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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor Peter Kavanagh

"To ask the Chief Executive, what are the current studies being undertaken as part of informing the Green Infrastructure Strategy and what components are desk based and what components are based on new field studies?"

REPLY:

The methodology and approach to the development of a Green Infrastructure Strategy requires elements of desktop investigation, collation of existing surveys as well as on the ground surveys and mapping. A Green Infrastructure map is being produced of the entire County to Fosset Level 2 and more detailed surveys will also be carried out in the nine case study areas.

The initial stage of this project involved collation of all available data sources such as survey works, investigations, environmental assessments and plans that exist at a local level. Any resources holding information on current provision of GI and Open Space across the County were compiled. There are extensive existing surveys available within the council which included resources and services provided by many Council Departments [existing data and mapping where available] including Parks and Open Spaces, walking routes (short and long), recreational facilities, playgrounds, natural areas, car parking, toilets, tourist facilities, green infrastructure, drainage, transport routes, SuDS, public realm, housing areas, cemeteries, street trees, allotments and planning and development management to assess quantity and quality of current provision and adequacy versus demographics.

The second stage comprises of four research strands which provide the foundation and evidence base on which to build both the GI Strategy and the POS Strategy. It involves both desktop studies and on the ground surveys and mapping.