Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 June 2021
314. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of planning applications which were granted by local authorities with enurement clauses attached that were appealed to An Bord Pleanála with An Bord Pleanála subsequently removing the enurement clauses in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33324/21]
View answerProvision is made under section 39 (2) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), which enables a planning authority and An Bord Pleanála to attach a condition to a grant of planning permission for a structure which is to be used as a dwelling, specifying that such use may be restricted to use by persons of a particular class or description and that provision to that effect shall be embodied in an agreement under Section 47 of the Act. Under section 47(5), particulars of an agreement made under this section shall be entered in the planning register maintained by the planning authority concerned. The attaching of planning conditions to individual planning cases are a matter for the planning authority concerned.
Planning statistics are compiled by each planning authority on an annual basis for collation and publication on my Department’s website, at the following link:
https://www.gov.ie/en/service/9e4ee-get-planning-statistics/.
The data collected relates to the total number of applications and decisions for all developments that require planning permission, broken down by year and planning authority. However, the data does not include the number of planning applications which were granted by local authorities which included "enurement clauses" as a condition of planning permission, or the number of these permissions which were granted and subsequently appealed to An Bord Pleanála.
Arrangements have been put in place by all bodies under the aegis of my Department to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. This provides a speedy, efficient and cost effective system to address queries directly to the relevant bodies. The contact email address for An Bord Pleanála in this regard is Oireachtasqueries@pleanala.ie.
