COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (2)
Monday, November 23, 2009
HEADED ITEM NO. 5
HEADED ITEM:
REPLY:
Proposed Programme of Arboricultural Works for Tallaght Central and Tallaght South Electoral Areas – 2009 / 2010
The Arboricultural Programme for 2009/2010 will be implemented between November 2009 and mid-March 2010.
Due to the extent of the established and maturing tree population across the South Dublin administrative area and the significantly large volume of requests for tree pruning and removals, the Parks Department is giving priority under the forthcoming Arboricultural Programme specifically to the maintenance and pruning of existing trees and to the thinning and/or removal of shrubberies on open spaces which are locations of anti-social activities and cause of anxiety and nuisance for the general public. It is intended to concentrate on the entire street tree population in complete estates rather than on individual trees on individual streets. This approach has been the general practice in recent years and has the benefit of optimising the use of existing staff and equipment resources.
It should therefore be noted that in some cases, requests for pruning of individual trees in estates that are not included in this programme will be deferred to the next programme other than where works are required as a matter of urgency in the interests of public safety. The programme below does contain individual tree locations which are the subject of committments given to Elected Members as well as members of the public during the course of this year.
Street Tree Planting
In the context of the above, a very minimal amount to tree planting will be undertaken next spring and it is intended to bring a proposed programme of tree planting to the meeting of the Area Committee in January 2010.
Street Tree Pruning and Removals
Trees are pruned under the street tree pruning programme on a 'need to prune' system based on the following criteria:
- Pruning of lower branches from trees which have the potential to come into contact with pedsetrians.
- Pruning of damaged, diseased or dead branches in keeping with good arboricultural practice..
- Pruning of trees in proximity to street lighting, specifically trees that have been brought to our attention by the public and the Public Lighting Section.
- Planned removal of street trees in association with the footpath maintenance programme where damage to pavements is arising. This is a significant problem in some areas and can be a contentious issue where some residents are opposed to the removal of trees.
- Removal of dead, diseased or vandalised trees
Trees which have to be felled will in the first instance have their branches removed and the main trunk reduced to approx. one metre above ground level. The remaining section of trunk reduces the risk of a trip hazard until such time as the removal is completed. The removal of the remaining trunk involves the use of specialised stump grinding equipment and in most cases, the re-instatement of the grass verge. In order to maintain progress with the pruning programme which is done during the dormant season, a portion of trunk will remain in place for a period after the works have been completed. A follow on programme of stump removals will take place commencing in early spring 2010.
Replacement trees will be planted where appropriate and subject to the availablity of resources in the following planting season
PROGRAMME
TALLAGHT CENTRAL: TREE PRUNING LIST 2009- 2010
| ESTATE | TREE LOCATION |
| Alpine Rise | 48 Alpine Rise |
| 56 Alpine Rise | |
| Ashfield, Templeogue | 30 Ashfield |
| Balrothery Estate | 4 Balrothery Estate |
| 95 Balrothery Estate | |
| 118 Balrothery Estate | |
| 212 Balrothery Estate | |
| Belgard Heights | 291 The Meadows West |
| 199 The Oaks | |
| Birchview | 1 Birchview Court |
| Cairnwood | 7 Cairnwood Avenue |
| Castle Park | 172 and 173 Castle Park |
| Cherryfield | 73 Cherryfield Road |
| 42/45 Cherryfield Road | |
| Cookstown | 33 Lanndale Lawns |
| 46 Whitebrook Park | |
| Cypress Downs | 24 The Heath |
| 1 Cypress Downs | |
| 21 Cypress Drive | |
| Elmcastle | 14 Elmcastle Drive |
| 70 Elmcastle Park | |
| Glendown | 3 Glendown Crescent |
| 10 Glendown Drive | |
| 20 Glendown Park | |
| Glenmurray Park | 15 Glenmurray Park |
| Greenfield Park | 12 Greenfield Park & trees along the road |
| Greenhills | 61 St. Peter's Road |
| Hillsbrook | 6 Hillsbrook Avenue |
| 22 Hillsbrook Grove | |
| Homelawn Villas | rear & side of 5 Homelawn Villas |
| Kilnamanagh | 10 Elmcastle Green |
| Kingswood | 1 Ashfield Avenue |
| 14 Cedar Avenue | |
| 1 Chestnut Grove | |
| 28 Dunmore Grove | |
| 4 Dunmore Lawns | |
| 14 Dunmore Park | |
| 12 Forest Park | |
| 41 Sycamore Avenue | |
| 1 Walnut Avenue | |
| 6A Walnut Close | |
| 19 Walnut Close | |
| 21 Walnut Close | |
| 36 Walnut Close | |
| Kingswood Castle | 68 Kingswood Castle |
| Kingswood Heights | 15 The Garth |
| 19 The Garth | |
| 12 The Park | |
| 60 The Park | |
| 5 The Rise | |
| 15 The Rise | |
| 24 The Rise | |
| Kennington | 17 Kennington Close |
| Limekiln | 83 Limekiln Road |
| 71 Limekiln Avenue | |
| 65 Limekiln Avenue | |
| 43 Limekiln Road | |
| Muckross | 11 Muckross Crescent |
| 1/1A Muckross Avenue | |
| along Muckross Avenue | |
| 31 Muckross Park | |
| Orwell | 385 Orwell Park Crescent |
| Orwell Park Heights | |
| 154 Orwell Park View | |
| Osprey | Tymon Park Boundary with Osprey, Rushbrook & Kennington |
| Trees to the rear of Osprey Park | |
| Parkhill | 9 Parkhill Road |
| 10 Parkhill West | |
| Raheen | 17 Raheen Avenue |
| 65 Raheen Close | |
| 45 Whitebrook Park | |
| Redwood | 22 Redwood Close |
| Rockfield Avenue | 57 Rockfield Avenue |
| 74/79 Rockfield Avenue | |
| 145 Rockfield Avenue | |
| 147 Rockfield Avenue | |
| Rossmore | Rossmore Estate |
| rear of 2 Rossmore Grove | |
| Rushbrook Avenue | 31/33 Rushbrook Avenue |
| Seskin View | between 41 & 43 Seskin View Road |
| Springfield | Alderwood Avenue |
| Alderwood Park | |
| 2A Fernwood Court | |
| 48 Maplewood Avenue | |
| 15 Maplewood Green | |
| 34 Maplewood Road | |
| St. Anne's | side of 1 St. Anne's |
| Opposite 17 St Anne’s | |
| St. Anthony’s Crescent | 55/57 St Anthony’s Crescent |
| St. Conleth’s Road | 18 St. Conleth’s Road |
| St. James’s Road | 133 St. James’s Road |
| St. Joseph's Road | 94 St. Joseph's Road |
| St. Patrick's Road | 63 St. Patrick's Road |
| 71 St Patrick’s Road | |
| 121/123 St. Patrick's Road | |
| 112 St. Patrick's Road | |
| St. Peter's Drive | 25 St. Peter's Drive |
| 21 St. Peter's Drive | |
| St. Peter's Road | 56 St. Peter's Road |
| 169 St. Peter's Road | |
| Tallaght Village | 42 Westpark |
| Templeogue Wood | 121 Templeogue Wood |
| Templemanor Avenue | All Templemanor Avenue |
| Templeville Road | 1 Templeville Road |
| Tymon North | 13 Tymon North Court |
| 35 Tymon North Lawns | |
| Wainsfort | 106 Wainsfort Road |
| 9 Wainsfort Avenue | |
| 106 Wainsfort Rd | |
| 19/20 Wainsfort Park | |
| Whitehall Road | 111 Whitehall Road |
| Willington | 28 Willington Green |
| 18 Willington Lawn | |
| 17 & 19 Willington Avenue |
TALLAGHT SOUTH: TREE PRUNING LIST 2009- 2010
| ESTATE | TREE LOCATION |
| Allenton | between 5 and 11 Allenton Road |
| 15 Allenton Park | |
| Ambervale | 10 Ambervale |
| Avonbeg | All of Avonbeg Estate |
| trees along Avonbeg Drive | |
| Aylesbury | 42 Heatherview Avenue |
| 17 Heatherview Lawns | |
| 20 Kiltipper Avenue | |
| 26 Pineview Grove | |
| 42 Pineview Rise | |
| Bolbrook | 7 Bolbrook Grove |
| 11 Bolbrook Park | |
| Cushlawn | 440 Cushlawn Park |
| 463 Cushlawn Park | |
| 351 Cushlawn Estate | |
| 5 Cushlawn Walk | |
| De Selby | 126 De Selby Park |
| Glencarrig | 39 Glencarrig Green |
| Glenview Park | 9 Glenview Park |
| Homelawn Villas | 5 Homelawn Villas |
| Killinarden Estate | 56 Donomore Park |
| 205 Killinarden Estate | |
| 322 Killinarden Estate | |
| 332 Killinarden Estate | |
| Kiltalown | 7 Kiltalown Green |
| 3 Kiltalown View | |
| Kiltipper Drive | 25 Kiltipper Drive |
| Knockmore | 24 Knockmore Avenue |
| 4 Knockmore Gardens | |
| 6 Knockmore Park | |
| Millbrook Lawns | All of Millbrook Lawns Estate |
| 39 The Crescent | |
| 149 The Crescent | |
| Old Bawn | 22 Cúl na Gréine |
| 25 Cúl na Gréine | |
| 9 Dún Aongus | |
| 26 Gleann na Smól | |
| 9 Inis Fáil | |
| 14 Old Bawn Avenue | |
| 19 Old Bawn Avenue | |
| 59 Old Bawn Way | |
| 10 Tymon Close | |
| 6 Tymon Crescent | |
| 115 Tymon Cresent | |
| 13 Watermeadow Drive | |
| 65 Watermeadow Drive | |
| Old Court | Old Court Manor Estate |
| Seán Walsh Park | Adjacent to 65 Watermeadow Drive |
| Adjacent to 47 Watermeadow Park | |
| Seskin View | All of Seskin View Estate |
TALLAGHT CENTRAL: TREE REMOVALS LIST 2009-2010
| ESTATE | TREE LOCATION |
| Ashfield, Templeogue | 12 Ashfield |
| Balrothery Estate | 223 Balrothery Estate |
| Bancroft | 7 & 9 Bancroft Close |
| 22 Bancroft Grove | |
| Birchview | 14 Birchview Heights |
| Cairnwood | 4 Cairnwood Avenue |
| 8 Cairnwood Avenue | |
| Cherryfield Road | 73 Cherryfield Road |
| 115 Cherryfield Road | |
| 110 Cherryfield Road | |
| 107 Cherryfield Road | |
| Cookstown | 33 Ashgrove |
| Cypress Grove | 37/39 Cypress Grove South |
| Fettercairn | 1 Rathminton Drive |
| Glenmurray | 19 Glenmurray Park |
| Glenview | 36 Glenview Drive |
| side of 147 Glenview Park overgrown | |
| 32 Glenview | |
| 154 Glenview | |
| 125 Glenview | |
| 288 Glenview | |
| Kennington | 25 Kennington Lawn |
| Kilmashogue | 21 Kilmashogue Grove |
| Kilnamanagh | 14 Birchview Heights |
| Kingswood | 40 Ashfield Avenue |
| 16 The Dale | |
| 56 Dunmore Park | |
| Kimmage Road West | 63 Kimmage Road West |
| Limekiln | 24 Limekiln Drive |
| 5 Limekiln Grove | |
| 7 Limekiln Grove | |
| Muckross | 6/8 Muckross Avenue |
| 63 Muckross Avenue | |
| Orwell | 216 Orwell Park Heights |
| 440 Orwell Park Green | |
| Parkhill | 7 Parkhill Drive |
| 26 Parkhill Drive | |
| 28A Parkhill West | |
| 1 Parkhill Way | |
| 7 Parkhill Way | |
| 1 Parkhill Rise | |
| Raheen | Raheen Green/Drive open space |
| Rockfield Avenue | 122 Rockfield Avenue |
| 12 Rockfield Avenue | |
| 36 Rockfield Avenue | |
| Rossmore | rear of 2 Rossmore Grove |
| Rear of 14 Rossmore Park | |
| Rushbrook | 1A Rushbrook Road |
| 28 Rushbrook View | |
| Sally Park | 7 & 24 Sally Park |
| Springfield | 10 Alderwood Park |
| 73 Maplewood Park | |
| 115 Virginia Heights | |
| St. Anne’s | side and rear of 66 St Anne’s |
| St. Anthony’s Crescent | 24 & 26 St Anthony’s Crescent |
| St. Brendan's Crescent | 4 St. Brendan's Crescent |
| St. Bridget's Drive | 7/8 St. Bridget's Drive |
| St. Conleth’s Road | 39 St. Conleth’s Road |
| 76 St. Conleth’s Road | |
| St. Joseph's Road | 84 St. Joseph's Road |
| 56 St. Joseph's Road | |
| 52 St. Joseph's Road | |
| 36 St. Joseph's Road | |
| 63 St. Joseph's Road | |
| St. Malachy's Drive | 30 St Malachy’s Drive |
| St. Patrick’s Road | side of 81 St. Patrick’s Road |
| 74 St Patrick’s Road | |
| St. Peter's Road | 155 St. Peter's Road |
| 61 St. Peter's Road | |
| 71 St Peter's Road | |
| 190 St. Peter's Road | |
| 158 St. Peter's Road | |
| Tamarisk | side of 14 Tamarisk Grove |
| 22 Tamarisk Lawn | |
| 36 Tamarisk Lawn | |
| 7 Tamarisk Park | |
| 2A Tamarisk Way | |
| Templemanor Grove | 12 Templemanor Grove |
| Templeogue Wood | 62 Templeogue Wood |
| Templeville Road | 82 Templeville Road |
| Wainsfort | 8 Wainsfort Avenue |
| 29 Wainsfort Grove | |
| Whitehall Road | 2 Whitehall Close |
| 111 Whitehall Road | |
| 37 Whitehall Road | |
| Willington | 2 Willington Lane |
TALLAGHT SOUTH: TREE REMOVALS LIST 2009-2010
| ESTATE | TREE LOCATION |
| Allenton | 16 Allenton Lawn |
| between 5 and 11 Allenton Road | |
| Avonbeg | 33 Avonbeg Park |
| Avonmore | rear of 16 Avonmore Park |
| Aylesbury | 46 Dalepark Road |
| 6 Drysdale Close | |
| 9 Dún Aonghasa | |
| 36 Gleann na Smól | |
| 36 Kiltipper Close | |
| Ballycullen Drive | Along Ballycullen Drive |
| Bawnville | 4 Bawnville Road |
| Fortunestown Way | Hedge removal at Citywise |
| Glencarrig | 4 & 16 Glencarrig Green |
| 6 Glencarrig Green | |
| Glenview | 28 Glenview Park |
| Killinarden | Killinarden Park – 8 trees |
| Kiltalown Park | 1 tree at west end of park |
| Millbrook Lawns | 9 The Close |
| 199 The Crescent | |
| 162 The Crescent | |
| 197 The Crescent | |
| 12 The Drive | |
| 30 The Grove | |
| 2 The Wood | |
| 48/50 The Park | |
| Old Bawn | 138 Old Bawn Road |
| 13 Parkwood Lawn | |
| 60 Watergate Estate | |
| 85 Watergate Estate | |
| 4 Watermill Close | |
| 8 Watermill Close | |
| 12 Watermill Close | |
| Seskin View | side of 1A Seskin View Drive |
| 3 Seskin View Park | |
| 48 Seskin View Road | |
| 5 Seskin View Drive | |
| Sundale | Open space - 6 trees |