COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, February 24, 2020

QUESTION NO. 15

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

"To ask the Chief Executive to confirm plans for the provision of Community and Recreation Facilities in Citywest; will he detail contacts he has had with the local community in respect of this urgent need and will he make a statement?"

REPLY:

There have been several grants of planning permission in recent years within the area covered by the Fortunestown Local Area Plan, which incorporate provision for recreational and community facilities.

The provision of community and recreational facilities to meet the current and future population projections in the Citywest area is a priority for the Community Department, which works very closely with the Planning Department in relation to proposed housing developments and the associated community and recreational infrastructure that required to meet the needs of the residents being accommodated.

There remains land within the Fortunestown Local Area Plan (LAP) area which does not benefit from planning permission and which has yet to be built out. Having regard to this, the time period of the LAP was extended by the Council in 2017 until June 2022.

It should be noted that South Dublin County Council cannot compel prospective applicants to submit planning applications, however the fact that a LAP has been prepared signals that this area is attractive for development.

Additional factors, including the extension of the LAP time period to 2022, provision in legislation for the fast-tracking of planning applications via the Strategic Housing Development process and the current positive economic climate, mean that it may reasonably be expected that planning applications which may secure the delivery of the objectives for community infrastructure contained in the Local Area Plan, would be submitted in the near future.