager to outline a timeframe for the addition of an extra Council seat on South Dublin County Council, which is needed to fix the huge discrepancy in terms of electoral representation between this rapidly growing area and other areas in South Dublin; to outline what communications have taken place between South Dublin County Council and the Department of the Environment regarding a review of the boundaries of local electoral areas to take cognisence of local population shifts; and if he will make a statement on the matter."

• Q8 Electoral Representation

To ask the Manager if he will update the Committee on the response from An Post to the Council's request for a meeting between Dublin Area Managers of An Post and Lucan-Clondalkin Councillors to discuss the plans of An Post for improvemnent of their services, including delivery of post, in the Lucan and Clondalkin areas?

• Q9 An Post

To ask the Manager if he will write to the Clondalkin Social Welfare Office seeking details on the Live Register figures in the area covered by that Office in December 2005 and December 2006? 

• Q10 Social Welfare

 

New Works

 

Report on Polling Stations

 

• H7 Polling stations

Correspondence

(a) Letter from Railway Procurement Agency re Luas & Metro services for Palmerstown

(b) Letter from Office of the Minister for Education & Science re site acquisition for Gaelscoil na Camóige

(c) Letter from The Office of Public Works re site acquisition for Gaelscoil na Camóige

(d) Letter from Dept of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government re the Local Government Fund

(e) Letter from the Health Service Executive re Addiction Centre St Loman's Road

(f) Letter from the Health Service Executive re Number of Nursing Homes in Dublin West

(g) Letter from An Post re postal service in Lucan

(h) Letter from ESB Networks re ESB substation in Palmerstown

• (a) Correspondence from RPA
• (b) Correspondence from Minister for Education & Science
• (c) Correspondence from OPW
• (d) Correspondence from the Dept of E.H. & L.G.
• (e) Correspondence from HSE
• (f) Correspondence from HSE (2)
• (g) Correspondence from An Post
• (h) Correspondence from ESB Networks

Cathaoirleach's Business

That the Manager reverses the practice of scaling down services, especially Estate Management and the Anti-Social Unit, in the Clondalkin Civic Offices.

• M8 Clondalkin Offices

Could the Manager please do something about cars parking 'all day' in the layby beside St. Mary's School, Lucan.  Would it be possible to designate this space for 'short term parking' with relevant penalties for those who park all day in order to assit parents dropping and collecting their young children from the primary school.  Also would the Manager please erect small bollards on the footpath adjacent to the school so that cars cannot park on the footpath making it difficult for pedestrians to pass, especially those with buggies and prams.

• Q. 11

To ask the Manager when we can expect pedestrian lights near the Junction of Aylmer Road and Main Street, Newcastle?

• Question 12

To ask the Manager to address the blind spot on the link road between Naas Road and the Monastery Road when turning from the link road left, onto the Monastery Road?

• Question 13

To ask the Manager what has become of the 'West Circular Route' submitted by the Lucan Planning Council early last year and if he will outline whether any further discussions have taken place or will take place?

• Q.14

To ask the Manager whether a continuation of the footpath can be provided at Mill Lane where the majority of residents live?

• Q. 15

To ask the Manager to finally confirm when the rendering of the walls at Esker Meadows will be carried out, as this problem has been outstanding since April 2006 and after numerous enquiries no action has been forthcoming?

• Q. 16

To ask the Manager to reinstate the pedestrian entrance to Woodfarm Acres (from Kennelsfort Road Upper, close by the ESB sub-station) as it has become very uneven and is now in a dangerous state.

• Q. 17

To ask the Manager for a progress report on my request (as per 13/02/06) on a pedestrian footpath from Kew Park to the old Celbridge Road?

• Q. 18

To ask the Manager if he will make a report on the schedule for the completion of the Outer Ring Road works in Lucan, including completion dates of different sections of the contract, including the bridge at Woodies,and dates for such restoration works as replacement  of trees and hedge planting, and if he will consider putting in place explicit and clear procedures for residents in adjoining estates to report their complaints and have them dealt with?  

• Q. 19

To ask the Manager if he will make a report on the schedule for the implementation of agreed plans for additional traffic calming in the following estates: Greenfort and Shancastle, Rowlagh, St Mark's, St Ronan's, Neilstown, Oatfield, Wheatfield and Harelawn?

• Q 20

Declaration of Roads to be Public Roads (If any)

(No report)

 

 New Works

Part 8 Report - Proposed link road between Aylmer Road and Newcastle Road.

• H.I. 9

Report on Earlsfort Traffic Calming

 

• H. I. 10

 

Correspondence

 

Cathaoirleach's Business

That the Manager agrees to upgrade and make footpaths around Newcastle so that a round walk along Aylmer Road and Peamount Road past the hospital is possible in addition to paths to link Newcastle to the Grand Canal.

• Motion 9

That the Manager takes steps following ongoing problems with residents parking on the green in Palmerstown Park, to provide lay-bys into the green area for the sole use of resident's cars so as to avoid bin collections and emergency services being prevented access to the estate?

• Motion 10

That this Committee call on the Manager to bring forward proposals for the upgrade of Kennelsfort Road Upper, from the Coldcut Road junction to the N4, and submit it as a matter of urgency for funding under the Urban Renewal Programme, or another relevant scheme.  Can he consult with the local Community Council, residents of Kennelsfort Rd and with relevant local business interests along Kennelsfort Road to have the road at a standard that is reflective of the fact that it is the main artery of this settled community.

• Motion 11

To thank the Manager for commissioning the Traffic Count in Lucan, including Heavy Goods Vehicles, that I requested at the November 2006 Road's Department Meeting of the Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee. as confirmed at the Traffic Management Meeting of 23rd November 2006. Would he now bring forward this Traffic Count, including Tricks, by way of a detailed report for discussion at the December 2006 Road's Department Meeting of the Lucan Clondalkin Area Committee.

• M 12

That the Manger would provide a progress report on the Council's 6 year objective for the upgrading of the Celbridge Road to the Leixlip N4 Interchange, to facilitate discussion by members on improvements to the road network in the Lucan area, in view of the worsening congestion in and around Lucan.

• M. 13

That as a matter of urgency that this Council continues the footpath from Aylmer Road, Newcastle to the new Peamount United pitches and clubhouse. 

• M 14

That the Manager installs safety measures on the Hazelhatch Road for the safety of pedestrians, e.g. footpaths.

• M 15

That this Committee calls on South Dublin County Council to re-design and re-build the gap between Woodford Heights and Monastery Gate Estate with a view to:

a)  Keeping the gap open for pedestrians.

b)  Designing it in such a way so that it doesn't encourage groups to congregate there (e.g. no low walls, use of trees, initially encased with vandal proof protection).

• Motion 16

That the Manager takes immediate steps to clearly define the road and footpath at Strangford Drive, Newcastle and take appropriate measures to stop heavy vehicles parking there which often block residents entrances and hinder their sightlines when coming out of their driveways.

• Motion 17

That the Council carry out a survey of the back lane network in Palmerstown with a view to securing them in such a manner that they will no longer be available for illegal dumping and/or for unsocial activities as the present situation is a source of ongoing and severe trauma for adjacent residents as well as a drain on scarce Council and Garda resources and frustrating for the whole Community.

• mot 18

That this Committee recommends again that a footpath be built from the nearest part of Alpine Heights to Bawnogue Catholic Church and that it be lipped to cater for wheelchair users.

• M 19

New Works

 

 

Correspondence

 

Cathaoirleach's Business

(No business received)

To ask the Manager can estates that have Management Companies in place be taken in charge?

• Question1

To ask the Manager to include the residential area of Mill Lane, Palmerstown into the Palmerstown Village Design Plan as it was always part of Palmerstown Village and residents feel that they are the forgotten people of the locality; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

• Q 2

To ask the Manager if there have been any further development regarding the site at the junction of the N4 and Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown, previously known as Vincent Byrnes; whether any informal discussions have taken place regarding this site; and if he will make a statement on the matter."

• Vincent Byrnes site

To ask the Manager if there has been any pre-planning discussion regarding the remaining lands at St Loman's Hospital?

• St.Loman's lands

To ask the Manager if he will make a report on efforts made by the Planning Department to resolve some of the issues of concern to residents in Meadow View Grove, Hillcrest, Lucan about the boundary between their rear gardens and the new houses in The Paddocks, part of the Adamstown SDZ, including responsibility for the future maintenance of trees and hedges in "the ditch", ground levels of the ground floors of the new houses and Meadow View Grove Houses and other concerns?

• Question No. 5

To ask the Manager for a report on any proposals put forward by the owners for the development of the former Vincent Byrne site in Palmerstown?

• Palmerstown- Vincent Byrne site

Planning Files Requested by Members

(a)  Large applications under consideration

(b)  Files requested by Members

 

• H-I (3) (a) Large Files Under Consideration
• H-I (3) (b) Files Requested

 

New  Works

 

 

Reports on Grants for Conservation of Protected Structures

 

• H-1(5)

 

Correspondence

 

 

Cathaoirleach's Business

(No business received)

 

That the Manager initiates moves to complete the apartment complex, Aras Na Chluaine. The area along the river needs finishing. Also there is no boundary wall around the development.

• Motion 3

That the Manager looks to the future and sets in train the process of planning for a Library and Youth Cafe for the rapidly growing village of Newcastle while there still exists, for the most part, a blank canvas.

• Motion No. 4

That this Committee calls on the Council to maintain the current right of way with its landscaping from Glenaulin Road to Glenaulin Park as this is an amenity that has been enjoyed by the Community for in excess of 35 years.

• Glenaulin road

That this Committee supports the concerns of residents in Rosse Court, Lucan about a recent planning application for a significant change of use of a retail unit in the estate, and recognises that it is difficult to achieve sustainable and acceptable commercial centres in small to medium residential developments, and requests the Manager to make a  report on the criteria and guidelines used by the Planning Department to ensure retail development is acceptable to residents and to reject change of use applications which may result in potential problems such as health and safety problems, noise pollution and late night business activity.

• Retail uses

That the Manager takes relevant action regarding residents' payment for submissions for planning applications. If a resident submits an application, and a decision is made against their submission, this money should then be used to ease any financial implications for the resident who may want to appeal to An Bord Pleanala.

• Motion 7 Submission Fee