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Address: Planning Department, Galway County Council, Aras an Chontae, Prospect Hill, Galway. Planning Fees: List of Planning Fees Please Note a Change in Validation Service: All new planning applications received on Wednesday/Thursday/Friday will be validated on the day. Applications received on Monday/Tuesday will not be validated until Wednesday. |
VARIATION NO 2( TO INCLUDE A WIND ENERGY STRATEGY ) TO THE GALWAY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2009-2015
Notice is hereby given that Variation No. 2 to the Galway County Development Plan 2009-2015 ( TO INCLUDE A WIND ENERGY STRATEGY) was made by Galway County Council on 26th September 2011 in accordance with Section 13 of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 – 2010, the Planning & Development (Strategic Environment Assessment) Regulations, 2004 and the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) Click on title bar to access more detailsVARIATION NO 1 ( CORE STRATEGY) TO THE GALWAY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2009-2015
Notice is hereby given that Variation No. 1 ( Core Strategy) to the Galway County Development Plan 2009-2015 was made by Galway County Council on 21st July 2011 in accordance with Section 13 of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 – 2010, the Planning & Development (Strategic Environment Assessment) Regulations, 2004 and the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC)Click on title bar to access relevant information and documentation
REGIONAL PLANNING GUIDELINES FOR THE WEST REGION 2010 – 2022.
Regional Planning Guidelines for the West Region 2010 - 2022 were made on the 19th October 2010 by the Members of the West Regional Authority.
Public Townland Query System
A Bi-lingual Townland search which allows the public to relate the administrative boundaries of Galway County Council to their Townlands i.e. Query Planning Areas, Engineering Areas, Electoral Areas, Electoral Divisions (EDs), Court Areas against your Townland.Planning News
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County Development Plan 2009-2015
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Introduction to Planning Process
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Application Fee & Charges Details
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Planning & Development Act
Link to the Planning & Development Act
Accepted Newspapers
View a list of the “accepted newspapers” in which the Planning Authority will accept planning application notices
Scale of Fees for Planning Applications | ||
| Class of Development | Amount of Fee | |
1. The provision of a house |
€65 | |
| 2. (a) | Any works for the carrying out of maintenance, improvement or other alteration of an existing house (including any works for the provision of an extension or the conversion for use as part of the houseof any garage, store, shed or other structure). | €34 |
(b) |
Any other works, including the erection, constructio or alteration of structures, within or bounding the curtilage of an existing house, for purposes ancillary to the enjoyment of the house as such. | €34 |
| 3. The provision of buildings or other structures for the purposes of agriculture or the keeping of greyhounds. | (i) In the case of buildings, €80 for each building, or €1 for each square metre of gross floor space to be provided in excess of 50 square metres in the case of a building for the keeping of greyhounds, or 200 square metres in any other case, whichever is the greater,
(ii) in the case of any other structures, €80 for each structure and subject to a maximum of €300 | |
| 4. The provision of buildings other than buildings coming within class 1,2 or 3. | €80 for each building, or €3.60 for each square metre of gross floor space to be provided, whichever is the greater. | |
| 5. (a) | The use of uncultivated land or semi-natural areas for intensive agricultural purposes, |
€5 for each hectare of site area. |
(b) |
Initial afforestation, |
€5 for each hectare of site area |
(c) |
The replacement of broadleaf high forest by conifer species | €80, or €5 for each hectare of site area, whichever is the greater |
(d) |
Peat extraction | €5 for each hectare of site area. |
| 6. The use of land for- | ||
(a) |
the winning and working of minerals, | €500, or €50 for each 0. 1 hectare of site area, whichever is the greater |
(b) |
the deposit of refuse or waste. | |
| 7. The use of land for- | ||
(a) |
the keeping or placing of any tents, campervans, caravans or other structures (whether or not movable Or collapsible) for the purpose of caravanning or camping or the sale of goods, | €80, or €50 for each 0. 1 hectare of site area, Whichever is the greater. |
(b) |
the parking of motor vehicles, | |
(c) |
the open storage of motor vehicles or other objects or substances. | |
| 8. The provision on, in, over or under land of plant or machinery, or of tanks or other structures (other than buildings) for storage purposes. | €200, or €50 for each 0. 1 hectare of site area, Whichever is the greater. | |
| 9. The provision of an advertisement structure or the use of an existing structure or other land for the exhibition of advertisements. | €80, or €20 for each square metre, or part thereof, of advertising space to be provided, whichever is the greater. | |
| 10. The provision of overhead transmission or distribution lines for conducting electricity, or over-head telecommunications lines. | €80, or €50 per 1,000 rnetres length, or part thereof, whichever is the greater. | |
| 11. The use of land as a golf course or a pitch and putt course | €50 for each hectare of site area | |
| 12. The use of land as a burial ground | €200, or €50 for each hectare of site area, whichever is the greater. | |
| 13. Development not coming within any of the foregoing classes | €80, or €10 for each 0. 1 hectare of site area, whichever is the greater. | |
Note: The amount of Fee for Retention Permission in all cases is three times the amount stated for permission.
Maximum and minimum fees for planning applications |
| 1. The maximum fee payable to a planning authority by an applicant in respect of an outline application shall be €28,500. |
| 2. The maximum fee payable to a planning authority by an applicant in respect of an application to which article 161 applies shall be €9,500. |
| 3. The maximum fee payable to a planning authority by an applicant in respect of an application for permission for retention of unauthorised development applies shall be €125,000 |
| 4. The maximum fee payable to a planning authority by an applicant in respect of any planning application other than an application mentioned in paragraph 1, 2 or 3 shall be €38,000. |
| 5. The minimum fee payable to a planning authority by an applicant in respect of a planning application shall be €34 and in any case where the planning authority make a refund in respect of a planning application the refund shall not be such as to reduce the balance of the fee to less than €34 |
FEES PAYABLE TO THE BOARD | |
| Column 1 | Column 2 Amount of Fee |
| (a) Appeal against a decision of a planning authority on a planning application relating to commercial development, made by the person by whom the planning application was made. |
€380 |
| (b) Appeal other than an appeal mentioned at (a). |
€150 |
| (c) Reference. | €150 |
| (d) Request for a determination. | €150 |
| (c) Reduced fee. | €75 |
| (f) Submissions or observations. | €45 |
| (g) Request for an oral hearing. | €75 |
MISCELLANEOUS FEES | |
| Column 1 | Column 2 Amount of Fee |
| Submission or observation on a planning application | €20 |
| Request for a declaration under section 5 of the act | €80 |
| Application under section 42 of Act | €62 |
| Copy of an entry in the register. | €10 |
LICENCE FEES UNDER SECTION 254 OF ACT OF 2000 IN RESPECT OF SPECIFIED APPLIANCES, APPARATUS AND STRUCTURES | |
| Column 1 | Column 2 Licence Fee |
Part I | |
| Appliances, apparatus and structures. | |
| (a) A vending machine or other coin operated machine (not being a weighing machine). | €125 |
| (b) A town or landscape map fpr indicating directions or places. | €25 |
| (c) A hoarding, fence or scaffold (not being a hoarding, fence or scaffold bounding a public road). | €1250 |
| (d) An advertisement structure | €630 |
| (e) A cable, wire or pipeline (not being a cable for conducting electricity for domestic or agricultural purposes or a drain or waterpipe). | €25 per 100 metres length or part thereof |
| (f) A telephone kiosk or pedestal. | €630 |
| (g) A case, rack, shelf or other appliance, apparatus or structure for displaying articles, whether or not for the purpose of advertisement or sale in or in connection with any adjacent business premises. | €125 |
| (h) Tables and chairs outside a hotel, restaurant, public house or other establishment where food is sold for consumption on the premises. | €125 per table |
| (i) An advertisement consisting of any text, symbol, emblem, model, device or logo. | €630 |
| (j) A pipe or an appliance with a pipe attachment for dispensing air or water, not being a pipe or appliance attached to a petrol or oil pump. | €25 |
| (k) A weighing machine | €63 |
| (l) A bring facility. | €25 |
Part II | |
| (a) A cabinet used as part of a wired broadcast relay system by a person licensed under the Wireless Telegraphy (Wired Broadcast Relay Licence) Regulations, 1974. | €125 |
| (b) A Lamp-post | €25 |
| (c) A bridge, arch, tunnel, passage or other similar structure used or intended for use other than by the public and constructed on or after 1 October 1964. | €125 |
| (d) A cellar or other underground structure constructed on or after the 1 October 1964. | €125 |
| (e) A cable for conducting electricity for domestic or agricultural purposes. | €125 |
