Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 April 2014
139. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government where, under the Planning and Development Acts, planning permission already exists for the demolition of a structure, if a planning authority has the power to add that structure to the record of protected structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15697/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder section 54 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, a planning authority may add to its record of protected structures a structure, a specified part of a structure or a specified feature of the attendant grounds of a structure, where the authority considers that the addition is necessary or desirable in order to protect a structure, or part of a structure, of special architectural, historical, archaeological, artistic, cultural, scientific, social or technical interest.
It is unlikely, therefore, if planning permission exists for the demolition of a structure, that it would be added to the record of protected structures. However, the making of an addition to a record of protected structures is a reserved function of the elected members of the relevant planning authority and I have no role in the matter.
