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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, June 25, 2018

QUESTION NO. 15

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

"To ask the Chief Executive to carry out a visual inspection of the facades of the industrial premises located between the Old Belgard Road and Belgard Road (particularly the facades which face onto Belgard Road) and following this inspection will he comment on the number and types of advertising banners and signs that have been erected on these facades and will he confirm how many (if any) have the benefit of a planning permission?"

REPLY:

"Planning permission is usually required to erect large banner type advertising signs on the facades of buildings. While some exemptions can apply to such advertising, these relate to the size and positioning of the advertisement, not whether it is intended to be a temporary installation. In general, exempted banner advertising can be up to 0.3 square metres per metre of frontage, less the area of freestanding advertisements while subject to a maximum size of 5 square metres. 

The Planning Authority investigates all complaints alleging a breach of these exemptions."