COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE/FIRHOUSE/BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

QUESTION NO.11

QUESTION: Councillor E. Murphy

Can details of the planning conditions for the Primary Care Centre development in Ballyboden please be provided? There have been significant numbers of complaints from residents in relation to the contractors starting work at 7am on site.

 

REPLY:

The primary care centre on Grounds adjoining St. Augustines Priory, Edmondstown Road, Dublin 16, was granted planning permission under SD13A/0222, on appeal to An Bord Pleanála (ABP Ref. PL 06S.243622). In 2019, the permission was extended under SD13A/0222/EP. The Board’s decision contains the relevant planning conditions and can be found at http://www.pleanala.ie/casenum/243622.htm. Alternatively, the decision can be found on South Dublin County Council’s website at http://www.sdublincoco.ie/Planning/Details?p=1&r=sd13a%2F0222&regref=SD13A%2F0222.

Relevant Condition

Condition No. 4 of the decision reads as follows:

"The construction of the development shall be managed in accordance with a Construction Management Plan, which shall be submitted to, and agreed in writing with, the planning authority prior to commencement of development. This plan shall provide details of intended construction practice for the development, including hours of working, noise management measures, traffic management measures and off-site disposal of construction and demolition waste.

Reason: In the interests of public safety and residential amenity"

Working Hours

The effect of condition 4 is that the developer must submit proposed working hours and the council must agree them. The developer has submitted working hours which match the standard construction hours usually imposed by South Dublin County Council, and the Planning Authority has agreed with those hours being imposed here. The hours of work are as follows:

• Mondays to Fridays – 7am to 7pm.
• Saturdays – 8am to 1pm
• No works on Sundays, public holidays or bank holidays.

Use of heavy machinery is further limited to between the hours of 8am and 7pm on weekdays, and 9am and 1pm on Saturdays. This includes the operation of generators.

Noise

The developer has also proposed to liaise with neighbour prior to works taking place, to let them know when and for how long works will be undertaken.

 

Any complaints regarding breaches of the above working times should be forward to the Enforcement section. Complaints in relation to noise can also be made to the Environmental Health Officer.