Leaflets
The Department publishes a series of leaflets on all aspects of the planning system and these are available free of charge from the Department or from planning authorities. They cover a whole range of issues including how to make a planning application, lodge an appeal, requirements for change of use, building extensions, in a word everything you need to know but didn't know who to ask.
Leaflets on the planning system are available in PDF format below.
- PL1 - A Guide to Planning Permission (pdf, 242kb)
- PL2 - Making a Planning Application (pdf, 202kb)
- PL3 - Commenting on a Planning Application (pdf, 217kb)
- PL4 - Building a House - The Planning Issues (pdf, 125kb)
- PL5 - Doing Work Around the Houses - The Planning Issues (pdf, 155kb)
- PL6 - Agriculture and Farm Development - The Planning Issues (pdf, 164kb)
- PL7 - Planning and the Business Person (pdf, 158kb)
- PL8 - The Development Plan (pdf, 151kb)
- PL9 - Environment Impact Assessment (pdf, 154kb)
- PL10 - Making a Planning Appeal (pdf, 161kb)
- PL11 - Guide to the Building Control System (pdf, 152kb)
- PL12 - Guide to Architectural Heritage (pdf, 171kb)
- PL13 - Archaeology in the Planning Process (pdf, 666kb)
Publications & Documents
- Best Practice Urban Design Manual (May 09) Part 1 (pdf, 17,495 kb)
- Best Practice Urban Design Manual (May 09) Part 2 (pdf, 17,206 kb)
- 2007 Annual Planning Statistics (xls, 788 kb)
- more publications
News and Speeches
- 04/04/12: Housing and Planning Minister launches new initiatives to enhance co-ordination and oversight of Irish Planning System
- 29/03/12: Minister for Planning & Housing sets the Record Straight on Planning Investigations
- 27/03/12: Hogan announces new appointments to the board of An Bord Pleanála
- 22/03/12: Jan O’Sullivan, Minister for Housing and Planning has welcomed the publication of the Final Report of the Mahon Tribunal and has pledged to act on its findings.
- Press/Media
Legislation
- SI 135 of 2007 -Planning and Development (No. 2) Regulations 2007 (pdf, 92 kb)
- SI No 83 of 2007 -Planning and Development Regulations 2007 (pdf, 85 kb)
- SI No 685 of 2006 -Planning and Development Regulations 2006 (pdf, 866 kb)
- SI 684 of 2006-Planning and Development Strategic Infrastructure Act 2006 Commencement (pdf, 22 kb)
- SI 659 of 2006 -European Communities Environmental Impact Assessment Amendment Regulations (pdf, 54 kb)
- Planning and Development Strategic Infrastructure Act 2006 (No 27 of 2006) (pdf, 624 kb)
- more legislation
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