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Question: Councillor D. Smith – . “To ask the Chief Executive for an update on plans to defend the community of the Burrow Portrane against coastal erosion and if these plans will be in place before the winter?”

Reply: A more detailed flood study for the Burrow Portrane needs to be undertaken before the any coastal defence proposals can be completed. A tender for this study is to be prepared

Question: Councillor D. Smith – “To ask the Chief Executive who owns the triangular piece of derelict land in the Carlton Court Estate which is currently behind palisade fencing and are there any planning permissions for this piece of land?”

Reply: This site has been inspected under the Derelict Sites Act 1990. The Inspectorate Division has written to the owner to repair the fence on this site. A reply is awaited. A planning application, Register Reference F09A/0059, for the construction of a three bedroom, two storey detached house with car park space and site boundary walls was refused in 2009. There is currently no active planning permission for this piece of land.

Question: Councillor D. Smith: “To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the works for the new Central Mental Hospital in Portrane and how long these works are expected to take?”

Reply: Permission was granted by ABP for the Proposed 170 Bed NFMHS Hospital on lands at St. Ita’s Hospital, Portrane [Order No.06F.PA0037] in May 2015. This permission was subject to 14 conditions. A total of 9 no. conditions of the permission [conditions 3,4,5,6,7,8,10, 12 and 13] required the HSE to formally lodge compliance submissions to be agreed in writing with FCC prior to the commencement of development.

The compliance submissions in respect of these conditions were submitted to and agreed with FCC prior to the commencement of development. Construction work in respect of site clearance and provision of a Haul Road to the south of the Portrane Waste Water Treatment Plant was undertaken following formal acceptance by FCC of the above compliance submissions, however, no construction work has commenced in respect of the main hospital contract due to reasons relating to changes proposed by the HSE to alter elements of the parent permission as outlined hereunder. • Under Section Section 146B of the P.&D. Acts 2000-2015 (ABP Reference Number 06F.PM0006) ABP decided on 9 November 2015 Agenda Item 12 Page 37 NOT FOR PUBLICATION to alter the decision to the terms of the permitted development to include a new condition in respect of construction hours on site. • Under Section146B (ABP Reference Number 06F .PM0009, the HSE has made a further request dated 10th June 2016 to ABP to alter the terms of the development of the proposed NFMHSH on lands at St. Ita’s Hospital Portrane.

ABP has determined that that the proposed alteration would constitute a material alteration to the terms of the development. This most recent alteration sought is described as follows: 1. Reduce the depth of excavation across the main campus area west of the Reception Building by one metre, with a consequent upward adjustment by the same amount of the finished floor and roof levels of (a) the Village Centre, (b) the Medium Secure Unit, (c) the High Secure Unit, (d) the MHID Unit, (e) the Female Unit and (f) the Pre-discharge Unit and the associated ground levels; 2. Undertake re-contouring and infilling with soil of the permitted horticultural area, south of the previously permitted berm, to a maximum level as shown on the drawings with this application, to marry in with the revised levels of the campus; 3. Utilise soil on Compartment 20 East, by spreading to a depth not exceeding 300mm settled depth, in order to improve its suitability for development of a natural grassland habitat on previously intensively farmed arable lands. A response in respect of this most recent Section146 B alteration request was made by Fingal County Council to ABP on 24 august 2016. A final determination by ABP on this alteration has yet to be made.

Motion: Councillor D. Smith “That this Committee agree that traffic calming measures are required for the Castleview/Ashton Broc estates in Swords in light of recent incidents including a serious traffic accident.”

Report: The estate in Castleview/ Aston Broc has a 50kph speed limit. The through road is over 500m in length. There are 2 accesses to the estate. The road through the estate is not straight but was constructed with curves to discourage speeding. In addition there is extensive nose to kerb parking which would make the installation of traffic calming ramps more difficult. The installation of traffic calming measures are therefore not recommended.

Motion: Councillor D. Smith “That this Committee agrees to remove the unsightly and overgrown mounds on the green space beside Castlegrange Way, known locally as the muck hills and replace with landscaped planting or flat grass in line with the rest of the green space linking Jugback Lane to Castlegrange.”

Report: No budgetary provision was made for these works this year. The site will be examined to determine if this work can be carried out within existing resources.

Question: Councillor D. Smith “To ask the Chief Executive are there any plans to put a path across the green space between Cherry Avenue and the bus stop on Rathingle Road?”

Reply: Paths are only installed across open space where no safe alternative route exists. There is an adequate paved route that goes around the open space.