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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

MOTION NO. 11

MOTION: Councillor E. Tuffy

That this Committee, noting the Report on Motion No. 17 at the Area Committee Meeting of 26th March, and particularly that there is no legislation regulating the use of TVB screens in the windows of retail; shops and Licensed Premises, requests the Manager, having regard to the Council's Villages Initiative which includes amongst its aims the support of sustainable businesses in the County's villages, requests the manager to produce a set of Guidelines which regulates, but allows in principle, the use of TV screens in the ground floor windows of businesses in Lucan Village.

REPORT:

As stated in response to the previous motion there is no specific policy in relation to the positioning of TV screens in the windows of commercial premises. Such internal installations would generally be considered to be exempted development, although the size and scale of the screens would have to be considered in relation to the size of shop window and the provisions of the Lucan ACA.

Such displays have to be considered on a case by case basis and consideration has to be given to the specific shop use, i.e is the display for advertising or as a consequence of the shop use. Given the limited scale of this issue and its specific nature and the detailed guidance already in existence regarding advertising, the Lucan ACA and the broader development of Lucan village, further guidance is not considered to be appropriate. However, consideration could be given in the new County Development Plan to this issue.