Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 31 January 2017
288. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of planning appeals in which the case officer for An Bord Pleanála recommended a grant of permission, only for the board members to subsequently refuse permission, per county, in each the years 2015 to 2016, in tabular form. [3861/17]
View answerSection 34(10) of the Planning And Development Act 2000-2014 provides that, where a decision by the Board to grant or refuse permission is different, in relation to the granting or refusal of permission, from the recommendation in a report of a person assigned to report on an appeal on behalf of the Board, a statement, giving the reasons on which the Board’s decision is based, shall also indicate the main reasons for not accepting the recommendation in the Inspector’s report to grant or refuse permission. The detailed information sought in relation to the number of cases, on a county by county basis, where the decision by the Board to refuse permission is different to the recommendation of the Inspector, is not readily available in my Department. However, in its Annual Reports, An Bord Pleanála provides information on the number of cases. There were 204 such cases (or 12.7% of the total number of cases) in 2015, and 244 cases (14.8%) in 2016 (provisional figure).
