ALL documentation submitted with a planning application forms part of the application and will be included in both the hard copy of the file which the Council are obliged to make available for public inspection and the copy which is available on the Council’s website www.sdcc.ie
Caution should therefore be exercised in submitting documentation with your planning application which you may not wish to have publicly available.
To obtain planning permission, the applicant must make a planning application. There are four different types of permission. An application may be made for:
The most common type of permission is for permission, often referred to as full permission.
Yes, you can now apply for planning permission online through the National Online Planning Portal at: Local Government Ireland Planning System
Information about how to use the site is available at the following links:
Yes, this is referred to as a pre-planning consultation and can be requested by phone, in writing or by e-mail. The applicant must submit the following:
Once this information has been submitted, the request will be lodged with the relevant area planner, who will confirm a date for an appointment.
Yes, very few people go through the planning process without availing of the services of an architect or agent. This may take the form of somebody acting as your agent and dealing with the application in its entirety. Alternatively, you may have someone prepare the plans/ drawings for you and you will submit the application yourself.
In order to make a valid application you must submit the following:
Social and Affordable Housing Certificate
It is important to note that before applying for planning permission, applicants should ensure that they have applied for or obtained their Certificate of Exemption in cases where development does not apply to the requirements for the provision of social and affordable housing on residentially zoned land or a mixture of residentially zoned land and other uses.
Site Location Map (6 copies)
The Site Location Map must be marked or coloured so as to identify clearly the land or structure to which the application relates and the boundaries thereon. The Site Location Map should be on an Ordinance Survey map with the number of the Ordinance Survey map clearly indicated thereon. The scale of the map should be not less than 1:1000 in urban areas and 1:2500 in rural areas.
Site/Layout Map (6 copies)
Except for Outline Permission
Plans and drawings should contain detailed structural drawings of floor plans, elevation and sections and such other particulars as are necessary to describe the works or structure to which the application relates. These must be drawn to a scale not less than 1:200
Public/ Site Notice
A copy of the site notice must be submitted with each planning application. The site notice must be placed on site for five weeks from the date of receipt of the planning application. If it becomes illegible or is removed, it must be replaced immediately as failure to do so will invalidate the application. The site notice must be located at the entrance to the private road where it meets the public road, and at the entrance to the site. For sample of Site Notice see below.
Site Layouts, plans, maps and drawings
Please note that the same scale must be used for the entirety of any individual map or drawing submitted in accordance with Article 22 and 22A of the planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended (the Regulations). Where a structure or feature is contiguous to the proposed development (adjoining / touching / sharing a common boundary), the accuracy should be the same as if it were within the red line boundary in accordance with Article 23(1)(d) of the regulations.
Newspaper Notice
A copy or original of the newspaper notice must be submitted with the application. The application must be lodged with the Planning Department within two weeks of the publication date of the newspaper. For Approved Newspapers see Planning Forms
All notices must contain,
The notice must state that the application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority during its' public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the Planning Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.
Yes. Same Day Validation is available for certain types of applications. This service is available every Wednesday from 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Read More
The planning decision process usually takes 8 weeks. The application will go through the following stages:
Any person or body, on payment of the prescribed fee, may make a submission/observation, in writing, to a Planning Authority in relation to a planning application. The submission/observation must be made within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Planning Authority of the application.
The following should be noted:
Persons making a submission/observation on a planning application should be aware that comments involving allegations of any kind against a named or otherwise identifiable person or organisation may be viewed as defamatory by the subject of the comments. Persons may be sued directly for any defamatory allegations in any submission/observation and should avoid making such allegations. Any submission/observation made to the Planning Authority is made available for public inspection both in the hard copy file and on the Council’s website. In the event of any potentially defamatory allegation giving rise to legal action against it, the Planning Authority may seek indemnity from the person making the allegation.