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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
HEADED ITEM NO. 6
HEADED ITEM: P. Realm
Update on the 2014-2018 Playspace Programme
REPLY:
ANNUAL UPDATE ON THE 2014 – 2018 PLAY SPACE PROGRAMME
CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE
The consultation on the delivery of the Play Space Programme county-wide has been time consuming and involves multiple meetings with local residents and multiple iterations of proposals for each play space. Each play space proposal is treated individually – there is no template, nor should there be, that applies for every location and each location presents its own opportunity for an individual play space that is dependent on the topography and landscape of the area. There has been a large degree of resistance from local communities to the proposals but where agreement has been reached on the locations and the plans there has been mostly very positive feedback that provides hope for the ultimate delivery of the full programme within the 2014 – 2018 timeframe. The Council, for its part, has also learned from the process and has continually modified the consultation system that makes it now a more inclusive and co-operative process between the local communities and the Council. Recently, the Council has also engaged on a pilot process with an outside facilitator and the success or otherwise of this will be monitored and reported on in due course. This process brings the local residents into a participatory role with the Council as opposed to a confrontational role against the Council. It is intended to use this method in the 2016 consultation phase.
The Table below provides a picture of the progress with the implementation of the Play Space Programme in the Clondalkin Electoral Area and which can be summarised as follows:
- The 2014 programme has been completed and there is general satisfaction with the outcome of these projects
- Of the proposed sites in the 2015 programme one is at construction stage, one is at site selection and consultation stage, one is under construction and there is no site currently identified for Newcastle
- There are 3 sites identified in the 2016 programme and it is intended to commence the consultation stage for these in February 2016.
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Location |
Type |
Timescale |
UPDATE |
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Rathcoole Park |
Local |
2014 |
Open |
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Knockmitten Park |
Neighbourhood |
2014 |
Open |
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Neilstown |
Local |
2015 |
At site selection and consultation stage |
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Quarryvale Park |
Local |
2015 |
Under Construction |
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Newcastle |
Neighbourhood |
2015 |
No site available until new park constructed by Receiver or an alternative site has been identified. |
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Ashwood estate |
Local |
2016 |
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Springbank Cottages Saggart |
Local |
2016 |
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Collinstown Park |
Local |
2016 |
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Grand Canal Park |
Local |
2017 |
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Corkagh Park |
Regional |
2017 |
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Cherrywood Park |
Local |
2018 |
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St Cuthberts Park |
Local |
2018 |
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Corkagh Park |
Local |
2018 |
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