COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

QUESTION NO. 20

QUESTION: Councillor E. Tuffy

To ask the Manager for an updated report on progressing the agreed proposal to construct a new Park's Depot at an identified site in Griffeen Valley Park, between the railway line and the Grand Canal, to replace the existing Depot at Esker Lane?

REPLY:

As reported to the Area Committee meeting in September 2011 (report) the next stage in the development of the depot will involve the preparation of detail designs and consultation with groups/bodies that made a submission as part of the Part 8 process.  As previously advised, the school project and the depot project are interlinked and have been running in tandem since 2010.

As a result, the Council and the Department of Education and Skills are co-ordinating progress so that both projects advance at the same time. Planning approval was sought for both projects on a concurrent basis during 2011 with the Council seeking approval under the Part 8 process while the Department of Education and Skills sought planning approval for the school.

Part 8 planning approval for the new park depot was obtained at the September Meeting of the Council, held on 12th September 2011, while planning permission for the school was granted on 15^th September 2011.

However, the Council's decision to grant planning permission was subsequently appealed to An Bord Pleanála by a third party (ref no PL 065.239826).  The Council and Department of Education and Skills are awaiting the determination of the appeal by An Bord Pleanála, which is due by 1^st March 2012, at which point the status of both projects will be reviewed.