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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, May 09, 2016

QUESTION NO.15

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive to clarify whether a commercial premises which has been built with a boundary fence to a main road/grass margin/footpath can remove that fence without seeking any prior permission and will he confirm whether he can take any action to require the re-installation of the boundary fence in a manner which is consistent with the original boundary fence.

REPLY:

The erection of a boundary fence would be development that requires permission, unless deemed exempt under the planning regulations.  The removal of a boundary fence separating private property from the public realm would only be subject to planning control if there was a condition in a permission that has been availed of requiring a boundary in place, or if the boundary fence formed part of the curtilage of a Protected Structure or was located in an Architectural Conservation Area.  Action would only be possible when the precise location of the boundary fence is known and the full planning history established.