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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 14, 2015

QUESTION NO.3

QUESTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

To ask the Chief Executive to outline the measures being undertaken and resources being attached to the planning enforcement section in order to speed up the decision-making at each stage of a complaint?

REPLY:

Since the middle of 2015 a second Planner has been assigned to the Planning Enforcement Section to undertake assessments, inspections and reports on Planning Enforcement complaints.  There are now a total of two Assistant Planners undertaking this role on a full time basis and this will continue in 2016.  In additon it is hoped to assign a third member of Staff to the role of Planning Enforcement Inspector in early 2016.