Planning & Development Services
General Information
The Planning Section is located on the ground floor of the Civic Offices, Limerick Road, Nenagh and can be contacted by direct dial to (067) 44652, 44653, and 44657.
All information with regard to the lodging of applications for Planning Permission is available from the staff directly or by reference to the comprehensive guidance notes supplied with the Application Form. These details are also available on the Council’s website.
APPLICATIONS FOR PLANNING PERMISSION.
When you wish to apply for planning permission
When you submit an application for permission, we will examine it to ensure that it complies fully with the requirements set out in the Planning and Development Regulations 2001-2002.
If the application is invalid, we will notify you within 5 working days. We will return all of the documentation and any fee received, notify you of those requirements of the Regulations which have not been complied with and instruct you to remove any site notice erected in respect of the application.
If the application is valid, we will issue an acknowledgement of receipt within 7 working days. This acknowledgement will confirm the date on which the application was received and the reference number allocated to it.
Once a valid application has been received, we will process it. Should we require any further information in order to make a decision, we will issue a request to you within 7weeks of receipt of the valid application Once we have received all the further information required from you to enable us to make a decision, we will issue our decision within 4 weeks.
Where a request for further information is not necessary we will make a decision within 8 weeks of receiving your application unless the time limit is extended by you. You will be notified of this decision by registered post within 3 working days.
Our notification of decision will detail the appeal procedure available to you, should you wish to lodge an appeal with An Bord Pleanala.
When you want information with regard to any application for permission
A register of all planning applications is maintained in the Planning Office. You are welcome to phone or call to the office during normal working hours to inspect the register. Your entitlement to inspect Planning Files is set out clearly in Planning Legislation and the staff will be happy to explain these entitlements to you.
Enquires can also be made on-line on the Council’s website.
Should you wish to lodge an objection/ submission you may do so in writing within 5 weeks of the date of receipt of the application in question. Your objection/ submission will be invalid unless it is accompanied by a fee of €20. Receipt of your objection/submission will be acknowledged, through the post, within 7 working days.
Where you have lodged a valid objection/submission you will be notified within 3 working days of any or all of the following:-
- where significant further information is received in relation to the application,
- where a decision on the application has been made, including details of the appeal procedure available to you,
- where a valid appeal against the decision has been lodged by any party,
- where the application is invalidated for any reason or withdrawn. (In the case of invalid applications, the €20 fee paid will be refunded to you).
COMPLAINTS REGARDING UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT
Where we receive a complaint, in writing, concerning an alleged unauthorised development or a failure to comply with the terms or conditions of any Permission granted, we will acknowledge it within 7 working days and investigate it within 3 weeks. Except where the complaint is found to be frivolous, vexatious or insignificant we will issue a Warning Letter to the developer within 6 weeks, requesting that the unauthorised development cease and inviting observations within 4 weeks. A copy of the Warning Letter will be given to the complainant and all other interested parties.
Having had regard to any reply received and the nature of the development complained of, we will decide within 12 weeks of issue of Warning Letter on whether to issue an Enforcement Notice requiring the development to cease and the land to be restored to its original state, where appropriate, within a period of not more than 6 months.
The Council will avail of its powers to seek a Court Injunction to prevent an unauthorised development from commencing or continuing where such action is considered appropriate.
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