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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN/PALMERSTOWN/NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

MOTION NO. 8

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

That the Chief Executive agrees to take action on a tree at (Address supplied). It is destroying the residents garden due to the roots having now undermined his whole front garden. 

REPORT:

The tree at location specified was surveyed and recommended tree maintenance work – lifting of lower branches - was completed in December 2020.

As stated in the Council's Tree Management Policy 2015-2020 'Living With Trees' - Tree roots in gardens are a natural occurrence and root presence is unlikely to be affected by tree pruning. However, situations where a tree is genuinely generating root encroachment to an exceptional, severe and unreasonable degree are dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

A member of the Council’s Public Realm team will contact the resident to discuss this matter.