COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF TERENURE-RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE (1)

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

MOTION NO. 3

MOTION: Councillor C. Keane

"That this Committee once again endeavour’s to have the old shopping centre site (McHugh’s) Greenhills which was once a great facility and asset in this neighbourhood has now for the past number of years constituted an eyesore and a nuisance for the people of Greenhills. That the Manager comes forward in this report with a proposal(s) to have this site utilized as a facility/shopping /residential for the neighbourhood. Taking into consideration that an answer I had to a motion on this subject two years ago agreed that a CPO could be instigated on said site. SDCC cannot allow such sites to remain ‘eyesores/nuisance’ in the community. This site must not continuously be used as a ‘storage’ facility and this storage operation currently on site should require change of use in planning."

REPORT:

The site of the former Greenhills Shopping Centre is continually monitored. The site was last inspected on the 22/08/2008 and is not considered by the inspector to be a derelict site within the meaning of the Derelict Site Act. The site was only being used as a temporary storage facility by SIAC Ltd while bus stop upgrade works were being carried out by Dublin Bus in the area. The site is now secured and clean and is no longer being used as a storage facility.

While there is a current planning permission on the site for the provision of apartments, retail units and medical centre etc which was granted on 25th April 2007, under the current planning legisaltion the developer has five years to develop the site from the date of grant of permission.

As previously advised the Council does not have plans to purchase the site for any development purposes and it cannot be acquired under the Derelict Sites Act as it is not considered to be a Derelict Site within the meaning of the act.

 In the circumstances there is no further action available to the Council.