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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

QUESTION NO.7

QUESTION: Councillor Joanna Tuffy

To ask for an update regarding the works being carried out at layby between the Old Lucan Road (R835) and St. Joseph's College Lucan, and shown in the attached photo and the intentions of the Council regarding taking in charge.

REPLY:

The works currently being carried out on Lucan Road are required under St Joseph’s College Lucan’s planning conditions. 

These works provide for improved footpaths, set down areas and school bus laybys. The developer is required to comply with his license conditions, including, completion of works to the Councils standards.

“No formal discussions have taken place in relation to Taking in Charge of these works.  Some of the works that are being carried out under the school planning permission are in the existing public realm areas.  In these cases these areas would come back into public ownership once the works are carried out satisfactorily in accordance with their granted planning permission. 

There may be small areas that are not currently in public realm that may be offered for TIC by the school.  If this is the case, SDCC would have to consider the general public utility of the area being offered, and the financial implications on the Council of Taking it in Charge.  And depending on the size of the area, we may have to go through a formal TIC procedure to properly take the new area in charge.”