Ringsend Irishtown Local Environment Improvement Plan (LEIP)

Overview

• On 6th November 2014 a meeting, called by Cllr Dermot Lacey, was held in Ringsend Library to raise the concerns of local residents and traders about the library plaza area.
• Arising from this a motion from Cllr. Flynn was agreed at the South East Area Committee (SEAC) on 8th December 2014 to redesign the Library precinct and environs a brief was drawn up and provided to the SEAC in November 2015.
• After a tender competition in early 2016, Mitchell and Associates were appointed in March 2016 to oversee the compilation of Local Environment Improvement Plan (LEIP) for Ringsend and Irishtown.
• Consultations commenced in January 2016, beginning with an open morning in Ringsend Library. Initial internal consultations with relevant Dublin City Council departments took place during March and April 2016. Public workshops were held in RICC on 8^th June 2016 and 7^th December 2016 to canvas local opinion and focus the ideas already collected with a view to producing a draft plan.

The Draft Ringsend Irishtown Local Environment Improvement Plan (LEIP) will be displayed on the Dublin City Council Website and in Ringsend Library and Ringsend Irishtown Community Centre for a period of six weeks from Wednesday 18^th January 2017 until close of business on Tuesday 28^th February 2017. Comments and submissions can be sent during this time to southeast@dublincity.ie or South East Area Office, Dublin City Council, Block 2, Floor 4, Civic Offices, Dublin 8.

Following that the plan as amended will be brought to the South East Area Committee of Dublin City Council for adoption in 2017.

What happens next

Dublin City Council will prepare a report taking into account all submissions received,  which will inform the final document and  then be presented to the Elected Members.