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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

MOTION NO. 9

MOTION: Councillor P. Gogarty

That the Chief Executive monitors and liaises with developers in the Adamstown SDZ to ensure adequate address signage is put in place as eircodes don't always work properly and postal workers, couriers and take away deliveries are currently finding it difficult to find some locations, especially with streets where there are apartments and houses with the same numbers (background info provided).

REPORT:

While the responsibility for proposing naming and numbering schemes for new developments rests with the developer, the Council advises developers of requirements and approves the eventual Naming & Numbering Scheme. 

All houses, offices, and other premises should be numbered and duplication of numbers on the same road avoided.

As regards road name-plates or signs, when a naming and numbering scheme is approved by the Council it is desirable that a uniform system should be put in place and that the name of each street / area is clearly defined.

Notwithstanding the above, eircodes, like postcodes in other countries, are highly promoted as being key to the parcel and postal industry to find the correct addresses, as well as destinations for emergency and other services.

Correspondence regarding Naming & Numbering will be reviewed to ensure that adequate address signage is put in place by developers.