MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
MOTION NO. 9
MOTION: Councillor L. O'Toole
"With current development taking place in Adamstown a number of issues has arisen over the last number of months, some of which have been discussed and addressed. Recently the subject of public lighting has become a concern whereby delays in connecting public lighting and activating an ESB account has occurred due to various factors.
This Committee asks that the Chief Executive look at examining the criteria for planning applications in the area of ‘public street lighting’ and to consider making changes to these criteria’s to ensure that re occurrence of delays and complaints are reduced and that improvements are made regarding the transfer of ownership to SDCC. To also ask the Chief Executive to comment on the resources that are presently within the planning department specifically the number of employees and to confirm if there are plans to increase the numbers to cater for future planning applications which will be presented to the planning section from the Adamstown area resulting in a greater demand on this department."
REPORT:
Public lighting is dealt with by the Public Lighting Section of the Land Use Planning and Roads Department. The requirements of this section are considered during the planning application process and are finalised by way of compliance. These design requirements provide for a high quality public lighting scheme throughout the public realm of a site, which are in accordance with National and European standards. Connecting to the electricity network and any delays that may occur within that process are outside of the control of South Dublin County Council.
Staff numbers and resources are set out in the Councils Workforce Plan. Requirements to revise these numbers will be closely monitored.