Beech Park Residents Association (BPRA)

Serving the residents of the Beechpark-foxrock area within DLRCC

• We will try to lead  with action & not administration e.g how to achieve quick wins that benefit our area 

• You do not need to be a commitee member to have a voice within the residents association

• We can act as the link to councillors and DLRCC and advocate for improvements like road repairs, traffic calming, or better street lighting

• We can help to coordinate environmental projects, such as grass cutting, litter "clean-up days," and planting schemes to keep our area tidy.

• We can help to organize community-building events like summer projects, family fun days, and Christmas celebrations to foster neighborly bonds.

• We can can apply for community grants funding for the area as it is registered in the PPN

• We can work alongside local Gardaí to establish or maintain Neighbourhood Watch schemes to improve local security

A Vision of what a residents association can do and achieve in a stream lined structure 

• Carry out normal residents association activities as outlined above 

• Act as a sports club for the area 

• Act as a gardening club for the area 

• Act as a men and womans shed 

Implementing these types of elements under one structure and entity could have major benefits and reduce imput and duplication required by relevant commitee members etc. This type of idea would need to be fully validated etc 

Lowest input & highest output key principles within any entity

• Build knowledge and use the skills of the membership group in any way you can to become more agile and efficient 

• Do not be a "talking shop" define clear actions, goals and get them completed

• Multiple small actions over time build into much larger achievements  when viewed from the cumulative perspective 

• Do not implement any process, procedure or technology unless you have validated the benefits, costs & defined KPI's (key performance indicators)

• Implement the KISS principle in all situations (Keep it simple stupid)

• The time requirement for a committee member should no more than 1 to 2 hours  per week. My overall aim would be 1 hour per week and there should be no situations that a commitee member would spend more than 2 hours on any given actions or activities in any given week

•  Micro volunteers or people with specialist knowledge may be requested to help with certain actons or activities. The amount of time a person could provide in any given situation would be discussed and agreed as required

Note: time is a precious  commodity and any person participating with the residents association should only give there time if they have the time to give and getting something from there time commitment etc

The point is a residents association can achieve results with low levels of time requirements from people if proper planning and thought is put into relevant actions and activities carried out and managed through a residents association. In some respects a residents association activities should become self managing through the memberdhip group if all the relevant elements are defined and implemented in the correct manner

History

The original Beech Park / South Park houses were built by Park Developments from 1962 onwards. The land developed was originally within the Barony of Rathdown.

https://parkdevelopments.ie/our-history/

Streets to be included in the residents association (LF electoral area)

• South Park.

• South Park Drive.

• Beech Park.

• Beech Park Road.

• Beech Park Drive.

• Beech Park Grove.

• Beech Park Avenue

• Old bray road

• Grange Park.

• Clonkeen Drive

• Clonkeen Road

• Foxrock Wood. 

• Pembrin Wood

• Foxrock Wood 

• Grange Park

Note: There is an existing residents association currently in operation for the three streets above 

Anti-Apartheid & our area 

The founder of Anti-Apartheid Ireland Kader Asmal Lived on Beech Park Road 

• https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/south-africa-and-the-wearing-of-the-green-1.4251574

• https://www.iccl.ie/archive/a-tribute-to-kader-asmal-from-michael-farrell-former-co-chair-of-the-iccl/

There is plaque on the wall of his old house

Some statistics related to the Foxrock-beechpark area. 

Most of the data has been taken from the 2022 census for the A7 Foxrock-Beechpark electoral area (www.cso.ie).

• The median value of houses sold in Dublin 18 as of March 2025 was €645K. House price value of houses within our specific area would be considerable above the median value.

• There are 394 houses in the Foxrock-Beechpark area built between 1961-1970, thus our area contains most of that old housing stock.

• There are 1758 persons living in the Foxrock-beechpark area.

• There are 439 persons under the age of 25 in the Foxrock-beechpark area.

• There are 344 retired persons in the Foxrock-beechpark area.

• There are 488 households heated by gas and 93 households heated by oil in the Foxrock-beechpark area.

• There are 159 households in the Foxrock-beechpark area that have installed at least one renewable energy source by any type.

• There are 592 households with broadband in the Foxrock-beechpark area.

• There are 455 persons in the Foxrock-beechpark area working from home.

• There are 577 households with 1 or more cars in the Foxrock-beechpark area.

• Dublin 18 has more A rated houses than any other area in the Dublin region, however, there may be no A rated homes in our area.

Note: the data above was accurate as per 2022 and will have changed between 2022 and 2025.

Note: As per 2026 indicitive property values, the overall value of the properties within the erea  of circa 400  houses would be in excess of 350 million euros