Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 March 2017
265. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of all local authorities across the State that have granted planning permission for one-off rural housing which was subsequently appealed to An Bord Pleanála and overturned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11442/17]
View answerPlanning statistics are submitted by planning authorities on an annual basis for collation and publication on my Department’s website at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/planning/statistics/planning-statistics-1. These statistics include data in respect of each planning authority on the number and percentage of decisions to grant or to refuse permission, but not the detailed information sought by the Deputy in respect of single houses in rural areas.
An Bord Pleanála’s Annual Reports - available at the following link: http://www.pleanala.ie/publications/index.htm - include statistics on appeals received and decided in respect of, among other development types, single houses, but not the detailed information sought by the Deputy in respect of single houses in rural areas.
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) publishes statistics, available at the following link: http://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?Maintable=BHQ02&PLanguage=0, on permissions granted for one-off houses by local authority area, but does not differentiate between houses in urban and rural areas.
