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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, June 13, 2022

QUESTION NO. 11

QUESTION: Councillor P. Gogarty

To ask the Chief Executive to clarify whether an application is invalid if members of the public and elected reps do not get to view planning files in Tallaght or online due to them not being made available with a reg ref within a certain time period before the closing date for submissions; and if a statement can be made on the matter?

REPLY:

 In general, a valid planning application should include: copies of public notices; (newspaper notice and site notice); the name and address of the applicant; the area and location of the land or structure concerned and the legal interest of the applicant; all the required plans, maps and drawings and a schedule listing the plans, maps and drawings; a location map; site or layout plans other plans and elevations of proposals; a plan showing the position on the land where the site notice has been erected; the appropriate fee; and six copies of plans and maps. In the case of protected structures or proposed protected structures, ten copies are usually required.

Planning applications received are validated by the Planning Team on a weekly basis to ensure that they meet the relevant criteria and a weekly list of all valid planning applications received in the previous week is published on the Council’s website at the following link: Weekly Lists | South Dublin County Council (sdublincoco.ie) . By this stage, all valid applications have been given a register reference. Planning applications are scanned and uploaded to the website as soon as is practicable, considering staff workload and volume of applications received.  

However, once a planning application has been included on the weekly list, it is available to the public to view at the Planning Counter in County Hall, Tallaght. The Planning Counter is open to the public from 9am – 4pm Monday to Friday.