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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN/PALMERSTOWN/FONTHILL AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

MOTION NO. 16

MOTION: Councillor P. Gogarty

That the Manager clarifies any discussions it has had with the owner of the cemetery site opposite Cherbury Park Lucan and further outlines what plans it has in place to ensure that people have a place to bury their loved ones in Lucan in the unlikely event that this facility does not go ahead.

REPORT:

Planning permission for the proposed cemetery opposite Cherbury Estate was granted to the Esker Lawn Cemetery Committee following application in 2010 for the development of 3,640 grave spaces.  The development of the cemetery has not commenced, and the applicant applied for and was granted a 5 year extension on the permission which will expire in February 2023.  The Council has not had contact with the owners of this site and is unaware of their intentions regarding its development.

South Dublin County Council's graveyard at Esker no longer has grave plots for sale at this time.  Development of a small number of additional plots is currently being considered, in a number of locations in the graveyard which were not originally intended for burials.  The Council has adequate provision for grave plots in its three graveyards at Saggart, Newcastle and Bohernabreena where there are currently 1,100 graves available to purchase.  There is provision for the development of an additional 4,800 plots at Bohernabreena.  This provides adequate provision of plots to meet demand for the next 15 to 20 years.  Private graveyards remain open and with plots available to purchase at Kilmashogue, Mount Venus and Newlands Cross also.