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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, April 10, 2017

QUESTION NO.24

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask in what way building and items listed in the Development plan as listed buildings and sites are preserved and what steps are taken to ensure they dont fall into further decay.

REPLY:

Protected Structures previously known as Listed Buildings are included on the Record of Protected Structures (RPS) under Schedule 2 of the County Development Plan (2016-2022). A planning authority is obliged to include in the RPS every structure which in its opinion is of special interest in accordance with the categories under the architectural protection guidelines. This responsibility will involve the planning authority in reviewing its RPS from time to time, normally under the review of the development plan with a view to making additions and deletions.

Protected Structures are governed by legislation under Part IV of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended). Under Section 58 of the Act there is an obligation of care and responsibility on the owner/occupier of a protected structures to ensure that the building is not endangered either directly or through neglect. Where the local authority is made aware of possible endangerment of a Protected Structure and it is their opinion that specific works are required to the building to prevent the protected structure from becoming or continuing to be endangered a Section 59 Endangerment Notice may be served on the owner or occupier's specifying the works required to safeguard the structure.