Planning Issues.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 November 2004

Wednesday, 17 November 2004

Questions (630, 631)

Damien English

Question:

675 Mr. English asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of planning applications received during the past two years by each local authority; the average length of time taken by each local authority to either grant or refuse applications; the number of requests for further information by each local authority during the planning process; the percentage of applications granted and refused by each local authority in the two year timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29246/04]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. Roche)

The tables set out below contain data for 2002 and preliminary data for 2003, based on information supplied by planning authorities, on the number of planning applications received by planning authorities, the number of decisions made on planning applications and the rate of grant and refusal as a percentage of decisions made. Data for borough and town councils are included with county council data.

It should be noted that decisions to grant or refuse planning permission in a given year will not necessarily relate to the applications received in that year, as a number of decisions taken early in a year relate to applications received in the previous year and applications received at the end of a year would not be decided until the following year.

Data are being compiled on the percentage of planning decisions made within eight weeks and will be sent to the Deputy shortly. Data are not available on the average length of time taken by planning authorities to process planning applications or on the number of requests for further information.

2002	Planning applications received	Decisions made on planning applications	Decisions to grant	Decisions to refuse	Decisions to grant as % of total decisions	Decisions to refuse as % of total decisions
Carlow	690	716	630	86	88.0	12.0
Cavan	1,573	1,639	1,487	152	90.7	9.3
Clare	2,536	2,000	1,630	370	81.5	18.5
Cork	5,806	6,041	4,976	1,065	82.4	17.6
Donegal	4,658	4,431	3,779	652	85.3	14.7
Dún Laoghaire	1,498	1,561	1,315	246	84.2	15.8
Fingal	1,900	1,805	1,409	396	78.1	21.9
Galway	5,241	3,372	2,931	441	86.9	13.1
Kerry	3,657	3,860	3,170	690	82.1	17.9
Kildare	1,900	1,946	1,585	361	81.4	18.6
Kilkenny	1,449	1,456	1,194	262	82.0	18.0
Laois	928	940	806	134	85.7	14.3
Leitrim	703	742	642	100	86.5	13.5
Limerick	1,980	2,092	1,815	277	86.8	13.2
Longford	650	686	605	81	88.2	11.8
Louth	1,618	1,874	1,481	393	79.0	21.0
Mayo	2,729	2,604	2,266	338	87.0	13.0
Meath	1,983	2,120	1,631	489	76.9	23.1
Monaghan	1,172	1,182	1,013	169	85.7	14.3
North Tipperary	1,490	1,208	1,099	109	91.0	9.0
Offaly	1,229	1,207	949	258	78.6	21.4
Roscommon	1,366	1,438	1,378	60	95.8	4.2
Sligo	1,003	1,141	924	217	81.0	19.0
South Dublin	1,094	1,097	912	185	83.1	16.9
South Tipperary	1,409	1,233	1,075	158	87.2	12.8
Waterford	1,275	1,323	1,177	146	89.0	11.0
Westmeath	1,121	1,147	934	213	81.4	18.6
Wexford	3,275	3,086	2,419	667	78.4	21.6
Wicklow	1,607	1,347	1,091	256	81.0	19.0
Sub Total	57,540	55,294	46,323	8,971	83.8	16.2
Cork City Council	805	783	695	88	88.8	11.2
Dublin City Council	3,108	2,989	2,596	393	86.9	13.1
Galway City Council	672	634	551	83	86.9	13.1
Limerick City Council	334	334	320	14	95.8	4.2
Waterford City Council	351	342	314	28	91.8	8.2
Sub-Total	5,270	5,082	4,476	606	88.1	11.9
Total	62,810	60,376	50,799	9,577	84.1	15.9

	Planning applications received	Decisions made on planning applications	Decisions to grant	Decisions to refuse	Decisions to grant as % of total decisions	Decisions to refuse as % of total decisions
Carlow	932	860	775	85	90.1	9.9
Cavan	2,076	1,702	1,527	175	89.7	10.3
Clare	3,030	1,995	1,709	286	85.7	14.3
Cork	7,102	6,256	5,084	1,172	81.3	18.7
Donegal	5,384	4,714	3,953	761	83.9	16.1
Dún Laoghaire	1,742	1,764	1,556	208	88.2	11.8
Fingal	2,020	1,799	1,294	505	71.9	28.1
Galway	7,221	5,591	4,353	1,238	77.9	22.1
Kerry	4,373	3,726	3,062	664	82.2	17.8
Kildare	1,951	2,054	1,499	555	73.0	27.0
Kilkenny	1,756	1,535	1,256	279	81.8	18.2
Laois	1,197	1,079	977	102	90.5	9.5
Leitrim	946	754	667	87	88.5	11.5
Limerick	2,286	2,050	1,818	232	88.7	11.3
Longford	782	659	563	96	85.4	14.6
Louth	1,905	1,679	1,288	391	76.7	23.3
Mayo	3,814	2,918	2,614	304	89.6	10.4
Meath	2,492	2,106	1,597	509	75.8	24.2
Monaghan	1,254	1,155	1,090	65	94.4	5.6
North Tipperary	1,677	1,258	1,163	95	92.4	7.6
Offaly	1,272	1,110	852	258	76.8	23.2
Roscommon	1,713	1,288	1,212	76	94.1	5.9
Sligo	1,259	1,090	965	125	88.5	11.5
South Dublin	1,568	1,337	1,083	254	81.0	19.0
South Tipperary	1,504	1,296	1,098	198	84.7	15.3
Waterford	1,525	1,301	1,139	162	87.5	12.5
Westmeath	1,255	1,042	857	185	82.2	17.8
Wexford	3,656	3,334	2,571	763	77.1	22.9
Wicklow	2,028	1,442	1,169	273	81.1	18.9
Sub Total	69,720	58,894	48,791	10,103	82.8	17.2
Cork City Council	964	910	752	158	82.6	17.4
Dublin City Council	4,480	3,276	2,850	426	87.0	13.0
Galway City Council	579	602	515	87	85.5	14.5
Limerick City Council	338	364	325	39	89.3	10.7
Waterford City Council	465	410	330	80	80.5	19.5
Sub-Total	6,826	5,562	4,772	790	85.8	14.2
Total	76,546	64,456	53,563	10,893	83.1	16.9

Damien English

Question:

676 Mr. English asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will deal with the number of planning applications appealed to An Bord Pleanála during the past year on a local authority basis; the percentage of planning applications referred to the board that were subsequently upheld or overturned, on a local authority basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29247/04]

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. Roche)

Information on the number of planning decisions of planning authorities appealed to An Bord Pleanála is contained in the annual report of An Bord Pleanála 2003, which will be available in the Oireachtas Library, on its imminent publication. A copy of the report will be forwarded to the Deputy on publication.