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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, April 14, 2025

QUESTION NO. 33

QUESTION: Councillor Joanna Tuffy

To ask the Chief Executive for an update on this 'Overarching Objective' in the County Development Plan "To collaboratively investigate with Kildare County Council the benefits of providing a greenbelt or green space between the growing settlements within South Dublin County and Kildare County Councils within the lifetime of the Development Plan (page 176 Chapter 4 'Green Infrastructure')

REPLY:

The South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028 includes an objective to liaise with Kildare County Council and investigate the benefits of a greenbelt or green space between their respective growing settlements, in particular between Lucan, Adamstown, Leixlip and Celbridge.

At the time of the preparation of the current CDP, South Dublin liaised with KCC Planning Department and agreed that each county would include a reciprocal objective around investigating the need for a green space / greenbelt between the settlements in the two counties. To this end, the Kildare County Development Plan also includes an objective to mirror that of South Dublin.

The Planning Department contacted Kildare in 2024 but at that time Kildare indicated that they were working on a number of Local Area Plans and did not have the resources to undertake further work. As a result, South Dublin has delayed progressing this piece of work but will liaise with Kildare over the coming weeks to ascertain their position. In any event, South Dublin will progress this investigation as part of the wider assessment of all zoning and needs as part of the preparation of the next County Development Plan.