Confirmation and Re-affirmation of Minutes

Minutes of Meeting of Lucan Clondalkin Area Committee held on the 17th of April, 2007 

• Minutes 17th April

To ask the Manager does he support including Clondalkin Radio Station (Tower FM) being based within the Round Tower Framework Plan at the Mill Cottages given the support it has unanimously received from the locals?

• qu 1

 New Works

 

Proposal to Initiate Part 8 Procedure 

Provision of Access Road and Services to Council Owned Lands at Clutterland off the Lucan-Newcastle Road (R120) adjacent to Grange Castle Business Park.

• Clutterland report
• Part 8 Clutterland

Proposal to Initiate Part 8 Procedure

Provision of Green Pedestrian and Cycle Route along the Grand Canal incorporating a 110kv Power Line from Inchicore to the 12th Lock in Clondalkin.  

• Canal report
• Map
• Part 8 canal

Correspondence

 

That this Committee calls on the Manager to explore the purchase of the former Tara Co-Op lands at Cooldrinagh that have recently come on the market for the proposed Park and Ride.

• Tara co-op.

That the Manager update this Committee on the re-stationing of the Kishogue plots. Are the tenants happy here?

That the Lucan-Clondalkin Area Committee congratulates Lucan Sarsfields GAA Club on winning €250 000 funding from the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism for the proposed All-Weather pitch at Griffeen Valley Park, and calls on the Manager to explore all options open to the Council and the Club, including a short term licence, to enable the project to start and draw down the finance allocated, pending  agreement on a long term lease for the land concerned, so that Lucan Sarsfields will be in a position to apply for further funding in 2008.

• M 3

That the Manager would present a detailed report for discussion on the proposed development by Lucan Sarsfields GAA of the all-weather astro turf facility and the current situation regarding the lease required to proceed with the project.

• M 4

To ask the Manager what the situation is regarding the provision of primary schools or school extensions and the provision of a secondary school in Newcastle, Co. Dublin in the light of the housing expansion in that area?

• Question No. 2

To ask the Manager if the Council is no longer granting planning permission for attic conversions of the type whereby a house's gable wall is extended and the attics re-constructed and if he could make a statement on the matter?

• Attic Conversions

To ask the Manager will he provide a progress report on the taking in charge of Liffey Valley Estate, Lucan?

• Question4

To thank the Manager for agreeing to cost the works outstanding in Foxborough Estate relating to the finishing of the walls and I note that in reply to my most recent representations the costing process is taking place to enable the sequestration process of the developer's bond to commence to facilitate the completion of the works involved. Would the Manager please clearly define the time-scale for this process and the completion of all outstanding works. Would the Manager also agree that should legislation clearly define a required time-scale for the completion of all works relating to an estate by a developer, that this would be great assistance to all concerned, including the Local Authority and the Local Residential Community.

• Question No. 5

To ask the Manager to list the estates that have yet to be taken in charge in Clondalkin, Newcastle,Palmerstown and Lucan and to list the date of construction of such estates

• Question6

To ask the Manager why right turning traffic is still permitted on to the 9^th Lock Road, Clondalkin? This agreement was arrived at when the Clondalkin Councillors agreed to the Lidl site at New Nangor Road, access egress was to be left turn only on to the 9^th Lock Road and right turn on to the New Nangor Road?

• Q7

To ask the Manager if he will arrange for a check of drainage at Rossberry Estate, particularly in Rossberry Avenue, prior to recommendation for Taking-in-Charge as several residents and the Residents Association have complained of foul smells associated with drainage, and there have been incidents of road flooding in Rossberry Close?

• qu 8

To ask the Manager if he will outline any reference in the Adamstown SDZ Plan that the Second Level School should in its early years be open to enrolling pupils from the broader Lucan area, as well as Adamstown itself, in the early years of the development?

• qu 9

To ask the Manager if he will be provide an updated report on the provision of a Creche in the Newcastle Manor estate as conditioned in the planning permission?

• newcastle manor creche

Planning Files

A. Large applications under consideration

B. Files requested by members

• H - I (5) (a) Large Applications
• H - I (5) (b) Files Requested

New Works

 

Taking in Charge Report.

 

• ItemH-1(7)

Completion of Apartment Complex, Aras Na Chluaine, Clondalkin

 

• 11139

 Correspondence

 

Cathaoirleach's Business

(no business received)

That the Manager states if a farmers market in Clondalkin Village could be a viable option tied in with the Clondalkin framework. In general, is planning permission needed to operate a farming type market?

That the Manager would report in detail on his communications with the Department of Education and Science, following his agreement to make this contact during the passing of my Motion at the last Planning Department on the subject of the requirement of a Second Level School in the Local South area. Many Residents remain unhappy as a result of having to send their children away from the Lucan area for Second Level Education.

That this Committee notes that construction work has begun on that part of The Paddocks development bounding on Meadowview Grove, and requests the Manager to provide an updated report on progress made to resolve the concerns of residents about the boundary treatment and the relative levels of the houses in Meadowview Grove and the houses in the new development?

That a report be brought outlining the position of access walkways and road access to the new railway station at Fonthill Road, Clondalkin. 

To ask the Manager if he could write to Dublin Bus requesting action to eliminate the smoking of illegal substances by certain passengers which has now become a daily occurrence and nuisance to other commuters on the 78 Bus?

• qu 11

To ask Dublin Bus to provide a bus shelter on the New Nangor Road at Dunawley Estate, as there is no protection from the elements whatsoever?

• qu 12

To ask the Manager if he will write to An Garda Síochana, Lucan requesting the enforcement of parking restrictions at the entrance to Lucan Educate Together Primary School?

• qu 13

 New Works

 

CORRESPONDENCE

(a) Reply from Waterways Ireland  re provision of lifebelts on the Grand Canal

(b) Reply from Bus Átha Cliath re relocation of Foxborough Road Bus Stop

(c) Reply from Dept of Communications, Marine & Natural Resources re provision of freephone service by mobile phone operators

(d) Acknowledgement  of letter to An Post re relocation of the post box outside Ballyowen Shopping Centre

(e) Letter from Bus Átha Cliath re additional buses and bus routes serving Lucan, Palmerstown & Clondalkin

• Corr (a) Waterways Ireland
• Corr (b) Bus Átha Cliath
• Corr (c) Dept of Communications, Marine & Natural Resources
• Corr (d) An Post
• Corr (e) Bus Atha Cliath

Cathaoirleach's Business

That this Committee recommends that South Dublin County Council adapts a practice of having public notice boards in public areas especially where people congregate in large numbers.

• mot 10

That the Manager would agree to write to the Garda Commissioner and to the Chairman of the CIE Group, requesting details of what new regulations, including stringent enforcement measures, are to be introduced and within what time-scale, to resolve the increased anti-social behaviour issues on public transport, most especially on our buses at night time.

• mot 11

To ask the Manager to move the 50km/hr road sign further down Aylmer Road (past the new Peamount United Football Club) and erect other signage to make drivers aware of children in the area in order to protect those who are using this facility? 

• Q. 14

To ask the Manager if there are any plans to open the Aylmer Road/Greenogue Industrial Estate junction in the near future?

• Q. 15

To ask the Manager to ensure that access to the Grand Canal is closed off from Grangeview Estate?

• Q. 16

To ask  the Manager  what plans he has to deal with the traffic problem at the Naas Road / Long Mile Road intersection?

• Q. 17

To ask the Manager when will the bollards promised for the lay-by adjacent to St Joseph's and St Mary's Schools, Lucan be installed?

• Q. 18

To ask the Manager if an investigation of the sequencing of pedestrian lights at Penny Hill / Fforster Junction on the Outer Ring Road can be carried out?

• Q. 19

To ask the Manager to confirm if the roads in Lucan Heights are on the programme for road resurfacing and if so what is the timescale?

• Q. 20

To ask the Manager to report on progress made in introducing a new School Transportation System in South Dublin as being progressed by the Transportation Strategic Policy Committee and which will be of enormous assistance in resolving our traffic gridlock crisis at peak times?

• Q. 21

To ask the Manager to survey and repair the on street lighting in the following areas:-

1. St John's Park
2. Westbourne at the Green between Westbourne and Lealand
3. Melrose Estate

Can the Manager also look into the need for adequate lighting at the end of Monastery Castle Close where the Green/Football Pitch adjoins the Estate?

• Q. 22

To ask the Manager are there any proposals to provide direct access for elderly residents of Ashwood Estate at /near the opening facing Dunawley traffic lights, e.g  a kissing gate as the walk to the New Nangor Road is difficult for older people?

• Q. 23

To ask the Manager if he can advise the Committee on the proposal to develop a Park and Ride facility at Leixlip, and if this proposal impacts on the Council’s own plans for a Park and Ride at Cooldrinagh, on lands recently acquired by the Council?

• Q. 24

To ask the Manager if he will make an updated report on plans to install traffic signals near the entrance to Arthur Griffith Park, Lucan and if he will examine the safety of the road crossing from the estate to the kissing gate at the entrance to Griffeen Valley/Esker Park?

• Q. 25

 New Works

 

Proposed Declaration of Roads to be Public Roads  

 Liffey Valley Park, Lucan

• H.I. 11

Correspondence

Cathaoirleach's Business

That this Committee recommends that South Dublin County Council re-surfaces the footpath from the Old Cowan site on Orchard Lane to the entrance to St. Killian's Park (footpath along Watery Lane).

• M. 12

That the Manager will conduct a noise pollution survey at Moy Glas Road and Moy Glas Lawn facing onto the Outer Ring Road. Complaints have been made regarding the increase in noise levels since the opening of this road. What is the current situation concerning noise mitigation measures or lack thereof around this area specifically. An EIS study of noise levels would indicate they are breached.

• M. 13

That this Committee notes the concerns expressed at a recent meeting of Liffey Valley Park Residents Association about the lack of directional signage in the estate, which has a very complicated layout leading to difficulties being experienced by drivers of emergency service vehicles, and if such signage can be provided, either by the developer prior to taking-in-charge of the roads or by the Council?

• M. 14

That this Councillor be updated regarding queries made, as to what proposals are in train for the footpaths at Boot Road, in view of disparate responses received. 

• M. 15

That this Committee calls on the Manager responsible to take the necessary steps to bring all laneways in Palmerstown into the ownership of the Council and to enter into arrangements with adjacent householders that will limit access to these laneways to people who have a legitimate reason to use them.

• M. 16

That the Manager arranges for the Pedestrian Crossing in Newcastle (which was erected approximately 5 months ago) to be switched on as soon as possible.

That the Manager in the Roads Department explains why there are two big / new SDCC logos on the entrance to Rowlagh Estate?

That this Committee welcomes the response from An Garda Síochána about anti-social behaviour in the area of the interface between Ballyowen Lane and the Eurospar/Ballyowen Castle Centre (under Corporate Services correspondence at the March meeting of the Area Committee) and requests the Manager to implement the measures suggested by the Superintendent to address the problems in the area.

That this committee recommends that South Dublin County Council erects a traffic island at the junction of Laurel Park and Monastery Road.

That the Manager outline plans / time frames for the CPO of land at Newlands Golf Course and what will the end result be there?

That a traffic survey be done on Convent Road, Clondalkin with a view to;

a)  Seeing how much of that traffic needs to enter Clondalkin Village, and

b)  Persuading non-essential traffic to use alternative routes.