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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

QUESTION NO. 7

QUESTION: Councillor L. de Courcy

To ask the Chief Executive for an explanation as to why 4 proposed locations for a storage unit for Cherrywood Tidy Town were rejected. The group is actively working to improve their community and needs the storage unit for their equipment. They have other suggestions for locations but feel frustrated as they were not given reasons why their previous suggestions were rejected as the why will help them suggest better locations. Three of the suggested locations are on the attachment, the 4th was in Corkagh Park allotments.

REPLY:

It is the experience of the Public Realm Section that containers tend to attract anti-social activities when they are located in public places.  For this reason the Public Realm Section is not in favour of installing storage containers in residential areas.  The 3 suggested locations on the attachment are considered unsuitable as there are in close proximity to houses in Kilcarberry Court, Kilcarberry Avenue and Oldchurch Crescent and would place an unacceptable burden on residents living nearby.

The 4^th location in Corkagh Park Allotments is not considered suitable as it would alienate the land within the allotments from the purpose that it was provided for.