asked the Minister for the Environment if he will consider changing the regulations in order to require that applicants for planning permission must place a notice on the site for which planning permission is proposed, in order to provide local residents with a direct and immediate indication of an intention to develop the site.
Written Answers . - Planning Permission Notice .
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: Article 14 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Regulations 1977 requires that prior to the making of a planning application the applicant must publish notice of his intention to make such application either in a newspaper circulating in the district in which the relevant land or structure is situated or by the erection or by the fixing of a notice on the land or structure. Article 24 contains additional provisions which were introduced consequential on the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1976. The idea of compulsory site notices was considered at the time but was rejected because of certain practical difficulties. I have received no complaints that the present provisions are unsatisfactory and consider that they should be allowed to operate for a reasonable period before any further change in the regulations is contemplated.