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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

MOTION NO. 8

MOTION: Councillor E. Higgins

"That this Committee gets a comprehensive update on the proposals for a playspace/playspaces in Newcastle."

REPORT:

With regard to Newcastle there is currently no public land available to construct a suitable play space. The Council has made contact with the Department of Education with relation to the possible provision of an interim site for a play space in Newcastle within Department of Education owned lands. The Department has indicated it is willing to consider such a proposal. However the facility proposed is on a temporary basis only as it is the councils understanding the land is not available on a permanent basis. The council has developed an outline plan for a proposed play space and has just received permission from the Department to enter their lands in order to carry out site investigations. The council are now progressing to test the design prior to presenting the design to the Department for their consideration.

In addition, a development firm that has acquired the future building lands within the Newcastle LAP area has expressed an interest in providing a play space ahead of the LAP housing construction. The play spaces designs are centred on two locations in Newcastle and have been presented to the Clondalkin Area Committee members on previous occasions. It is intended to proceed with a Part 8 process for these 2 No. play spaces; however in accordance with the Planning and Development Act a contract is required between the parties prior to the Part 8 commencing. The Council's legal team is currently engaging with the firms appointed solicitors in order to agree the contract. This was subject to much negotiation over the summer months and is on-going. Once the contract is agreed the Part 8 process for the 2 No. play spaces can commence. Clondalkin Area Committee members will be contacted prior to commencement of the Part 8 process