Dublin City Council has
chosen Sandymount as
a pilot area for a Village
Design Statement (VDS),
to be made in conjunction with
the Heritage Council, for inclusion
in the Cityʼs Development
Plan. The Council hopes
the VDS for Sandymount will
be the first of many for historic
villages around Dublin.

The aims of the VDS should
be to assess and describe what
is unique and distinctive about
Sandymount Village and to enhance
these features through
the local planning system and
any other socio-economic
platforms.

Also, there would be a need
to draw up design principles
for future development within
and surrounding the Village
along established planning
guidelines.

The VDS should promote the
management of new development
and advise decision makers
and developers, and should
act as a forum for the local
community to participate, and
collaborate effectively in the
local planning process.

Most importantly, the VDS
should prepare the ground in
collating relevant information,
playing its part in having
Sandymount Village designated
as an Architectural Conservation
Area (ACA) under the
provision of the Planning and
Development Act 2000.

A steering committee drawn
from interested parties has
been formed and represents actual
stakeholders while Solty
Brewster Consulting was successful
with their submission
to the Heritage Council for the
provision of services to assist
and support the community in
the preparation and delivery
of a VDS for Sandymount.

The consultants will work
closely at local level with the
projectʼs steering committee
and report regularly with that
group.

Anyone possessing old photographs
or any information
on the history of the village
and its inhabitants can make a
valuable input into the Village
Design statement by contacting
Lorna Kelly at 2693990
or by mobile phone 086-
8699273.

Even information as to when
your house/ road was built and
by whom is of importance. If
you prefer to deliver the information
in writing, the address
is 15 Castle Park, Sandymount.
Old photographs taken on
the beach would also be of
help. They will be copied and
returned to you.

The above photo of snow
on Sandymount Green is from
March 2001