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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

MOTION NO.36

MOTION: Councillor S. Moynihan

To call on the Chief Executive to set out the Council's ownership interest in laneways in Palmerstown and to bring this item forward for discussion as a headed item at the next ACM.

REPORT:

A map attached to the item shows the roads, paths and laneways in Palmerstown recorded as having been taken in charge by Roads. The areas highlighted in yellow are taken in charge, and the red are not.

From a property ownership perspective, almost all of the laneways in Palmerstown are registered to private parties, with the one exception being a small section at the eastern end / to the rear of Oakcourt Avenue which is in the ownership of the Council.

As the Council do not hold legal title to those laneways highlighted in yellow, if the public right of way over same was extinguished, the registered owners would automatically have unencumbered title to the laneways and the Council would have no further role or involvement under its TIC maintenance responsibilities. The laneways would in effect become the private property of the registered owners.