Parks: New playground at Clonkeen Park, Deansgrange

Overview

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council wishes to develop local, accessible playground facilities in the Clonkeen Park area of Deansgrange.

The proposed playground will principally cater for local children of mixed age groups up to twelve with supervising adults.

Data Protection Notice

Please note that only submissions through the above official channels will be considered and submissions to dlr County Council will be shared with M-CO, who are assisting us with public consultation.

This survey is being carried out to find out your views on the proposed provision of a play space. The information gathered will only be used for this purpose and will not be used for any other purposes. For further information, you can access the Council’s Data Protection page here

M-CO (www.mco.ie link) are a multidisciplinary strategic design and project management consultancy.  They have been engaged by Dún Laoghaire- Rathdown County Council to support the public consultation process.

Why your views matter

This consultation aims to engage with the community, to gather ideas and local insight, to form the basis of the new playground design. Local communities are being invited to complete this online survey and share their ideas. 

This feedback will help create a brief and specification for the playground to be tendered out to design and build, during 2025.       

The consultation program aims to:

• Determine the main users of the playground.
• Determine support for the playground.
• Gather ideas from the community for the playground design.

Community engagement activities being undertaken as part of this process include:

• Public Consultation Survey
• Posters promoting the consultations
• Social media
• Engagement with local Councillors.
• An information workshop will be held 6.30-7.30pm Monday 2^nd December in Kill O'The Grange Parish Hall, Kill Lane, Deansgrange. Please RSVP if you plan to attend to mgordon@mco.ie

If you would prefer to share your views in a different format, official submissions can also be made by:

• Emailing parksconsultations@dlrcoco.ie with submissions in your preferred format or,
• As a written submission by post or in person, clearly marked with:

Proposed Play Space at Clonkeen, Parks and Landscape Services, Department of Community and Cultural Development, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, County Hall, Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. Post Code A96 K6C9.

The consultation opens from Friday, November 22^nd 2024, and runs until Friday January 3^rd 2025. 

Late submissions will not be accepted.