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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING
Thursday, June 17, 2021
MOTION NO. 165
MOTION: Councillor M. Johansson
To add the following to NCBH 7 Objective 9: To collaborate with Fingal County Council to carry out a feasibility study on the use of Shackleton Mills in Lucan for this purpose.
REPORT:
Shackleton Mills is situated on the northern bank of the River Liffey within the administrative area of Fingal County Council. Fingal County Council commissioned a feasibility study in 2018 to explore the conservation and re-use of the mill from an economic and tourism point of view. The report concluded that the cost of re-developing this site was prohibitive due to its location, access and lack of car park facilities and the Council was not in a position to proceed with the project.
Fingal County Council have commissioned and appointed Fitzgerald Kavanagh & Associates to carry out an updated Conservation Report on the site and preliminary surveys are currently taking place.
Due to the specific nature of the motion, it is recommended that an SLO be inserted into the Plan as NCBH 7 SLO 1 with the following wording:
“To investigate the potential of collaborating with Fingal County Council for the re-use of Shackleton’s Mill as a tourism destination given its location in proximity to Lucan Village”.
Recommendation
It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment to include a new NCBH 7 SLO 1 to read:
“To investigate the potential of collaborating with Fingal County Council for the re-use of Shackleton’s Mill as a tourism destination given its location in proximity to Lucan Village”.