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Street Parking Permit - Dublin City

  • 16-10-2010 2:45pm
    #1
    JME
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 ✭


    Hey,

    I'm looking for some advice on car parking permits in Dublin.

    I'm going to be moving into a house in Rathmines which is on a small lane with very limited parking. Parking in the lane doesn't require a permit but as it's often so tight and packed with cars I was thinking of getting a permit for the adjacent main street where a permit is definitely required.

    My question is - will the council give me the permit to park on this street even though I'm only a resident of the laneway and do not actually live on that main street?

    Many thanks,


    J


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  • #2
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,580 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Strictly speaking, the address has to match, but in practice, it may depend.

    Where I live there is ample parking as its on the edge of the pay zone and the commuters park a few streets away where parking is free. Also, houses are only on one side of the street where I am, so its never busier than about 20% full. I imagine some of the residents in adjacent pay streets, where it is busier have permits for here, even though they may strictly speaking have a different address (thats fuzzy enough as there are "terrace" addresses, etc., but off topic).

    I imagine one of the grossly over-subscribed streets in Portobello or Ranelagh means that its strictly residents only. Your address has to match.


    In comparison, in Cologne your disk is for a neighbourhood (Belgisches Viertel), not street (Bismarckstraße).


  • #3
    JME
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 ✭JME


    Thanks but I'm still a bit up in the air as to what to do.

    My new address on the lane does not require a street parking permit but ironically, it is usually packed with cars while the main street beside it which does require a permit isn't usually too bad.

    Should I just apply for a permit and see what happens or try to talk to someone in the relevant office in DCC?


  • #4
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,580 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Collect together all the documents (check carefully!) you need and go into them on the ground floor on Wood Quay and explain your situation. If you have a small map of the lane and adjacent street and a few photos showing the lack / surplus it might help.


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