COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

MOTION NO. 8

MOTION: Councillor T. Gilligan

"That the Chief Executive outline planning enforcement issues at lands at Rathmill Meadows, Rathcoole regarding bin storage & landscaping as per instructions from An Bord Pleanala, SD18A/0074/ABP-301727-18." 

REPORT:

The development at Rathmill Meadows, Rathcoole, Co Dublin has been the subject of two planning enforcement investigations.

The first investigation, S8292 commenced on the 17^th September 2019. The matter under investigation related to condition 4 of An Bord Pleanála’s Grant of permission 301727-18. This condition required that the developer agree a landscape plan with the Council prior to commencing works. The Council agreed on a landscape plan in March 2020. As there is now an agreed landscape plan in place, the file was closed on 6^th May 2020.

The second investigation, S8413, was initiated on the 17^th February 2020. The matters under investigation related to conditions 1 and 3C of An Bord Pleanála’s Grant of permission 301727-18. The material issues related to the finishes of the bin storage units and the front elevation of the dwellings.

Following an inspection, the front elevations of the dwellings were found to be compliant with Condition 3C. Regarding the bin storage units, the construction materials for these were not the subject of a condition of permission nor were they specified in any of the permitted drawings. Therefore, they could not be considered to be non-compliant with condition 1. For that reason, the Council could not sustain an enforcement action and the file was closed on the 27^th February.