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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

MOTION NO. 6

MOTION: Councillor E. O'Brien

"That this Area Committee taking note of the application of Esker Lawn Cemetery Limited for a Waste Management Licence relating to lands situate to the west of Cherbury Park and bounded on the south by the N4 motorway, calls on the Manager to ensure the following;

  1. All activities carried on as a result of the granting of such licence are done so with as little disruption as is possible to the residents of the surrounding estates including Cherbury Park, Esker Lawns, Lucan Heights, Beech Park and Beech Grove estates

  2. That any entrance to the site for heavy goods vehicles is situated as far away from the above mentioned estates as is possible

  3. That, bearing in the mind the frequency of pedestrian traffic through the Lucan/Newlands road adjoining the site, that all deliveries to and from the site are conducted outside of normal “school run hours”

  4. That all precautions are taken to ensure no spillage from the site onto the adjoining estates and that further measures are taken as is necessary to ensure any disturbed wildlife in particular vermon do not impact on the surrounding estates."

REPORT:

The proposed site was the subject of planning permission SD10A/0331 for the provision of a lawn cemetery and the applicant is currently seeking a Waste Facility Permit, in accordance with Waste Management ( Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations 2007 , as amended, for lands at Cherbury Park Road, Lucan Co. Dublin to carry out remediation works on a site of 0.81 ha including excavation and screening of soils .

The proposed development is located opposite Cherbury Residential estate and a temporary site access which will act as the main entrance to the site is to be located in the north east corner of the site opposite Cherbury Park Road to the east. The works will include for the excavation and screening approximately 20,000 tonnes of material.

The site will be active from 8:00 hrs to 18:00 hrs Mon to Fri and 08:00 hrs to 14:00 hrs Saturday and closed on Sunday and public holidays. The only access is via the Lucan Newlands Road from Lucan village, past the existing graveyard to the site.

The entire project proposed entails

(a) excavating out circa 20,000 tonnes, screening the material on site and redepositing the screened fines back into the excavation. It is estimated that a maximum 500 tonne of waste (wood, metals, mixed waste) will be screened out placed in containers and transported off site.

(b) Importing circa 6,500 m3 of clean soil to the site and spreading the soils across the entire site to a depth of 0.25m.

Truck movements will be generated over a proposed two month period. Allowing 20 working days per month in addition to 4 Saturdays per month, there are 48 days where the site will be active. The applicant states that the remediation works will generate 29 dump truck movements per day, or under 3 per hour over a normal working day. This figure rises to less than 5 per hour during working hours on a Saturday. Due to the low number of trucks there will be minimal traffic disruption at peak hours.

While the site is active a single access complete with associated hoarding shall be maintained.

Wheel washing will be in place for the duration of the remediation works to minimise dirt and mud leaving the site. In addition road sweeping will be undertaken where necessary to ensure the surrounding road networks are maintained to a suitable standard.

The proposed site will allow for a parking provision for staff remaining on site during operational hours, due to the scale and nature of the works, parking required will be negligible.