Agenda - Lucan-Clondalkin ACM (1) 16th June, 2010
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Confirmation and Re-affirmation of Minutes
Minutes of the Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting of 19th May, 2010
Planning
Questions
To ask the Manager to report on the provision of the following elements of infrastructure for Adamstown SDZ:
- Community sport hall next to Adamstown Community College;
- North-South road link between Adamstown Castle and the Paddocks,
- A place of worship/pastoral centre for the local Muslim community.
To ask the Manager to provide a detailed report on current planning compliance and enforcement matters relating to the Coolamber site on Newcastle Road and in particular to advise on what powers the planning authority has to require the landowner/developer to adequately secure the site from trespassers so as to prevent anti-social behaviour?
To ask the Manager for a detailed update on the approved plans for green routes from Griffeen Avenue and Newcastle Road to the Grand Canal, including a signalised 'toucan' crossing on Griffeen Avenue at Griffeen Valley Park, Lucan?
To ask the Manager for a progress report on the boundary wall between Waterstown Park and houses on Riversdale Grove, Palmerstown. This wall is in a very dangerous state and was to be made safe as a planning condition when the estate was built but was not. The Council was exploring legal options some years back but things seem to be at a standstill. In the meantime the condition of the wall, which is some 12 feet high, has deteriorated and could be the source of serious danger to users of the Park.
To ask the Manager if he will present a summary report to the meeting on the An Bord Pleanála decision on the former Vincent Byrne site in Palmerstown, and include a summary of all the conditions including those in the Council's decision and additional conditions in the decision of An Bord?
Headed Items
NEW WORKS
No Business
Planning Files
A. Large Applications under Consideration
B. No Files Requested by Members
Update on NRA proposals for upgrade of N81
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE
No Business
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business
That the Manager presents a report concerning conditions of Planning at Windmill Hill, Rathcoole, Reg. Ref. SDQU05A/4 and indicate whether or not the following conditions are being complied with:-
(a) Condition 02 Digital Terrain Model.
(b) Condition 04 Noise.
(c) Condition 05 Vibration & Air Pressure.
(d) Condition 06 Suppression & Control of Dust.
(e) Condition 07 Monitoring Results.
(f) Condition 08 Communication & Consultation.
(g) Condition 09 Access for Monitoring.
(h) Condition 10 Updated Digital Terrain Model.
(i) Condition 11 Annual Environmental Audit.
If any of these conditions are not being adhered to could the Manager indicate what action can be taken and when?
That this Area Committee noting:
- There are nearly 4,000 residents of the Lucan area unemployed, with approximately 600 of these aged under-25;
- The success to date of this Council’s ‘Intellectual Enterprise Zone’ (IEZ) initiative;
- The applications by CPLN Area Partnership both in its own right and as part of a consortium led by the Dublin Employment Pact to seek to ‘provide innovative training and activation interventions for the unemployed’ under the new Labour Market Activation Fund,
Recommends that South Dublin County Council in conjunction with the partner bodies involved in the ‘IEZ’ initiative, the CPLN Area Partnership and NUI Maynooth seeks to roll-out a targeted training, up-skilling and business start-up initiative in the Lucan area including for those unemployed persons with an already developed skills set.
That this Area Committee recommends that the draft Clondalkin Town Centre Plan be recast as a draft Local Area Plan and that the Manager initiate the additional preparatory work and necessary environmental assessments required for an LAP before any detailed draft plans are brought before this committee.
That the Manager presents a report as to how best a sports hall can be delivered for Adamstown Community College via the SDZ process and the timescales involved.
That this Committee reviews the non compliance with the conditions of planning at the quarry, Windmill Hill, Rathcoole, in relation to the digital terrain model, noise, vibration and air pressure, dust control, access for monitoring, and annual environmental audit.
That this Committee calls on the Manager responsible, and following the recent decision of An Bord Pleanála to grant permission to Monti Limited for a major development at Palmerstown Village, to negotiate a full graded junction for the Kennelsfort Road/N4 junction when addressing the condition attached to the planning permission that imposes on the developer an obligation to agree the configuration of this junction prior to any work on the site and that the Manager bring any such proposals before this Committee for consideration before agreeing them with any developer on this site.
That the Lucan-Clondalkin Area Committee requests the Manager to make contact with the owners of the Liffey Valley Town Centre lands, and invite them to arrange to meet with Clondalkin and Lucan Councillors, at the earliest possible date following the finalisation of the appeal decisions by An Bord Pleanála.
That the Manager would present a detailed report for discussion on the proposed development at the former Vincent Byrne site, Palmerstown recently granted planning permission by An Bord Pleanála against the Inspector's recommendation. Specifically would the Manager report on any part of this proposed development, whereby any land involved is in public ownership, and what procedures are required if any such land is to be included in this proposed development?
That this Committee receives full proposals from the Council / NRA in relation to the proposed new N81.
Roads
Questions
To ask the Manager to contact the National Roads Authority and ask them to re-visit their proposed design for the Newlands Cross Interchange considering the negative impact it will have on residential properties and local businesses and the changed economic climate.
To ask the Manager to cut/spray the weeds along and near the path on Watery Lane, Clondalkin from the junction with Orchard Road as far as St. Killian's Park?
To ask the Manager about the possibility of having double yellow lines at the corner of Hillcrest Road and Hillcrest Court, Lucan?
To ask the Manager if he would examine the footpaths on entrance to Hillcrest Estate, Lucan with a view to improving the one on the left hand side as it is in a state of disrepair.
To ask the Manager to set out his plans to introduce road safety measures in the vicinity of Esker Meadows View, Lucan at the entrance to Gaelscoil Naomh Padraig and Coláiste Cois Life as I have pursued in the Council for a many years for the benefit of local residents and school-going children and parents?
To ask the Manager to implement footpath repairs at Hillcrest Drive, Lucan to eliminate uneven sections and raised edges which pose an ongoing risk to numerous local residents with impaired mobility?
To ask the Manager to update on the timeframe for installation of the long-awaited signalised pedestrian crossing on Willsbrook Road at Fforster Square/Esker Wood, Lucan and to further advise on the Council’s proposals to reduce dangerous speeding and overtaking along this stretch of Willsbrook Road/Griffeen Way given that three separate rows of house directly front onto this main road?
To ask the Manager to hold discussions with Dublin City Council with a view to securing a better traffic flow at the Cold Cut, Kennelsfort Road, Ballyfermot Road junction. This junction needs to be widened (there is already adequate land available) to provide a better flow for the 18 Bus (and for the proposed revised 26 Bus route) as well as for traffic turning right onto the Cold Cut Road from Kennelsfort Road. This is the main artery from the Cherry Orchard Industrial Estate as well as an important junction for Lucan/Clondalkin/Palmerstown/Ballyfermot commuters and school traffic and can take an inordinate length of time to negotiate it especially at peak times which are now practically all day (except from 10.00am to 12.00pm and after 7.30pm).
To ask the Manager for a comprehensive explanation for the build up of traffic congestion on both Upper and Lower Kennelsfort Road at the junction with the N4. Things were getting reasonable following adjustments to the traffic lights some months back but have really deteriorated again since the first week in May.
To ask the Manager if the Roads Department has a view on the alternative routes being put out for public consultation by the RPA for the Lucan Luas line from the Pennyhill Junction to Quarryvale, and if the Council has conveyed its views to the RPA?
To ask the Manager if will investigate the concerns of residents of Méile an Rí, Balgaddy, about pedestrian safety in that estate, and examine the possibility of installing bollards at appropriate locations, possibly at one of the entrances, to reduce instances of speeding vehicles through parts of the estate?
Headed Items
NEW WORKS
Opening in Wall Between St. Patrick's Park & Oakwood Grove, Clondalkin
Proposed Declaration of Roads to be Public Roads
1) Cooldrinagh Lane South
2) Abbeywood Court
Report on Proposed Extinguishment of the Public Right of Way over Old Cooldrinagh Lane, Lucan, Co. Dublin
Control of Parking Bye Laws
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE
No Business
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business
That the Manager makes safe the path in front of Premier Cabs, Clondalkin with a clear designation between the footpath and the parking area for taxis.
That this Area Committee recommends that South Dublin County Council initiate a comprehensive analysis of traffic congestion on the road network in those areas of Lucan south of the N4, to commence before the start of school holidays and to include:
- A detailed junction performance analysis of all junctions along the Lucan stretch of the Outer Ring Road including analysis of peak-hour queue lengths and queuing times caused by tailbacks on approach roads to these junctions;
- A detailed review of the veracity to date of traffic assessments including road-usage and junction performance projections contained in Environmental Impact Statements or otherwise prepared as part of the statutory planning processes for the N4 upgrade, the Outer Ring Road, Adamstown SDZ and Clonburris LAP/SDZ;
- Recommendations in response to the findings of this traffic analysis aimed at improving traffic flow in the study area, such as redesign of Outer Ring Road junctions so as to increase their capacity and the reopening of the N4-Esker Lane slip-road, possibly as a left-out only exit onto a segregated service lane;
- Present a report containing the raw data, findings and recommendations of this traffic analysis to this Area Committee as a headed item, for discussion, at the earliest possible date.
That the Manager would agree to begin the consultation process today in association with this Area Committee, in relation to the agreement made at the December '09 Area Committee Meeting, and the January '10 Council Meeting, to review the N4 and Outer Road Widening works, specifically in relation to loss of visual amenity and increased noise levels for residents who live in housing estates adjacent to these roads, including the planning of the introduction of noise monitors in agreed estates on the N4 and Outer Ring Road.
That this Committee recommends the easing of the 24/7 status of the bus lane on the Outer Ring Road adjacent to the playing pitches in Corkagh Park particularly outside the car park opening times.
That this Committee acknowledges the frustration of many Hillcrest residents caused by the delay in installing the promised traffic signals at the entrance to the estate off the Newcastle Road and ask the Manger for an explanation of the delays and a guaranteed time schedule for the completion of the project?
That the Manager takes action to stop the continued selling on the footpath at Main Street, Clondalkin despite warnings to remove same already issued.
That the Manager will review the road name signage within Huntington Glen, Lucan with a view to refurbishing the old signs.
That this Committee calls on the Manager responsible to have the grass cut and maintained to a satisfactory condition on the approach roads to Palmerstown and therefore this County on the N4 and Cloverhill Road. The grass verges on both roads are in an appalling state (June 1) and the median on the N4 is already (June 1) out of control.
That the Manager would present a comprehensive report for discussion on the increased traffic congestion in Lucan Village and the surrounding areas, and would the Manager suggest as to how such increased delays for residents may be alleviated.
That the Council provide (or permission to source and erect) a directional sign (or 2) for the Round Tower GAA grounds on the Monastery Road, Clondalkin to benefit visiting teams coming in to the Monastery Road from the N7 and M50 roads.
That the Lucan-Clondalkin Area Committee, noting the Management response in Item 1.11 of the Minutes of the Traffic Management Committee meeting of 20th May 2010, stating “Count to be carried out, subject to funding”, requests the Manager to;-
(1) Arrange to have the count at Main Street, Lucan, carried out as a matter of urgency, and certainly before the summer;
(2) in evaluating the results of the count, have serious regard to the fact that many of the pedestrians crossing the Main Street in and around La Banca/The Square are residents of Sarsfield Park/Close and Main Street, neighbourhoods where a very high proportion of residents are elderly, do not have cars, are very dependent on the shops and other services in Lucan Village for their daily needs, and are entitled to expect that they can come and go as pedestrians to the Village, and cross the road, in safety;
(3) note that in Lucan Village there are no pedestrian crossings between the AIB and the far end of Main Street, close to the Liffey Bridge, a shortage of crossings which is in marked contrast to, for example, the centre of Clondalkin Village, and
(4) give the provision of a pedestrian crossing in Lucan Village a high priority in the context of the Council’s financial constraints.
That the Manager re-spring the manhole cover on Watery Lane, near the entrance to Mayfield Park and behind 26 Castle Close so that it does not rattle all the rear windows and doors on that house.
That this Area Committee, on foot of the decision by the elected members of South Dublin County Council to amend the draft Development Plan to omit the long-term local road objective “Esker Lane to Esker Meadow View”, requests that the Road's Departments cease all efforts and drop all plans to open this road link and instead seeks to offer this strip of land for disposal to the Department of Education and Skills, as part of any land disposal involving lands at the former Esker Green Waster Recycling Facility, for the purposes of providing a safe drop-off and turning point for Gaelscoil Naomh Padraig and Coláiste Cois Life.
That the Manager will make provisions for a pedestrian crossing at Lucan Main Street in the vicinity of La Banca restaurant.
That the Manager present a report on the Pound Shop on Main Street, Clondalkin and on what measures he is taking to ensure it does not display so many of its goods over a long frontage of pathway.
Development
Questions
To ask the Manager for an update on the green field site on the N7 between Mac Rental and St Brigid's Cottages, Clondalkin as per my question to this Committee in March 2010?
To ask the Manager to outline the most up to date situation regarding concerns among allotment plot holders at Mill Lane, Palmerstown due to a forthcoming increase in fees payable to the Council. Will the Manager also make a statement on the matter?
To ask the Manager for an update on the transfer of the piece of land between houses No 14 and 16 Palmerstown Lawns to the adjoining resident who has indicated a willingness to incorporate this piece of land, which is a focal point for a lot of anti-social behaviour, into their property and if the Manager will re-activate negotiations with the householder in question.
To ask the Manager for a detailed account of the actual annual cost to the Council in respect of the provision and maintenance of Allotments in this electoral area and the total income generated for the Council through the rent of the Allotments in this electoral area.
To ask the Manager if the Council has had any discussions with the Department of Education and Skills regarding the site being disposed for use a school site and if he will make a statement on the matter?
Headed Items
NEW WORKS
No Business
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE
No Business
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business
No Business
That the Development Section take the lead role in having a concerted approach to the development of the Wheatfield laneway, between Wheatfield Road and Oak Court Estate Palmerstown, given that quite a number residents are interested in rectifying this long running issue.
Parks
Questions
To ask the Manager to liaise with Lucan Sarsfield's so as to put in place appropriate arrangements such that the car-park at Griffeen Valley Park (opposite Finnstown Hall) can remain open on weeknights until training has concluded and is opened before training commences on weekend mornings?
To ask the Manager to examine the existing kissing-gate entrance and general boundary treatment between Arthur Griffith Park Estate and Griffeen Valley Park with a view to making it far more difficult for stolen wheelie-bins to be brought into Griffeen Valley Park through this access point?
To ask the Manager to carry-out a much needed programme of landscape-thinning in Willsbrook Park, Lucan so as to reduce opportunities for covert anti-social behaviour?
To ask the Manager to have a tree pruned on Waterstown Park, which is overhanging the garden of (details supplied)* and seriously blocking the light to the windows of the house and can also be calculated to be a danger.
To ask the Manager if he will advise whether the open spaces on Griffeen Glen Estate, Lucan have been taken in charge, and if he will advise when and how often the grass on the open space at Griffeen Glen Boulevard will be cut during the summer months?
To ask the Manager for a report on work done, or proposed to be done, in Glenaulin Park, Palmerstown since Councillors met with Parks Department officials in the Park recently to view and discuss measures to enhance the Park and reduce incidents of anti-social behaviour?
To ask the Manager if he will provide a summary report on all improvement works carried out in Waterstown Park, Palmerstown, since the beginning of January 2009, including a figure for the expenditure by the Council on these works?
Headed Items
NEW WORKS
No Business
Part 8 Public Consultation for a Proposal to Construct An Access Road to the Rear of 17 - 23 Dodsborough Cottages, Lucan
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE
No Business
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business
That the Manager present an updated report on improvements undertaken in Corkagh Park, Clondalkin during the past year.
That the Manager will investigate the possibility of hosting a food/country type market in Corkagh Park, Clondalkin this Summer as a celebration event for our county and community.
That this committee agrees to cut the grass in the following areas:-
Cappaghmore Estate, Verge along the New Nangor Road where the bus stop is as a matter of urgency, the green at Woodford / Knockmitten Community Centre as well as a clean up of that area.
This Committee calls for the Parks Department to give support to residents at Hillcrest, Lucan who are making a focused effort in order to maintain their estate. That the Manager will ensure that attention is given to the area at the entrance to Hillcrest on Newcastle Road and to the green space at Hillcrest Heights bordering the Paddocks.
That this Committee requests the Manager to expedite the taking-in-charge of the open space at Griffeen Glen Courtyard and Boulevard and in the interim to ensure regular grass-cutting of the green areas not yet taken-in charge.
That the Manager would set out in detail works agreed for the entrance to St. Patrick's GAA, Glenaulin Park, Palmerstown, as discussed during the recent on site-meeting at this location.