Sinn Féin Councillors on South Dublin County Council supported a proposal to defer a decision on the proposed housing development at Lindisfarne-Melrose in Clondalkin for four weeks at the recent December Council meeting. Cllr William Carey said that the “Managers proposal was not the best use of this land.” The Clondalkin Councillor called on other Councillors to ‘support the alternative proposal.”
Cllr Carey said: “On Monday December 14th, South Dublin County Council considered the Housing Managers report on the proposed housing development on land between Lindisfarne and Melrose. This proposal runs in parallel with the proposed Child and Family Centre on the same land.” According to Cllr Carey “The Managers proposal was to reduce the number of homes from 29 to 20. The decision on the location of the Child and Family Centre was not discussed and no decision on this has been made to date. ‘The local Councillors were not satisfied with the Managers report and supported a four week deferral of a decision on this matter to secure further changes.
The Councillor continued “We believe that the 29 homes and the Child and Family Centre should be moved across the road to Canal Park. We also feel that the land between Lindisfarne and Melrose could take up to 15 dormer bungalows for local older people who want to downsize, freeing up a further 15 larger family homes for those on the housing list”. “Our proposal would see a significant increase in the total number of new social homes while maintaining a significant portion of the green space between Lindisfarne and Melrose. We will meet with Council management this week to discuss our views. We are urging other Councillors to support our alternative proposal” concluded Cllr William Carey.
