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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM / TEMPLEOGUE / FIRHOUSE / BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

MOTION NO. 11

MOTION: Councillor Y. Collins

That this Council defers the Part 8 in relation to the proposed redevelopment of Rathfarnham Castle stables and outbuildings to allow for a pre-statutory public consultation process to provide an opportunity for input in relation to the proposed development in advance of the formal Part 8 process. 

REPORT:

The Council is in the early stages of the preparation of a development proposal for the Rathfarnham Stables and Outbuildings project, with initial survey work presently ongoing. In this regard, there is no Part 8 prepared so as a result there is no Part 8 to defer.

As a project, there are two stages to the process, with the initial preparation of a masterplan for the stable/courtyard buildings, which will provide a high-level proposal that responds to the architectural form, scale, design, and potential uses of the buildings, as well as dealing with matters such as conversation, accessibility, connectivity and car-parking (to name but a few). Once a draft masterplan and an associated public consultation proposal has been prepared, this will be presented to Elected Members. Following this, public consultation on the draft masterplan will take place, which will then inform the second stage of the process, which is the preparation of a Part 8 for the project. The Part 8 will then be subject to a statutory public consultation process, the findings of which will inform a Part 8 report that will be brought before the Council for consideration.