Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 295: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is possible for a person to revoke or cancel a grant of planning permission or to formally notify the relevant local authority that they do not plan to proceed with the planning application as granted; if development charges that may have been levied will be returned in view of the work not being undertaken; and if the person will not have to wait the full five years from grant of permission. [3255/07]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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There is no obligation on anyone in possession of a grant of planning permission to proceed with the development to which the permission relates. It is therefore not necessary to provide for the revocation or cancellation of a permission by a prospective developer.

Development contributions are attached as conditions to grants of permission and are payable on or in advance of construction and are generally payable, at the earliest, at the commencement of the works. In a case where a person who obtained a planning permission and paid a development contribution in respect of the proposed development subsequently informs the planning authority that he or she will not proceed with the development, I would expect the planning authority to refund the development contribution paid, where they are satisfied that the development will not be taking place.