Parks: New playground at Clonkeen Park, Deansgrange

Closed 3 Jan 2025

Opened 22 Nov 2024

Contact

Linda-Jane Kenny

(Parks and Landscape Officer)

01-2054700

parks@dlrcoco.ie

Results updated 28 Mar 2025

Public Consultation Update – Clonkeen Park,Deansgrange Play space

dlr undertook the following community engagement activities, as part of the concept design for a play space in Clonkeen Park, Deansgrange.

  • Engagement with local Councillors.
  • Dedicated consultation sessions and workshops for community members, local groups and schools to share their ideas and feedback.
  • Online Public Consultation Survey open from 22nd of November 2024– 3rd of January 2025.
  • Social media campaigns and posters, flyers and leaflet drops promoting engagement.
  • Two in-person consultation events, one on 2nd of December, from 6.30-8pm at Kill O ’Grange Community Centre, and Primary school consultations at Kill O’ Grange National School on the 4th of December with 2nd & 6th class.

 

The consultation aimed to engage with the community, to gather ideas and local insight, to form the basis of the new playground design. 

The response from the public in relation to this was generally positive. Analysis of the feedback received, indicates that the majority of respondents, were in favour of the addition of play facilities to Clonkeen Park. Based on this positive feedback, it is proposed to proceed with the local play space in Clonkeen Park and playground, including toddler play, for ages 0-5 and 6-11. 

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

The attached reports detail this engagement and identifies the key hopes and concerns that were raised during the consultation process.

 

Files:

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.

M-CO 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.

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.

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 2nd December in Kill O'The Grange Parish Hall, Kill Lane, Deansgrange. If you plan to attend, please RSVP 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, A96 K6C9.

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

Late submissions will not be accepted. 

Events

  • Information workshop Clonkeen Park

    From 2 Dec 2024 at 18:30 to 2 Dec 2024 at 19:30

    An information workshop will be held in Kill O'The Grange Parish Hall, Kill Lane, Deansgrange. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to mgordon@mco.ie

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Areas

  • Dun Laoghaire Electoral Area

Audiences

  • All residents

Interests

  • Playgrounds