COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

South Dublin County Council Crest

MEETING OF LUCAN/PALMERSTOWN/FONTHILL AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

MOTION NO. 19

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

The cleaning of laneways, and/or dumping on laneways, continues to be a real issue for residents of Palmerstown. The deal was that the laneways would be cleaned every six WEEKS. More recently, I was informed in reply to my LAC question, that it is every six MONTHS. Six monthly is unacceptable to residents who use the laneways regularly. Some laneways have not been cleaned in eighteen months and longer. This Committee requests that a realistic schedule for the cleaning of laneways be brought forward and that each lane is identified in an accompanying map and be regularly reported to this committee and that the provision of CCTV be examined and a report brought to this committee within the next 3 months.

REPORT:

The Public Realm Section are maintaining the laneways in Palmerstown on a six-week cleansing cycle. The maintenance work carried out includes litter removal, removal of fly-tipped waste and the removal or spraying of weeds as required. The dumping does not follow any pattern and often necessitates the visiting of lanes on a more frequent basis to deal with reported incidents of dumping. Lanes that are more prone to dumping therefore receive more visits than those where dumping is infrequent or is absent.

The laneways included in the Palmerston laneway cleansing schedule are set out in the Table below.

 

LIST OF LANEWAYS IN PALMERSTOWN UNDER MAINTENANCE

 

ID

ADDRESS

 

Culmore Park – Lane to side of 14A/15 to lane to side of 7/9 Glenaulin Road

1

Culmore Road - Lane to rear of 1 to 127a  

 

Culmore Road – Lane to rear of 24 to 84

2

Glenaulin Green Lane to side of 22-23 and rear of 51-60 & 81

3

Glenaulin Green – Lane to rear of 1-22

 

Glenaulin Road – Lane to rear of 2 to 68

 

Glenmaroon Park – Lane to rear of 2 to 24

 

Glenmaroon Road – Lane to rear of 1 to 33

4

Glenmaroon Road – Lane to rear of 30 to 44a  

5

Glenmaroon Road – Lane to rear of 61-119a

2

Glenmaroon Road – Lane to rear of 121 to 155

6

Kennelsfort Rd Upper – Lane to rear of 2 - 48

7

Kennelsfort Rd Upper – Lane to rear of 50-172

 

Manor Road – Lane to rear of 2 to 48

8

Oakwood Close – Lane to rear of 12-15

8

Oakwood Drive – Lane to rear of 100-139

8

Oakwood Grove – Lane to rear of 13-29

9

Palmerstown Avenue – Lane to rear of 2 to 180a  

6

Palmerstown Avenue – Lane to rear of 15 to 117  

7

Palmerstown Avenue – Lane to rear of 125 to 215a  

1

Palmerstown Drive – Lane to rear of 2-85

9

Turret Road – Lane to rear of 1- 68a

4

Turret Road– Lane to rear of 70-88

3,8

Wheatfield Road – Lane to rear of 1 to 187a

5

Wheatfield Road – Lane to rear of 62 to 108a

 

Wood Farm Avenue – Lane to rear of 2 to 16

 

Wood Farm Drive – Lane to rear of 9 to 19

Note: The numbers in the first column can be used to identify common lanes which can have different addresses. For example: No 1 - the lane at the rear of 1-127a Culmore Road is the same lane as the lane to the rear of 2-85 Palmerstown Drive.

Two maps are included with this report. Map 1 shows all the lanes in Palmerstown. Map 2 identifies areas that are not under maintenance.

On map 2, the laneway outlined in red (rear of 7-13 Oakcourt Grove) and the section of laneway shaded green (rear of 13-29 Oakwood Grove, rear of 12-15 Oakwood Close and rear of 100-134 Oakwood Drive) are not in public ownership and are not included in the schedule for cleansing.

CCTV in public places is subject to the General Data Protection Regulation and a Data Protection Impact Assessment in respect of installation of CCTV at the proposed location would have to be carried out in the first instance by the Council before the matter could be further considered.