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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

HEADED ITEM NO. 16

HEADED ITEM: Planning

Clarification on issues pertaining to Mount St. Joseph Cemetery

REPORT:

As you are aware a review of the County Development Plan 2010-2016 is well under way and the draft plan (2016-2022) has been completed. As part of this review the Record of Protected Structures and Architectural Conservation Areas were reviewed and a number of additions to the RPS were recommended along with new Architectural Conservation Areas.

The existing Architectural Conservation Area (ACA) for Clondalkin Village was designated under the 2004-2010 County Development Plan in accordance with Part IV of the Planning and Development Act 2000. The area designated was formally assessed in accordance with the Architectural Heritage Protection Guidelines. On the advice of the Councils Architectural Conservation Officer it is not considered appropriate to extend the current ACA boundary for Clondalkin Village to include a site which is far removed from the village core. The Architectural Heritage Guidelines stress the need for focused, coherent and historically-justifiable boundaries of any historic urban/village area which is considered to merit ACA designation.

With regard to the possible consideration of a site or structure for inclusion on the Record of Protected Structures (RPS) as part of the County Development Plan review the best course of action is to submit a motion prior to the 20^th January 2016 whereby an assessment of the site may be facilitated as part of the Development Plan review process.