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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

MOTION NO.6 

MOTION: Councillor T. Gilligan

That this Area Committee requests the manager replaces the green palisade fencing in kilcarberry & kilcarberry grange

REPORT:

Permission for this development (1034 no. dwellings) was granted under the Strategic Housing Development Process (ABP Reg. Ref. ABP-305267-19 as amended by ABP Ref. ABP-312219-21). At pre-planning stage, SDCC Planning requested more information be provided at application stage in relation to boundary treatments. A number of "Boundary Plan" drawings were submitted at planning application stage relating to different parts of the site. Boundary treatments include (i) 1.5m high concrete post and timber panel fences between back gardens (ii) timber gates to some back gardens (iii) 2m high rendered/fair-faced concrete block wall to some rear gardens (iv) 1.2m high black galvanised parkland metal railing - 3 bar to front boundaries of some apartment blocks and front of some dwellings (v) 1.2m high black galvanised parkland metal railing - 4-bar to parts of site perimetre e.g. southwestern perimetre (vi) hedge planting treatments (vii) stone-faced pier, cap and wall to estate entrance. The Board did not impose a condition requiring any further specification or detailing around boundary treatments, as such the boundary treatment plans submitted are approved. The Board imposed a general landscaping condition (condition 8) on the grant of permission requiring the agreement of details in writing: "The site shall be landscaped in accordance with the submitted scheme of landscaping,details of which shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the planning authority prior to commencement of development..."  The applicant subsequently submitted some landscaping details including details around some boundary hedges, the submitted landscaping details were deemed not acceptable in March 2023 and agreement of same is outstanding. The Committee is advised that if pre-planning consultations were ongoing in relation to any additional amendment planning application relating to the site, the Planning Authority could not advise the Committee of same unless/until a planning application were submitted. The green palisade fencing erected to the boundaries of the development site relate to the construction phase only, boundary treatments of this type would not be accepted by the Planning Authority as suitable final boundary given their industrial-type appearance. If alternative boundary treatments were proposed by the developer, the planning authority would consider same having regard to the adopted County Development Plan 2022-2028.