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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

QUESTION NO. 2

QUESTION: Councillor C. Jones

"To ask the Manager to outline the most up to date prospects for the delivery of the Adamstown Sports Hall without further delay?"

REPLY:

Whilst there is a previous agreement between the Department of Education and Science and Chartridge Development Limited regarding the delivery of a school sports hall facility, it is our understanding that Chartridge has not been in a position to deliver this to date.  The issue of the School Sports Hall has been  raised regularly at Adamstown Developer Interface Meetings and more recently during discussions with the landowners as part of the review process.

The Adamstown SDZ Planning Scheme 2003 does not explicitly require the provision of a school sports hall. Following extensive public consultation during the Adamstown review process, the issue of the provision of a Sports Hall for Adamstown Community College and the need for a Community Centre for the whole of Adamstown emerged as core Community requirements.  The amendments to the Planning scheme approved by the Council on 10 February 2014 require the provision of 1,200m² of community centre space that incorporates a community sports hall or alternatively the provision of 1 no. 600m² community centre together with an additional school sports hall, in amended phase 2 i.e. no later than 1,600 dwellings, which is the current phase of development.  The recently adopted amendments to the Scheme are currently subject to appeal to An Bord Pleanala and in the case of an appeal, the current Planning Scheme will remain in place until An Bord Pleanala determination of the appeal(s).

Notwithstanding the above, a number of options for the delivery of a school/community sports hall at the earliest possible opportuity are currently under consideration.