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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

QUESTION NO.22

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the Chief Executive are developers held to account for damage to roads and paths due to their building works?

REPLY:

For a large development, roads and footpaths being made good following development works would generally be covered as part of a construction management plan. The preparation of a construction management plan would generally be condition and agreed by the LPA. If the road or footpath is damanged and not made good planning enforcement could be progressed if deemed appropriate. The planning bond could also be used to address these defencies.

If an applicant/developer requires a Road Opening Licence to carry out works on the street there are re-instatement conditions and specifications attached to the grant of that licence. The licence requires the developer to pay re-instatement fees as part of the application and this is refundable if the re-instatement works are done correctly. However, if the works are not done in line with the specifications or if damage it caused then the re-instatement fee can be used to rectify this.