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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 13, 2020

QUESTION NO. 12

QUESTION: Councillor Eoin Ó Broin

Can the Chief Executive outline both how many outstanding planning enforcement cases are being investigated in the county and how many planning enforcement inspectors are employed? At the current rate, in what month and year would the Chief Executive expect the amount of outstanding planning enforcement cases to be below 25?

REPLY:

The following are the Planning Enforcement Stats for 2019:

Closing Balance at end of 2018   - 414

Number of files opened in 2019  - 249

Number of files closed in 2019   - 185

Closing balance of files open

At end of 2019                          - 478

It is not possible to determine when there will be less than 25 outstanding enforcement cases as we cannot determine when or how a file will be closed or how many new files will be opened in the meantime. The team are processing enforcement cases in a timely manner, the level of enforcement cases is not set by the officers but rather as and when enforcement issues arise and so it is not possible to give a timeline for this.