South County
Business Park occupies a key position within the IDA Eastern
Region Portfolio of properties. The Park contain some of
Irelands leading technology companies. The park is set out
in an informal campus style, and it is this landscape parkland
quality which the ongoing management brief addresses.
The brief for the management of the Park began in 1992,
and this stage entailed a survey of all common areas,
woodlands and mature trees. From this inventory, a management
strategy was developed for all common areas. The existing
woodlands were severely overgrown with laurel, and one
of the first operations undertaken was the clearance and
eradication of the Laurel, in order that the woodland
areas would begin to regenerate and provide a greater
diversity of ground flora.
The site area forms a part of and old estate grounds,
and there are extensive numbers of mature trees and plantings.
A programme of remedial works to exisiting trees provided
greater longevity to the existing parkland specimens.
The practice also advised on new building construction
and was involved in the review of new building proposals
where they impacted on existing mature tree cover. Further
work involves the replenishment of tree stocks within
the park area with annual programme of tree planting in
selected areas.
One of the most significant parts of this brief has been
the management of landscape quality and the creation of
ecological diversity. Over the period of the brief to
date, the park has improved both visually and ecologically
through the application of an ongoing programme of maintenance.
