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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM / TEMPLEOGUE / FIRHOUSE / BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

MOTION NO. 4

MOTION: Councillor Yvonne Collins

That the Chief Executive considers a Tree Preservation Order, in the interests of amenity and the environment, to protect the trees along the banks of the Owendoher River in Rathfarnham, particularly from Willowbank to Glenbrook

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. Concerns are raised in respect of the absence of a specific map of this request.

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.'