Planning Issues

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 April 2016

Thursday, 21 April 2016

Questions (123)

Maureen O'Sullivan

Question:

123. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of planning applications invalidated by Cork County Council western division from 1 January 2016 to 31 March 2016; and the number of instances where prospective invalidations were avoided because the planners contacted the applicants in time to allow them to remedy small defects in the planning applications without recourse to invalidation as recommended in the planning guidelines. [7890/16]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

Planning statistics are submitted by planning authorities on an annual basis and are subsequently collated by my Department. Such statistics include the number of invalid planning applications received by each planning authority but not the type of detailed information sought by the Deputy in the second part of the Question. Furthermore, Cork County Council’s planning statistics relate to the entire county and are not broken down on a Divisional basis.