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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, June 17, 2021

MOTION NO.

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell, Councillor P. Gogarty, Councillor E. Ó Broin, Councillor L. O'Toole

It shall be an objective of the County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 that SDCC investigate, secure, signpost and open up to the public the traditional right of way from the cottages on the Old Street, Mill Lane, Palmerstown, to where it enters Waterstown Park and from Waterstown Park to Hermitage Golf Club with a footbridge over the Liffey at this point to continue the right of way along the Strawberry Beds..

REPORT:

The provisions of  EDE23 Objective 2: sets out a process for creation of Public Rights of Way. These are set out below. Individual proposals for the creation of public rights of way will be considered as part of the steps set out in EDE23 Objective.

EDE23 Objective 2

To identify, in a logical and sequenced way, existing public rights of way in relevant

areas of the County and to investigate the creation of new public rights of way by taking the following steps

within two years of adoption of the Plan:

  1. Identify and map those areas within the County which have the potential to give access to

mountain, lakeshore, riverbank or other places of natural beauty or recreational utility.

  1. Examine the identified areas for existing access routes.
  2. Investigate whether existing access routes are public rights of way and where there is an

understanding that a public right of way may exist undertake the necessary steps for consultation set out

in the Planning Acts.

  1. Once verified, map and identify those public rights of way in the Development Plan
  2. Where public rights of way do not exist and access would be appropriate, consider using public

rights of way agreements available under section 206 of the Planning and Development Acts

  1. Where public rights of way agreements are not possible, consider the use of compulsory purchase

orders under section 207 of the Planning and Development Acts.

The PRW requested in this motion will be investigated as part of that process. This is to ensure that all proposals including that referred to in this motion are methodically investigated.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the motion be amended reflect that the intent of the motion is addressed through the provisions of  EDE23 Objective 2

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