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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

MOTION NO.4

MOTION: Councillor C. Brady

This committee calls on the CEO to engage with residents in the LPNC area in advance of significant tree planting, specifically where such planting is proposed: • within a residential estate, • on a green space that is actively used by the local community, and • where an active residents' association exists. This is to ensure that residents are given the opportunity to provide input on the proposed planting, including location, scale, and species, so that plans reflect local use and community priorities.

REPORT:

SDCC planted 3,651 trees across the entire county during the 2024/2025 tree planting season.  The planting locations include whole estates, individual roads within estates, main roads and parks.  It is not possible to engage with residents on individual locations due to the volume of tree planting that takes place throughout the county during the planting programme. In addition, many of the locations where trees were planted do not have resident associations or community groups that could be contacted.

To ensure that information regarding planting locations is disseminated to residents a Headed Item report will be presented to future Area Committee meetings in advance of the planting season.  An update on the 2024/2025 Tree Planting Programme was presented to the ACM in February 2025 under Headed Item 9.