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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, April 13, 2015

QUESTION NO.13

QUESTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

To ask the Chief Executive to provide details of any statistics maintained by this planning authority in relation to the number and percentage of planning applications in each of 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 to date which were granted/ granted following a request for additional information/ refused/ refused following a request for additional information; and to further provide details and copies of any circulars or correspondence from the Department Environment, Communities & Local Government in relation to monitoring of the proportion of planning applications subject to grants/refusals/requests for additional information and/or which have made recommendation or observations and/or which set targets in relation to proportion of grants/refusals/requests for additional information?

REPLY:

The table below shows the number of decisions made to grant/refuse permission during 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 (up to 28th February).  It also shows this number as a percentage of all the decisions made to grant/refuse permission during this period.

In addition the table shows the number of decisions made to seek further information during 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 (up to 28th February) and this number as a percentage of the number of applications for permission received.

  Decisions to Grant Decisions to Refuse Requests for   Further Information
2012 504 – 90.8%                           51 – 9.2%                               113 – 20.6% 
2013 454 – 89.2% 55 – 10.8% 85 – 14.1%
2014 521 – 90.3% 56 – 9.7% 113 – 18.9%
2015 (28/02/15) 98 – 91.6% 9 – 8.4% 10 – 9.6%   

The Department of Environment, Community & Local Government has issued numerous circulars on service indicators which include the monitoring of the proportion of planning applications subject to grants/refusals/requests for additional information.  There is no circular concerning recommendations or observations which set targets in relation to the proportion of grants/refusals/requests for additional information.