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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor P. Gogarty

"To ask the Chief Executive for an update and timescales for major projects phased under the Adamstown plan that are scheduled to take place in the next 12 months, including parks, retail services, community buildings, link roads etc and if a statement can be made on the matter?"

 

REPLY:

The delivery of the key infrastructure for Adamstown has been progressing in line with the requirements of phasing under the Scheme. The delivery of housing is linked to the delivery of predetermined infrastructure and phasing is sequential rather than time specific. At this point in the SDZ, the number of units delivered is within the requirements of Phase 3, approaching Phase 4. More recent phases have delivered the following projects/infrastructure in accordance with the Scheme:

The approved Planning Scheme for the Adamstown SDZ requires the provision of approximately 30

hectares of open space within the overall development. This will be provided in a hierarchy consisting of the four main parks contributing approximately 23 hectares and the balance being provided by smaller local parks, greens and hard landscaped areas. As part of the phasing, commencement of either Airlie Park or Tandy’s Lane Park is required in Phase 3 (1,801-2,600 units). Tandy’s Lane Park will be the first large park to be delivered and will commence in Q3 2019. Airlie Park will follow, anticipated to commence in Q4 2019.

Tandy’s Lane Park

Tandy’s Lane Park formed part of a competitive bid submitted by SDCC in October 2016 as part of the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF, which received a total of €20 million funding, approved in March 2017 by the DoEHLG. A procurement process has been undertaken by SDCC and a preferred bidder chosen to provide the following services:

Stage 1 All services to deliver stage I (Review of Preliminary Design/Permitted Plans)

Stage II. All services to deliver stage II (Final Design).

Stage III. All services to deliver stage III (Tender Action &Award).

Stage IV. All services to deliver stage IV (Construction, due to commence Q3 2019).

Stage V. All services to deliver stage V (Handover).

To date the detailed design of the scheme has been progressing in a positive and efficient manner

between SDCC and the consultants.

Airlie Park

Airlie Park forms part of a competitive bid submitted by SDCC in October 2016 as part of the Local

Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund, which received a total of €20 million funding approved in March 2017 by the DoEHLG. The planning application for Airlie Park was lodged by the developer in December 2018 and received planning permission on the 12th of February 2019.

To ensure that the project could be delivered in a timely manner, SDCC ran the procurement process in tandem with the lodgement of the planning application. The procurement process related to:

Stage 1 All services to deliver stage I (Review of Preliminary Design/Permitted Plans)

Stage II. All services to deliver stage II (Final Design).

Stage III. All services to deliver stage III (Tender Action &Award).

Stage IV. All services to deliver stage IV (Construction, anticipated to commence Q4 2019).

Stage V. All services to deliver stage V (Handover).

The Tender process closed off on 25th February 2019 and the submissions are currently being assessed and scored to establish who the tender will be awarded to.

Retail

Currently retail in the form of local convenience has been delivered as part of earlier phasing to the southeast of the Scheme along Adamstown Avenue. The current phase of the Scheme requires a minimum floorspace at either Tobermaclugg Local Centre or Tandy’s Lane Village or the District Centre. Planning permission was granted in February 2019 for a supermarket of 1,693 sq m net retail sales area and a smaller retail/café unit at Tobermaclugg Local Centre.

A 625sq m crèche was also been granted permission in Tobermaclugg, opposite the permitted supermarket, as part of a residential development currently under construction known as Shackleton.

Road Infrastructure

LIHAF funding was successfully sought for the Celbridge Link Road to the west of the Scheme. Detailed design is being undertaken and it is anticipated that work will start on this road in Q3 2019.