COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

MOTION NO. 18

MOTION: Councillor C. Brady

This committee calls on the Chief Executive to conduct a comprehensive review of permanent and pop-up trading locations within the LPNC (LEA), with the objective of identifying opportunities to expand and enhance these spaces including current availability, demand, length of time on waiting list, suitability of trading locations, potential sites for new permanent and temporary trading opportunities and what actions may be taken to facilitate increased access for local businesses, entrepreneurs, and market vendors, thereby supporting economic activity and community engagement.

REPORT:

The Designated Trading Areas, including those in the Lucan/Palmerstown/North Clondalkin Area, and appropriate fees are set out in the First Schedule of The South Dublin County Council Casual Trading Byelaws 2016 made by resolution at the meeting of South Dublin County Council held on 20th June 2016. Identification and Designation of additional Casual Trading areas would entail a review of the Casual Trading Byelaws.

Enforcement and Licensing section have initiated a review of the South Dublin County Council Casual Trading Byelaws 2016 made under the Casual Trading Act, 1995 (the Act). 

Section 6(1) of the Act provides a statutory requirement for each local authority to make byelaws in relation to the control, regulation, supervision, and administration of casual trading in its functional area. The procedure for making Casual Trading Byelaws is prescribed in Section 6 of the Act and includes a public consultation process.

Enforcement and Licensing section will be contacting all elected members by email in the coming week in relation to this review. The draft revision of the Casual Trading Byelaws will be brought to the Environment, Public Realm, and Climate Change SPC in September. The next step after the September SPC will be a public consultation process.

Some of the areas that SDCC have particular interest in getting the publics views on include:

• locations for casual trading
• if the existing trading areas are considered appropriate
• the types of goods that can be traded
• should trading times be specified in each licence
• the appropriate level of fees to be charged
• whether “preferred licences” should be offered i.e. licence issued in preference for locally/regionally produced food products or arts/crafts of exceptional quality.

Following this period of consultation, the amended draft byelaws will be brought back to the SPC in November for review before going to Council.