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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

QUESTION NO. 11

QUESTION: Councillor E. Ó Broin

To ask the Chief Executive if he agrees that a ground contamination survey should be conducted in the buildings associated with Saggart Paper Mills to ensure that there are no unexpected contaminants buried beneath the buildings, before any new uses of the Mills are decided?

REPLY:

In relation to the Saggart paper mills, there is an active planning application (reg. ref. SD24A/0092W) pending final assessment and decision after a further period of public consultation concluded on 7th April. The council’s decision on this application is due on 22nd April.

It would be inappropriate to pre-empt the outcome of the planning department’s assessment and the decision of the Council. The Council’s full assessment will be publicly available following the publication of the decision on the planning application.