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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, June 13, 2022

QUESTION NO. 10

QUESTION: Councillor P. Gogarty

To ask the Chief Executive to outline the minimum time period under legislation that the local authority has to apply a planning reference number to a valid dated application appearing on a site notice?

REPLY:

Before applying for planning permission, an applicant must erect a site notice giving the public notice that they intend to apply for Planning Permission. A planning application must be received by the local authority within 2 weeks of the site notice going up. No Planning  Reference Number is included on a site notice, it is erected before an application is received by the Local Authority.  There is no minimum timeframe set in legislation that a local authority has to apply a planning reference number to a valid dated application. All applications are given a register reference number, regardless of whether they are considered valid or invalid, and this is done when an application is received and entered into the register, usually within 2 – 3 days of receipt of application.