COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

QUESTION NO.2

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the Chief Executive for a report into how SDCC will ensure that the old RIC Barracks in Clondalkin will be preserved and not allowed fall into Further decay?

REPLY:

A number of detailed, replies, reports and updates have been provided to date to at Clondalkin ACM by the Councils Architectural Conservation Officer and Planning Enforcement Section. As you may already know several attempt to serve notices on the owner or gain authorised access to the property to facilitate a proper inspection by the Enforcement Section, Planning and Environmental Services, Derelict sites have been exhausted as the owner is in absentia.

Environmental Services confirmed that under the recommendations of the County Architect the derelict sites file was closed, and no further notices have been issued to the absentee owner since last October 2017 by Derelicts Sites.

The property remains in private ownership and therefore it is not the remit of the local authority to determine a use for the property or to carry out any works.

The site is subject of a Specific Local Objective (SLO) in the Draft South Dublin Development Plan 2022 - 2028 which states

'NCBH20 SLO 1: To investigate the purchase and development of the old RIC Barracks on the Old Nangar Road which is a Protected Structure within the present Architectural Conservation Area (ACA).'