Jim O'Callaghan
Question:636. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the regulations restricting short-term lets in rent pressure zones. [12097/24]
View answerWednesday, 20 March 2024
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Legislative reforms to regulate the short-term letting sector through the planning code, in areas designated as “rent pressure zones” (RPZs), were introduced under the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 ("the Regulations") - S.I. 235 of 2019 - which came into effect on 1 July 2019.
In summary, the Regulations require home-sharers letting rooms in their principal private residence located within a Rent Pressure Zone (RPZ), or letting the entire property subject to a maximum of 90 days per annum within such an area, to register with their local authority. Persons letting properties in an RPZ which are not their principal private residence are required to apply for change of use planning permission unless the property already has a specific planning permission to be used for tourism or short-term letting purposes.