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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

MOTION NO. 7

MOTION: Councillor M. Ward

Cathaoirleach's Business

"That the Council provide a report for discussion in relation to a request from Quarryvale Community Centre to bring a portion of Quarryvale Park into the ownership of the community centre in order to provide much needed car parking spaces." (See map attached)

REPORT:

Quarryvale Park is a designated local park within the County’s Development Plan. The public realm section would not be in favour of decreasing the public open space provision with incremental incursion into our parks and open spaces. Such incursion is detrimental to the green infrastructure of the county. The surfacing of permeable grass areas with hard surfacing is adding to our challenge of addressing climate change and protecting bio diversity. While on an individual scale it may seem insignificant, the incremental reduction in parks and open spaces is having a significant effect at the larger scale. It is unlikely the County Development Plan policies would support the reduction of designated parkland to provide extra parking please see relevant extracts from County Development Plan below.

It is the policy of Council to take a balanced approach to the provision of car parking with the aim of meeting the needs of businesses and communities whilst promoting a transition towards more sustainable forms of transportation.

TM7 Objective 2:

To effectively design and manage parking to ensure the efficient turnover of spaces.

TM7 Objective 3:

To ensure that car parking does not detract from the comfort and safety of pedestrians and cyclists or the attractiveness of the landscape.