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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE/FIRHOUSE/BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

MOTION NO. 3

MOTION: Councillor Yvonne Collins

That the Chief Executive set out, in step by step form, the procedure which must be followed by the residents of Otterbrook, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 in order to have their estate taken in charge, to include the conditions and procedures for holding a plebiscite, and any relevant paperwork which must be completed in order to have a plebiscite and effect the taking in charge

REPORT:

For a development to be Taken in Charge a developer would be required to make submission under the 18 headings as listed in the Council's Taking in Charge Policy document. This procedure is developed to protect the Council from faulty and low standard developments being taken into public maintenance.

In the case of Otterbrook, it has taken a considerable amount of time to research and compile the historic documentation that exists for the development. In the last week of April 2020, following a review of the above documentation the Council has made the decision to go to public consulation of the Otterbrook Estate. 

The procedure will commence in the coming weeks and will last about 3-4 months before the procedure is complete and subject to it being ratified by the full membership of the Council at a full Council meeting.