Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2016
227. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the development contribution scheme for each local authority, including the development contributions per square metre of residential and of commercial property for each class of infrastructure development, in tabular form. [39402/16]
View answerSection 48 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, provides the legislative basis for the application of development contributions by local authorities. These contributions are applied as conditions attached to planning permissions for the purpose of contributing to the costs associated with the provision of public infrastructure and facilities benefitting development in the area of the planning authority concerned.
In the case of residential development, for example, the development contributions applied – depending on the floor area of a house - can vary from approximately €10,000 per housing unit in the Dublin area to €3,000-4,000 in certain other local authority areas. Similar variations, but not quite of the same magnitude, also apply in respect of commercial development.
Section 49 of the 2000 Act provides for the application of supplementary development contributions in respect of ancillary public infrastructure or projects benefitting developments in specific areas. Such supplementary development contributions are generally applied in respect of the provision of large-scale infrastructure such as road projects, connections to motorways and light rail facilities servicing specific developments.
Details of the development contribution schemes applied by local authorities are published on their respective websites, and include therein the detailed statistical information requested. It is not possible to itemise the requested information into tabular form as differing development contribution charging regimes are applied by local authorities , depending on local circumstances in terms of the charges applied per square metre of residential and commercial development or for different classes of infrastructure development.
