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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

QUESTION NO.19

QUESTION: Councillor C. Brady

To ask the manager for an update on the Lucan House Masterplan, including a summary of the public consultation activities, the number of citizens engaged by each type of activity, the number of responses to the online survey, whether further activities may be considered to enhance reach and participation, including the possibility of extending the public online survey.

REPLY:

The Lucan House Master Plan is progressing through consultation, baseline surveys and feasibility stage, all of which will inform the final Masterplan. The consultation has been very successful to date with five workshop style sessions completed with various groups such as business groups, local clubs and organisations, critical stakeholders, and the public. The workshop style allowed for interactive sessions with the number of attendances ranging from 10-15 per group. In addition, two sessions were run with both primary and secondary school students separately. The survey which has been running for the last four weeks and has been extended to a closing date of 18th of March. There have been 306 responses to date.

A rigorous marketing campaign inviting participation in the survey and workshops was employed. This has included the Council website (on the SDCC News and Lucan House page) and across all social media channels (FB, Instagram, LinkedIn etc.).  Social media and news were pushed weekly right up until the closing date. A letter drop was carried out to 441 commercial units and 2500 residential units from Monday 17th February across Lucan advertising the survey and public events. Posters were put around the town in various places and the survey was also printed in hardcopy and left in the library and post office for those who may not engage with the online consultation portal. Notice of the consultation was put in the Parish newsletter which has an estimated 3000 readers, and it was also advertised in the Liffey Champion Newspaper.

The feedback from the consultation is being sent to our architect and it’s a very iterative process. The consultation must have closing date to allow for concept design to begin and to maintain programme timelines. Once the consultation phase ends, the communication consultants will be preparing a concise Consultation Report, and it inform and sit as an appendix to the Masterplan itself.