Written answers
Friday, 16 September 2016
Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
An Bord Pleanála
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the names of organisations entitled to claim an exemption from An Bord Pleanála planning appeal fees; the number of occasions in 2014, 2015 and in 2016 to date on which these organisations have sought this exemption; the amount of money that each organisation has saved through this exemption, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25721/16]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Section 144 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended,provides for the determination of fees payable to the An Bord Pleanála (the Board). The Board may set its own fees, subject to the approval of the Minister, except where fee changes are in line with the Consumer Price Index. The Board must give notice of any new fees that apply. Section 144 also empowers the Board to provide for the payment of different fees in relation to difference classes or descriptions of matters, for the exemption from the payment of fees, and for the waiver, remission or refund, in whole or in part, of fees in specified circumstances. An Bord Pleanála’s current fee structure is available on its website at
The fee structure provides for a reduced fee to apply for making an appeal or referral and for the exemption from the fee for making a submission or observation by certain specified bodies. A list of these bodies is set out in the table.
My Department has been advised by An Bord Pleanála that it does not hold information in relation to the application of reduced fees or exemptions from fees for specified bodies in the manner sought.
| Bodies/Persons who Pay Reduced Fees for Making Appeals/Referrals and who are exempted from fees when making a submission on an appeal under section 130 |
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(a) A local or planning authority |
| Notes: * Applies to operators of licensed airports where the annual traffic is not less than one million passengers i.e. Dublin, Cork and Shannon Airports, at present. # Under article 179 of the 2001 Planning Regulations, a regional authority in whose area a draft SDZ planning scheme is in, and a planning or local authority whose area is within or contiguous to the SDZ site(s) are prescribed for the purposes of section 169 of the Act. |
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