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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN, NEWCASTLE, RATHCOOLE, SAGGART AND BRITTAS AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

MOTION NO.6

MOTION: Councillor F. Timmons

That this committee requests that the Director of Housing contact the HSE to investigate the use of land beside and around the Four Districts Day Care Centre that could potentially lead to providing senior accommodation on this prime site in Rathcoole, we ask for a report to be brought to this committee. (Motion reference 71330 in the Development Plan Meetings)

REPORT:

The County Development Plan 2026-2028 came into effect in August 2022. The seven year plan contains the following objective in relation to the Rathcoole Health Centre site:

"To engage with stakeholders and to investigate the possibility of providing senior accomodation on the Rathcoole Health Centre site (protected structure RPS 316), ensuring that any future development is appropriate, having full regard to the setting and integrity of the protected structure, the location of the site within Rathcoole Architectural Conservation Area, and the amenities of adjoining housing and other land-uses."

While we are particularly focused on delivery of current rightsizing projects within the County which includes Sallymills in Clondalkin (formerly referred as Sallypark) and other age friendly projects across the County, parallel work is also underway to progress additional age friendly housing, including in Deanrath/Melrose, Alpine Heights and Citywest within the Clondalkin local electoral area.  Notwithstanding this, contact will be made with the HSE to ascertain their proposals for the site in question which may then be considered for inclusion in the Council's subsequent housing delivery plans and the Committee will be updated in due course if any tangible plans emerge from such discussions.