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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
MOTION NO.9
MOTION: Councillor M. Johansson
That the Chief Executive examine possible actions to deal with a lot of very large trees in the Wheatfield estate in North Clondalkin, residents are becoming concerned about the size of the trees and some have asked if trees could be moved to alternative locations such as Collinstown Park.
REPORT:
In line with the Council's Tree Management Policy ‘Living With Trees’, the focus of the Tree Maintenance Programme is on entire roads or whole estates. Wheatfield estate is not scheduled for tree maintenance works on the current Tree Maintenance Programme. Wheatfields was pruned in 2020. It will be listed as part of a future Tree Maintenance Programme.
The option of moving large trees to an alternative location would not be feasible for a number of reasons.
- It would not be possible to access and remove enough roots to form a root ball because the trees are growing in grass verges adjacent to paths and roads.
- There would be underground services going through root zones of the tree which would prevent the trees from being lifted.
- The operation to relocate mature trees is costly and is generally only carried out for trees of note with the process undertaken over a full growing season.