Written answers
Thursday, 24 May 2018
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Planning Data
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local area plans, strategic development zones and county development plans in operation by local authority in tabular form; the number in operation in 2005, 2010 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23047/18]
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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On the basis of the latest information available to my Department from local authorities across the country, there are 193 statutory city and county development plans, local area plans and strategic development zone planning schemes currently in place under the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended).
The following table, compiled on the basis of information provided by planning authorities, sets out the detailed numbers of county/city development plans, local area plans and strategic development zones for each local authority in 2005, 2010 and 2018.
| County/City Development Plan | Local Area Plan | SDZ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Authority | 2005 | 2010 | 2018 | 2005 | 2010 | 2018 | 2005 | 2010 | 2018 |
| Carlow County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cavan County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clare County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cork City Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cork County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Donegal County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dublin City Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fingal County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Galway City Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Galway County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerry County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kildare County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kilkenny County Council[1] | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laois County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leitrim County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Limerick City & County Council[2] | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Longford County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louth County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mayo County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Meath County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Monaghan County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Offaly County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roscommon County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sligo County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sth Dublin County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Tipperary County Council[3] | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Waterford City & County Council[4] | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Westmeath County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wexford County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wicklow County Council | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 35 | 35 | 171 | 267 | 149 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
1Kilkenny County Council and Kilkenny Borough Council were two planning authorities prior to 2014
2Limerick City Council and Limerick County Council were two planning authorities prior to 2014
3Tipperary North and South Riding County Councils were in existence prior to 2014
4Waterford City Council and Waterford County Council were two planning authorities prior to 2014
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