Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 17 Dec 2002

Vol. 559 No. 5

Written Answers. - Planning Applications.

Michael Ring

Question:

373 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of planning applications which have been dealt with in Ballina Town Council, Castlebar Town Council, Westport Town Council and Mayo County Council for the past two years up to 30 November 2002, including the number of applications lodged, validated, approved and refused. [26386/02]

Minister for the Environment and Local Government (Mr. Cullen)

The number of plan ning applications made to each planning authority is set out in my Department's quarterly planning statistics, based on returns submitted by the planning authorities. Copies of the quarterly statistics are placed in the Oireachtas Library. The third quarter figures are being finalised while data are not yet available for the fourth quarter of this year. Information on the number of valid applications has only been collected since the second quarter of this year, with the coming into effect of the Planning and Development Regulations, 2001. The data sought in the question, in so far as it is available, are set out in the following table:

Planning Applications to 30 September 2002

Planning Authorities in County Mayo

Planning Authority	Applications Lodged	2001	2002	Valid Applications	2001	2002	Decisions to Grant	2001	2002	Decisions to Refuse	2001	2002
Ballina Town Council
Q1	29	21	–	–	9	21	1	1
Q2	24	34	–	28	24	32	0	2
Q3	21	21	–	19	21	19	2	3
Q4	23	N/A	–	N/A	19	N/A	0	N/A
Castlebar Town Council
Q1	27	26	–	–	23	17	4	2
Q2	35	39	–	37	37	39	2	4
Q3	26	21	–	18	17	21	2	3
Q4	24	N/A	–	N/A	23	N/A	1	N/A
Westport Town Council
Q1	20	9	–	–	13	13	1	0
Q2	27	13	–	13	25	11	0	2
Q3	19	15	–	15	19	12	1	0
Q4	20	N/A	–	N/A	18	N/A	1	N/A
Mayo County Council
Q1	624	706	–	–	504	537	61	63
Q2	1,013	628	–	628	611	508	58	72
Q3	1,218	693	–	663	772	575	63	92
Q4	1,095	N/A	–	N/A	834	N/A	94	N/A

N/A – Not yet available.