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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 April 2014

Thursday, 3 April 2014

Questions (139)

Kevin Humphreys

Question:

139. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government where, under the Planning and Development Acts, planning permission already exists for the demolition of a structure, if a planning authority has the power to add that structure to the record of protected structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15697/14]

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Under section 54 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, a planning authority may add to its record of protected structures a structure, a specified part of a structure or a specified feature of the attendant grounds of a structure, where the authority considers that the addition is necessary or desirable in order to protect a structure, or part of a structure, of special architectural, historical, archaeological, artistic, cultural, scientific, social or technical interest.

It is unlikely, therefore, if planning permission exists for the demolition of a structure, that it would be added to the record of protected structures. However, the making of an addition to a record of protected structures is a reserved function of the elected members of the relevant planning authority and I have no role in the matter.

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