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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

MOTION NO. 10

MOTION: Councillor E. Tuffy

"That the Manager would investigate and make a report to this Committee on the possibility of using the piece of Council owned land in Lucan, bounded by Beaumont Cottages, Canonbrook and the N4, and near the St Thomas's and St Anne's National Schools, for the location and provision of a Community Facility for the use of community based organizations in Lucan, including Boxing Clubs such as the long established Lucan Boxing Club currently using unsuitable accommodation in Lucan, Esker Amateur Boxing Club and other sports/recreation organizations."

REPORT:

The Council owns a strip of land at this location along the boundary with the N4. However the major part of the site identified in the motion, adjoining the Beaumont Cottages, is owned by the St. Laurence O' Toole Diocesan Trust. This area was included in a land exchange agreed between the Trust and the Council several years ago for other Council lands adjacent to the schools. However it does not appear that the legal transfer of title to the lands was finalised despite a number of requests to the owners and their Solicitors at the time. The Council's Law Department has been requested to re-activate this file and to pursue the matter with the Solicitors for the Trust.

In the event that the title issues are resolved, the availability of this land for community/recreational purposes, as identified in the motion, will be examined.