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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM / TEMPLEOGUE / FIRHOUSE / BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

MOTION NO. 1

MOTION: Councillor Alan Edge

That this Area Committee requests the planning department to evaluate the group of mature oak trees in Dolly's Field, Moyville, Rathfarnham for suitability for a Tree Preservation Order pursuant to Planning & Development Act 2000, s205, on the basis that it is in the interests of amenity & the environment that these trees be preserved.

REPORT:

Please note that that legislation for a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) is set out in Section 205 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended). The request for a TPO is noted. The planning authority will need to research and obtain details in relation to the tree(s) in order to evaluate if the initiation of a TPO process is merited in the context of Section 205. The Planning Authority have commenced liaising with the SDCC Public Realm section to assess the merit of the subject tree.

Section 205(1) of the Act states 'If it appears to the planning authority that it is expedient, in the interests of amenity or the environment, to make provision for the preservation of any tree, trees, group of trees or woodlands, it may, for that purpose and for stated reasons, make an order with respect to any such tree, trees, group of trees or woodlands as may be specified in the order.'