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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

MOTION NO.5

MOTION: Councillor P. Foley

Cathaoirleach's Business

"Last weekend the Developer of the Ladywell Development at Corrybeg, Templeogue removed 30-year-old trees without permission. Could something be done about this?  Corrybeg is not the first place for this to happen. Developers are ripping out mature trees knowing that there is no penalty from the Council. The Council’s approach in dealing with this should be reviewed. Until the Council gets serious about it, it will still be seen, by Developers, as the easy way to deal with “problem trees”."

REPORT:

"The site is being developed under planning permission SD14A/0107 which granted permission for 16 dwellings.

Condition 16 of SD14A/0107 relates to ‘Tree Protection’ of the existing trees on site. However, condition 16 specifically excludes the street trees from this protection by stating - ‘This excludes the existing Sorbus street trees, in which case it is most unlikely that these can be realistically retained during construction works.’ The trees which have been removed are the street trees referred to in condition 16."