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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, June 17, 2021

MOTION NO.

MOTION: Councillor Shane Moynihan

To amend the Development Plan to include a new objective in Chapter 5 - QDP 6 Objective 7 "to ensure that the installation of utility or juncion boxes in the county shall have slanted lids/tops"

REPORT:

In Chapter 11, Section 11.4 Information and Communications Technology of the CE Draft Plan, the following provisions are set out which are considered to be particularly pertinent to the motion proposed:

IE 5 Objective 5:

To ensure that above ground utility boxes are sensitively located and finished to reduce their visual impact and promote soft planting around existing and new ones where feasible.

The motion seeks the provision of slanted roofs to all utility boxes. It is understood that this relates to issues of anti-social behaviour and crime in association with utility boxes. It is considered that the appropriate positioning of utility boxes in the first instance may address the issue of anti-social behaviour which is the intent of the existing motion. Notwithstanding this, it is considered that the proposed objective should be amended as follows to address the aim of the motion:

IE 5 Objective 5:

To ensure that above ground utility boxes are sensitively located and finished to reduce their visual impact, designing out anti-social behaviour, and promoting soft planting around existing and new ones where feasible.

Refer also to Item 1D:71381 and 71070.

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment such that IE 5 Objective 5 reads:

IE 5 Objective 5:

To ensure that above ground utility boxes are sensitively located and finished to reduce their visual impact, designing out anti-social behaviour, and promoting soft planting around existing and new ones where feasible.