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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

MOTION NO. 5

MOTION: Councillor F. Timmons

"That this committee calls on the immediate removal of all items from outside the Supersavers shop in Village following Tidy Towns adjudicators feedback that "We are surprised that this is allowed under planning enforcement" and previous feedback that ''The Steering Wheel has a fine traditional shopfront which contrasts with the adjacent Supersavers premises which has a totally cluttered frontage to the extent that the shop’s name is not visible.'' – We ask that the Shop owner respects our village and Clondalkin Tidy Towns that do a huge amount of work to keep our village clean and tidy and that SDCC use there enforcement powers to deal with this situation’’

REPORT:

The Council is limited in terms of formal actions open to it under legislative provisions to address this matter.

Action open to the Council under Section 71 of the Road Act 1993 which has been undertaken on several occasions, leading to goods for sale being kept within the curtilage of the property, does not extend to dealing with items suspended from the shopfront.  

In light of the Tidy Towns report, the Council will undertake to write to the shop owner requesting that the manner in which goods are displayed be reviewed and that the shop front clutter be removed.