Hillcrest Road Improvement Scheme, Sandyford, Dublin 18

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Proposed Development: Hillcrest Road Improvement Scheme, Sandyford, Dublin 18

PC/IC/02/25

In accordance with Part 8, Article 81 of the Planning and Development Regulations, 2001 (as amended), Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council hereby gives notice of the proposed works: 

Upgrade of the Hillcrest Road from Lambs Cross junction to Kilgobbin Road junction (660m approx.) to include facilities for pedestrians and cyclists, as follows:

• Widening of the existing road, including footpaths and cycle tracks on both sides
• Walls, retaining walls, fencing and other boundary treatments
• Accommodation works to existing properties
• Diversion of existing utilities and provision of new utilities/services
• Public lighting
• Associated landscaping works

In accordance with S.I. 476, 2011, Section 250, Planning and Development (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations, 2011 and S.I. 296, 2018 European Union (Planning and Development) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2018, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has carried out screenings and has determined the following: 

• An Appropriate Assessment is not required 
• There is no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment so therefore the preliminary assessment has concluded that an Environmental Impact Assessment Report is not required. 

Any person may, within 4 weeks from the date of this notice, apply to An Bord Pleanála for an EIA screening determination as to whether the development would be likely to have significant effects on the environment. 

Plans and particulars of the proposals are now available for inspection up to and including Friday 6^th June 2025, at the following:

• Planning Department, County Hall, Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire, between the hours 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.  Monday to Friday, excluding Bank Holidays
• Council Offices, Dundrum Office Park, Dundrum, between the hours 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding Bank Holidays
• on ‘DLR Consultation Hub’ Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council - Citizen Space or via the Council’s website homepage www.dlrcoco.ie.

Submissions or observations with respect to the proposed development, and dealing with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area in which the development would be situated, may be made in writing on or before 5 p.m. Friday 20^th June 2025 as follows:

(a) in writing to Senior Engineer, Capital Projects Office, Infrastructure and Climate Change Department, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.  A96 K6C9.

(b) DLR consultations on the Council’s website at www.dlrcoco.ie or Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council - Citizen Space

(c) by email to capitalprojects@dlrcoco.ie

Submissions or observations should be clearly marked “Proposed Development: Hillcrest Road Improvement Scheme”.  All comments, including names of those making comments, submitted to the Council regarding this scheme will form part of the statutorily required report to be presented at a meeting of the elected members. Accordingly, they will also be included in the minutes of that meeting and may appear in the public domain. 

Senior Engineer, Capital Projects Office

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, County Hall, Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin, A96 K6C9. 

Comhairle Contae Dhún Laoghaire-Ráth an Dúin, Halla an Chontae, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Átha Cliath, Éire.

Tel: 01 205 4700

Email: info@dlrcoco.ie Web: www.dlrcoco.ie

7^th May 2025