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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE/FIRHOUSE/BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

QUESTION NO.12

QUESTION: Councillor E. Murphy

Can the Council please provide details of the planning conditions for the development of a creche facility in Dodderbrook estate? Have the Council been in contact with the developer in relation to this matter and when can the residents expect the creche facility to be opened to the public?

 

REPLY:

Dodderbrook Estate – Creche development

1. Planning Conditions

Application SD14A/0180 for a residential development was granted permission on 31/07/2015. An extension of duration of permission SD14A/0180/EP was recently granted on 28/08/2020 which has extended the lifetime of the permission until 31/07/2025. This was to allow the applicant to complete four residential units that have not been constructed to date.

Condition 33 of permission SD14A/0180 concerned the creche and was as follows:

Creche

A creche shall be provided in accordance with details submitted on drawing no. D-1406 entitled ‘Creche Option’.

REASON: in the interests of proper planning and sustainable development of the area.

This condition required the developer to provide a creche on the ground and first floors of unit type E and E1 which are located towards the south of the estate, fronting on to Dodderbrook Drive.

2. Have the Council been in contact with the developer?

The applicant applied for planning permission in 2018 (SD18A/0080) to change the unit designated as the creche to two by two bedroomed apartments. However, this application was refused by SDCC and An Bord Pleanála at appeal. The Planning Authority has not had any further contact with the developer regarding the creche.

3. When will the creche be opened to the public?

The applicant/developer has not confirmed when the creche will be open to the public. The applicant stated in their most recent application (SD14A/0180/EP), which was for the extension of duration of the original permission submitted this year, that the building proposed for the creche has been constructed but its use as a crèche has not yet occurred due to no uptake by an operator.