Written answers

Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Planning Issues

Photo of Brendan GriffinBrendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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249. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if farmers are required to have planning permission to erect fencing on their lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10456/14]

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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In accordance with Schedule 2, part 3, of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, the erection of fencing by farmers on their lands is exempted from the need for planning permission subject to the following conditions and limitations:

- the fence should not be of sheet metal;

- the height of the fence should not exceed 2 metres;

- the height of any fence for the purposes of deer farming or conservation should not exceed 3 metres.

There are some exceptions to these exemptions, such as in the case where the erection of a fence is considered by a planning authority to have an adverse effect on a designated natural heritage area, or areas otherwise specified by the local authority in its development plan as areas of special amenity, or where such a fence would obstruct a public right of way.

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