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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 14, 2022

QUESTION NO.

QUESTION: Councillor Yvonne Collins

What checks are in place, before or during construction, to confirm that a daylight and sunlight assessment has been submitted with planning applications for residential developments, and that the actual results of the computer-generated daylight and sunlight assessment are correct and consistent with the results in the planning application.

REPLY:

Daylight and sunlight assessments that accompany development proposals are considered during the statutory planning assessment and decision-making process. Where the submission of a daylight and sunlight assessment is warranted and one has not been submitted with the development proposals, the Planning Authority may request one as part of the statutory provision to request additional information or clarification of further information. Typically daylight and sunlight assessment would not be requested as a compliance condition. Follow-ups at construction stage are not standard practice and are not required under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. However, if it were apparent that a development was in breach of its planning permission then planning enforcement action could be taken by the Planning Authoritty.