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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

MOTION NO. 17

MOTION: Councillor W. Carey

This Area Committee agrees that the manager should expand the "Sports Pavilion" programme to provide community workspace and meeting room within communities where provision of large community centre may not be appropriate or necessary. These spaces to enable community groups to store equipment and act as a base for the positive works being carried out within these communities.

REPORT:

SDCC’s pavilion programme was agreed by the Council as part of its commitment to the health and well-being of its citizens. As clubs grow and develop, facilities such as changing rooms, and secure storage areas become essential to a club’s sustainability and success. A review of the pavilion programme was carried out and presented to the Council in April 2024. The review process identified a requirement for additional capital provision, which was approved for the 2025 budget. The programme will deliver sports changing rooms at 10 locations across the county, to facilitate groups using adjacent pitches / sport in parks as set out in the list below: 

The Part 8s for all the pavillions that still required planning permission (at Collinstown, Kilnamanagh, Sean Walsh Park, Arthur Griffith Park, Tymon Park South, Kiltipper & Willsbrook) were completed and passed by the Council in November and December 2024.

A framework tender for the modular buildings framework using Corkagh & Griffeen as the primary lcoations has recently completed. The detailed design and tender processes were extended due to required changes to the contract documents and requests from tenderers for additional time and that tender is now under assessment.  Once the manufacturers are appointed we will also progress the remaining locations with them as well. The pavillions are specifically planned and designed as changing rooms and are not planned or designed to be used as community rooms and would not be suitable for same. In addition they are located close to sports pitches in the main, which may not be ideally located for the use proposed. The budget agreed is sufficient for the sports pavillions currently underway.