Reply - HI 4 - Tree Planting Programme

COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

South Dublin County Council Crest

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Thursday, June 23, 2016

HEADED ITEM NO. 4

2016 Tree Planting Programme

Trees make a major contribution to the character and appearance of South Dublin County. They provide significant economic, social, environmental, ecological and aesthetic benefits to communities and to urban and residential streets, parks and open spaces. They also enhance biodiversity and play a crucial role in mitigating climate change.

South Dublin County Council recognises the value of street trees in the urban environment and is committed to planting new trees to ensure that the visual amenity in South Dublin is assured for future generations.

In recent years, due to increased demand for maintenance to be carried out on the c. 60,000 existing trees, the Council has focussed the application of its available resources primarily on tree pruning and removal activity. This has resulted in very limited implementation of new or replacement tree planting across the county over the past few years.

However, as committed in the 2015-2020 Tree Management Policy "Living With Trees", the Council aims to identify an annual target and budget for tree planting to re-establish its commitment to a countywide programme of tree planting to ensure the renewal and continuity of our tree population. In this regard, an additional €50,000 provision for tree planting is included under the Council's 2016 budget. This equates to approximately 1,000 trees across the county. A tree planting programme has been prepared and this will be carried out during late Autumn/ Winter 2016 and Spring 2017.

The extent of the 2016 tree planting programme is determined by prioritising areas where trees have been removed or where there is an identified need to increase the overall tree cover. Requests from Council members and local residents for new trees in their streets or areas have also be taken into consideration and have been prioritised according to the number of trees already on the street, including those in front gardens and on adjacent land.

The principle of planting the ‘right tree in the right place’ will apply for all new and replacement tree planting. The careful selection of appropriate tree species and planting location is essential to minimise future nuisance issues and unnecessary maintenance costs. Potential sites for tree planting have been inspected to assess their suitability for new trees, considering factors such as services, sight lines, warning signs and traffic signals, distance from public lighting columns, space for future crown and root growth, etc.

Details of the proposed tree planting programme in 2016 are set out in the table below:

House No.	Address 1	Address 2	Site Type - Street or Open Space (OS)	Quantity
22	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
23/24	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
29/30	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
42/43	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
Side of 50	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Large Open space	3
Opp. 49-50	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Open space	3
Opp. 118	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Open space	3
Opp. 96	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Open space	3
Side of 221	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Open space	3
Side of 156	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Open space	3
221	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
260	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
171/172	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
197/198	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
Side of 199	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Open space	3
206/207	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
203/204	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
211/212	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
213/214	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
76	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
Side of 122	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
124	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
126/127	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
Opp. 129	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
130/131	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
Side of 133	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Open space	3
269/270	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
148/149	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
146/147	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
137	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
235/236	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
237/238	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
258/259	Arthur Griffith Park	Lucan	Street	1
On	Ballynakelly Roundabout	Newcastle	Open space	5
Adjacent to	Ballynakelly Roundabout	Newcastle	Open space	3
Opp. 194	Beech Park House	Lucan	Triangle- open space	2
15	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
21	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
22	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
Side of 10	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
59	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
68/69	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
79	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
Side of 262	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	2
284/285	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
288/289	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
Side of 295A	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
162/163	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
298/299	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
155-side and front	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	2
153/154	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
28	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
27-side of	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
148/149	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
144/145	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
127/128	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
134/135	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
150	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
173	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
192	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
200/201	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
210/211	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
235	Beech Park	Lucan	Street	1
68/69	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
70/71	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
72/73	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
62/63	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
64/65	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
Side of 65	Beech Grove	Lucan	Open space	1
Side of 1	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
Side of 58	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
2/3	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
4/5	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
56/57	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
45/46	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
16/17	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
41/42	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
33	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
29/30	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
Side of 42	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
77-side & front	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	2
78-79	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
80/81	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
84/85	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
90/91	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
92/93	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
98	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	3
99	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
100/101	Beech Grove	Lucan	Street	1
Side of 16	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
Side of 18A	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
49/51	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
71/73	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
85/89	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
87-89	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
91/93	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
97	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
99/101	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
103/105	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
111/113	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
115/117	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
123/125	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
Opp.37-39	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
Opp. 31	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	2
43-45	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
59/61	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
63/65	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
121	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
127A	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
80/82	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
76/78	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
66/68	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
64/66	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
52/54	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
40/42	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
32/34	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
24	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
22/24	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
Side of 1	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	2
7/9	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
13/15	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
23/25	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
27	Culmore Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
18/19	Culmore Park	Palmerstown	Street	1
17/18	Culmore Park	Palmerstown	Street	1
Side of 15	Culmore Park	Palmerstown	Street	1
11/12	Culmore Park	Palmerstown	Street	1
12	Chalet Gardens	Lucan	Street	1
21	Chalet Gardens	Lucan	Street	1
23	Chalet Gardens	Lucan	Street	1
5	Finnspark/Finnswood, Finnstown	Lucan	Open space	5
19	Finnspark, Finnstown	Lucan	Street	2
Opp. 21	Finnspark, Finnstown	Lucan	Open space	1
1/2	Finnspark, Finnstown	Lucan	Street	1
1/3	Finnsvale, Finnstown	Lucan	Street	1
6/8	Finnsvale, Finnstown	Lucan	Street	1
Opp. 10	Finnsview, Finnstown	Lucan	Street	1
2/4	Finnsview, Finnstown	Lucan	Street	1
15	Finnsview, Finnstown	Lucan	Street	1
21/23	Finnswood, Finnstown	Lucan	Street	1
33/35	Finnswood, Finnstown	Lucan	Street	1
36	Finnswood, Finnstown	Lucan	Street	1
25/27	Finnswood, Finnstown	Lucan	Street	1
30	Fforster Court	Lucan	Street	1
Park	Griffeen Valley Park	Lucan	Open Space	11
20/22	Glenaulin Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
26/28	Glenaulin Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
34	Glenaulin Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
56	Glenaulin Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
60/62	Glenaulin Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
Front & side of 68	Glenaulin Road	Palmerstown	Street	2
Front & side of 59	Glenaulin Road	Palmerstown	Street	2
41/43	Glenaulin Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
37/39	Glenaulin Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
33/35	Glenaulin Road	Palmerstown	Street	1
Side of 1	Lucan Heights	Lucan	Street	1
7-8	Lucan Heights	Lucan	Street	1
15/16	Lucan Heights	Lucan	Street	1
66	Lucan Heights	Lucan	Street	1
62/63	Lucan Heights	Lucan	Street	1
56	Lucan Heights	Lucan	Street	1
Side of 46	Lucan Heights	Lucan	Street	1
Side of 32	Lucan Heights	Lucan	Street	1
33/34	Lucan Heights	Lucan	Street	1
102/103	Lucan Heights	Lucan	Street	1
110/111	Lucan Heights	Lucan	Street	1
99	Lucan Heights	Lucan	Street	1
93	Lucan Heights	Lucan	Street	1
88-89	Lucan Heights	Lucan	Street	1
76	Lucan Heights	Lucan	Street	1
Opp. 2	Manor Park	Palmerstown	Street	1
2	Manor Park	Palmerstown	Street	1
6/8	Manor Park	Palmerstown	Street	1
16/18	Manor Park	Palmerstown	Street	1
22/24	Manor Park	Palmerstown	Street	1
Front of	St Andrews Church, Main Street	Lucan	Street	1
14/15	Woodview	Lucan	Street	1
24/25	Woodview	Lucan	Street	1
26/27	Woodview	Lucan	Street	1
28/29	Woodview	Lucan	Street	1
74	Woodview	Lucan	Street	1
72/73	Woodview	Lucan	Street	1
70/71	Woodview	Lucan	Street	1
66/67	Woodview	Lucan	Street	1
62/63	Woodview	Lucan	Street	1
55/56	Woodview	Lucan	Street	1