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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

QUESTION NO. 20

QUESTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

To ask the Manager to update on the design and Part 8 planning process for the proposed new residential units on the site of the former shop unit at St. Finian’s Estate?

REPLY:

This site is included in a small group of infill housing schemes which has been notified to the Department of  the Environment, Heritage and Local Government as priority schemes to address areas experiencing anti-social behaviour.

A Part 8 proposal is being prepared for the site having regard to the expressed wishes of the members of the Lucan/Clondalkin  Area Committee and bearing in mind the optimum use of the site in the context of the Council's social housing needs.

A meeting to outline the various options for the site will be informally discussed with local members prior to the January 2011 meeting of the committee and will then be discussed with local residents prior to any public notification (Part 8) process being commenced. The agreed proposal will then be submitted for approval to the DoEHLG.

The shop unit is currently being demolished and the site secured by palisade fencing.  The house is being re furbished and should be ready for re letting in December.

Subject to DoEHLG approval, and funding availability from Social Housing Investment Programme allocation, the project may proceed to tender and construction stage in 2011.