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S.I. No. 65/1977 - Local Government (Planning and Development) Regulations, 1977

Type Statutory Instrument

Publication 1977-03-03

Last updated 1994-04-14

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Source Irish Statute Book

articles 70

This is the act as published. Later amendments are not folded into the text below: each one is a separate act in this repository and an entry in this law's history.

12 amending acts · 1994-04-14, S.I. No. 86/1994 - Local Government (Planning and Development) Regulations, 1994

Reform history JSON API


FORM NO. 6	FORM NO. 6		Article 70
	Declaration to a planning authority of estate or interest.	Declaration to a planning authority of estate or interest.	Declaration to a planning authority of estate or interest.
	LOCAL GOVERNMENT (PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT) ACT, 1976 — SECTION 32.	LOCAL GOVERNMENT (PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT) ACT, 1976 — SECTION 32.	LOCAL GOVERNMENT (PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT) ACT, 1976 — SECTION 32.
	I,............................................................ ....................., hereby give to the planning authority	I,............................................................ ....................., hereby give to the planning authority	I,............................................................ ....................., hereby give to the planning authority
{	of which I am a member under which I hold the office of..........................	}	*
	the following declaration of interests in compliance with the requirements of section 32 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1976 :—	the following declaration of interests in compliance with the requirements of section 32 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1976 :—	the following declaration of interests in compliance with the requirements of section 32 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1976 :—
	(a) Particulars of any estate or interest which I have in land situated in the area of the planning authority:—	(a) Particulars of any estate or interest which I have in land situated in the area of the planning authority:—	(a) Particulars of any estate or interest which I have in land situated in the area of the planning authority:—
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	(b) Particulars of any business of dealing in or developing land in which I am engaged or employed and of any such business carried on by a company or other body of which I, or any nominee of mine, is a member:—	(b) Particulars of any business of dealing in or developing land in which I am engaged or employed and of any such business carried on by a company or other body of which I, or any nominee of mine, is a member:—	(b) Particulars of any business of dealing in or developing land in which I am engaged or employed and of any such business carried on by a company or other body of which I, or any nominee of mine, is a member:—
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	(c) Particulars of any profession, business or occupation in which I am engaged, whether on my own behalf or otherwise, and which relates to dealing in or developing land:—	(c) Particulars of any profession, business or occupation in which I am engaged, whether on my own behalf or otherwise, and which relates to dealing in or developing land:—	(c) Particulars of any profession, business or occupation in which I am engaged, whether on my own behalf or otherwise, and which relates to dealing in or developing land:—
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	I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true and complete declaration of every interest of mine which is an interest to which section 32 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1976 , applies.	I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true and complete declaration of every interest of mine which is an interest to which section 32 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1976 , applies.	I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true and complete declaration of every interest of mine which is an interest to which section 32 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1976 , applies.
Signature ............................................................ ....	Signature ............................................................ ....	Signature ............................................................ ....	Signature ............................................................ ....
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	*Delete words which do not apply.	*Delete words which do not apply.	*Delete words which do not apply.

THIRD SCHEDULE

PART I EXEMPTED DEVELOPMENT—GENERAL


Column 1 Description of Development	Column 1 Description of Development	Column 2 Conditions
Development within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse	Development within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse
CLASS 1	CLASS 1
Any works for the provision of an extension to the rear of a dwellinghouse or the conversion for use as part of a dwellinghouse of any garage, store, shed or other similar structure attached to the rear or to the side of the dwellinghouse, where the height of any structural addition does not exceed that of the dwellinghouse and the original floor area of the dwellinghouse is not increased by more than 18 square metres.	Any works for the provision of an extension to the rear of a dwellinghouse or the conversion for use as part of a dwellinghouse of any garage, store, shed or other similar structure attached to the rear or to the side of the dwellinghouse, where the height of any structural addition does not exceed that of the dwellinghouse and the original floor area of the dwellinghouse is not increased by more than 18 square metres.
CLASS 2	CLASS 2
The provision, as part of a central heating system of a dwellinghouse, of a chimney, boiler house or oil storage tank having a capacity not exceeding 3,500 litres.	The provision, as part of a central heating system of a dwellinghouse, of a chimney, boiler house or oil storage tank having a capacity not exceeding 3,500 litres.
CLASS 3	CLASS 3
The erection, construction or placing within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse of any tent, awning, shade or other object, greenhouse, garage, shed or other similar structure.	The erection, construction or placing within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse of any tent, awning, shade or other object, greenhouse, garage, shed or other similar structure.	1. The height above ground level of any such structure shall not exceed, in the case of a building with a tiled or slated ridged roof, 4 metres or any other case, 3 metres.
		2. The structure shall not be used for human habitation or for the keeping of pigs or poultry or for any other purpose other than a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse as such.
CLASS 4	CLASS 4
The erection of a wireless or television aerial on the roof of a dwellinghouse.	The erection of a wireless or television aerial on the roof of a dwellinghouse.	The height of the aerial above the roof shall not exceed 6 metres.
CLASS 5	CLASS 5
The erection, construction or alteration within or bounding the curtilage of a dwellinghouse of a gate, railing, wooden fence or of a wall constructed of brick, stone, split blocks or other blocks with decorative finish but not of other concrete blocks or of mass concrete.	The erection, construction or alteration within or bounding the curtilage of a dwellinghouse of a gate, railing, wooden fence or of a wall constructed of brick, stone, split blocks or other blocks with decorative finish but not of other concrete blocks or of mass concrete.	1. The height above ground level of any such structure shall not exceed 2 metres or, in the case of a wall or fence within or bounding any garden or other space in front of a dwellinghouse, 1·2 metres.
		2. Every wall shall be capped.
CLASS 6	CLASS 6
The construction of any path, drain or pond or the carrying out of any landscaping works within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse.	The construction of any path, drain or pond or the carrying out of any landscaping works within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse.	The level of the ground shall not be altered by more than 1 metre above or below the level of the adjoining ground.
Sundry minor works	Sundry minor works
CLASS 7	CLASS 7
The erection, construction, renewal or replacement of any gate or gateway not exceeding 2 metres in height above ground level.	The erection, construction, renewal or replacement of any gate or gateway not exceeding 2 metres in height above ground level.
CLASS 8	CLASS 8
The plastering of any wall of concrete blocks or mass concrete and the construction, lowering, repair or replacement of—	The plastering of any wall of concrete blocks or mass concrete and the construction, lowering, repair or replacement of—	1. The height of any such structure shall not exceed 1·2 metres above ground level or the height of the structure being repaired or replaced, whichever is the greater and in any event shall not exceed 2 metres above ground level.
(i) any fence (not being a hoarding or sheet metal fence), or	(i) any fence (not being a hoarding or sheet metal fence), or
(ii) any wall (not being an unplastered wall of concrete blocks or mass concrete bounding a public road),	(ii) any wall (not being an unplastered wall of concrete blocks or mass concrete bounding a public road),	2. Every such wall bounding a public road (other than a dry-stone wall) shall be capped.
(iii) a wall constructed of split blocks or other blocks of decorative finish.	(iii) a wall constructed of split blocks or other blocks of decorative finish.
CLASS 9	CLASS 9
Any alteration consisting of the replastering or painting of any external part of any building or other structure.	Any alteration consisting of the replastering or painting of any external part of any building or other structure.
CLASS 10	CLASS 10
The repair or improvement of any private street, road or way, being works carried out on land within the boundary of the street, road or way, and the construction of any private footpath or paving not exceeding 3 metres in width.	The repair or improvement of any private street, road or way, being works carried out on land within the boundary of the street, road or way, and the construction of any private footpath or paving not exceeding 3 metres in width.
Change of use	Change of use
CLASS 11	CLASS 11
Development consisting of a change of use—	Development consisting of a change of use—
(a) from use as a general or special industrial building to use as a light industrial building,	(a) from use as a general or special industrial building to use as a light industrial building,
(b) from use as a special industrial building to use as a general industrial building,	(b) from use as a special industrial building to use as a general industrial building,
(c) from use as a fried fish shop, a shop for the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises, a shop for the sale of pet animals or birds, or a shop for the sale or display for sale of motor vehicles, to use as any other type of shop,	(c) from use as a fried fish shop, a shop for the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises, a shop for the sale of pet animals or birds, or a shop for the sale or display for sale of motor vehicles, to use as any other type of shop,
(d) from use as a public house to use as a shop for any purpose other than the exceptions specified in Class 1 of Part IV of this Schedule.	(d) from use as a public house to use as a shop for any purpose other than the exceptions specified in Class 1 of Part IV of this Schedule.
Temporary structures and uses	Temporary structures and uses
CLASS 12	CLASS 12
Occasional use for social or recreational purposes of any school, hall, club, art gallery, museum, library, reading room, gymnasium or any structure normally used for public worship or religious instruction.	Occasional use for social or recreational purposes of any school, hall, club, art gallery, museum, library, reading room, gymnasium or any structure normally used for public worship or religious instruction.
CLASS 13	CLASS 13
The erection, construction or placing on land on, in, or under which or on land adjoining which developments consisting of works (other than mining) is being or is about to be carried out in pursuance of a permission granted under Part IV of the Act of 1963 or as exempted development, of structures, works, plant or machinery needed temporarily in connection with that development during the period in which it is being carried out.	The erection, construction or placing on land on, in, or under which or on land adjoining which developments consisting of works (other than mining) is being or is about to be carried out in pursuance of a permission granted under Part IV of the Act of 1963 or as exempted development, of structures, works, plant or machinery needed temporarily in connection with that development during the period in which it is being carried out.	Such structures, works, plant or machinery shall be removed at the expiration of the period and the land shall be forthwith reinstated save to such extent as may be authorised or required by a permission under the Act of 1963.
CLASS 14	CLASS 14
The placing or maintenance on a public road of any movable appliance licensed under section 89 of the Act of 1963.	The placing or maintenance on a public road of any movable appliance licensed under section 89 of the Act of 1963.
CLASS 15	CLASS 15
The use of premises as offices in connection with presidential, Dáil or local elections or referenda or election for the Assembly of the European Communities.	The use of premises as offices in connection with presidential, Dáil or local elections or referenda or election for the Assembly of the European Communities.	The use shall be discontinued after a period not exceeding 30 days.
CLASS 16	CLASS 16
The keeping or storing of not more than one caravan or boat within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse.	The keeping or storing of not more than one caravan or boat within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse.	1. The caravan or boat shall not be used for the storage, display, advertisement or sale of goods or for the purposes of any business.
		2. No caravan shall be kept or stored for more than nine months in any year or occupied as a dwelling while so kept or stored.
Development for industrial purposes	Development for industrial purposes
CLASS 17	CLASS 17
Development of the following descriptions, carried out by an industrial undertaker on land occupied and used by such undertaker for the carrying on and for the purposes of any industrial process, or on land used as a dock, harbour or quay for the purposes of any industrial undertaking, provided that such development does not materially alter the external appearance of the premises of the undertaking—	Development of the following descriptions, carried out by an industrial undertaker on land occupied and used by such undertaker for the carrying on and for the purposes of any industrial process, or on land used as a dock, harbour or quay for the purposes of any industrial undertaking, provided that such development does not materially alter the external appearance of the premises of the undertaking—
(i) the provision, rearrangement, replacement, or maintenance of private ways or private railways, sidings or conveyors,	(i) the provision, rearrangement, replacement, or maintenance of private ways or private railways, sidings or conveyors,
(ii) the provision, rearrangement or maintenance of sewers, mains, pipes, cables or other apparatus,	(ii) the provision, rearrangement or maintenance of sewers, mains, pipes, cables or other apparatus,
(iii) the installation or erection by way of addition or replacement of plant or machinery, or structures of the nature of plant or machinery, not exceeding 15 metres in height or the height of the plant, machinery or structure so replaced, whichever is the greater.	(iii) the installation or erection by way of addition or replacement of plant or machinery, or structures of the nature of plant or machinery, not exceeding 15 metres in height or the height of the plant, machinery or structure so replaced, whichever is the greater.
CLASS 18	CLASS 18
Storage within the curtilage of an industrial building of raw materials, products, packing materials or fuel, or the deposit of waste, so as not to be visible from any public road contiguous or adjacent to the curtilage.	Storage within the curtilage of an industrial building of raw materials, products, packing materials or fuel, or the deposit of waste, so as not to be visible from any public road contiguous or adjacent to the curtilage.
Development by statutory undertakers	Development by statutory undertakers
CLASS 19	CLASS 19
The carrying out by any railway undertaking of development required in connection with the movement of traffic by rail in, on, over or under the operational land of the undertaking except—	The carrying out by any railway undertaking of development required in connection with the movement of traffic by rail in, on, over or under the operational land of the undertaking except—
(i) the construction or erection of any railway station or bridge, or of any residential structure, office, or structure to be used for manufacturing or repairing work, which is not situate wholly within the interior of a railway station, and	(i) the construction or erection of any railway station or bridge, or of any residential structure, office, or structure to be used for manufacturing or repairing work, which is not situate wholly within the interior of a railway station, and
(ii) the reconstruction or alteration of any of the aforementioned structures so as materially to affect the design or external appearance thereof.	(ii) the reconstruction or alteration of any of the aforementioned structures so as materially to affect the design or external appearance thereof.
CLASS 20	CLASS 20
The carrying out by any harbour authority of development being—	The carrying out by any harbour authority of development being—
(i) works authorised by a harbour works order in pursuance of section 134 of the Harbours Act, 1946 , which consist of the construction, reconstruction, extension or removal of docks, graving docks, quays, wharves, jetties, piers, embankments, breakwaters, roads, viaducts, tramways, railways, aerodromes, (but not the construction and erection of sheds, transit sheds, transhipment sheds, silos, stores and other structures or the reconstruction or alteration of such excepted structures so as materially to affect the design or external appearance thereof), or	(i) works authorised by a harbour works order in pursuance of section 134 of the Harbours Act, 1946 , which consist of the construction, reconstruction, extension or removal of docks, graving docks, quays, wharves, jetties, piers, embankments, breakwaters, roads, viaducts, tramways, railways, aerodromes, (but not the construction and erection of sheds, transit sheds, transhipment sheds, silos, stores and other structures or the reconstruction or alteration of such excepted structures so as materially to affect the design or external appearance thereof), or
(ii) the cleaning, scouring, deepening, improving or dredging of their harbour or the approaches thereto or the removal of any obstruction within the limits of their harbour, and the use of land for the disposal of dredged material in accordance with an objective in the development plan for the area in which the land is situated.	(ii) the cleaning, scouring, deepening, improving or dredging of their harbour or the approaches thereto or the removal of any obstruction within the limits of their harbour, and the use of land for the disposal of dredged material in accordance with an objective in the development plan for the area in which the land is situated.
CLASS 21	CLASS 21
The carrying out—	The carrying out—
(a) pursuant to and in accordance with a consent given by the Minister for Transport and Power under section 8 of the Gas Act, 1976 (No. 30 of 1976) by the Irish Gas Board of development consisting of the construction of underground pipelines for the transmission of gas (but not the construction or erection of any apparatus, equipment or other thing ancillary to such a pipeline save cathodic protection equipment and marker posts), or	(a) pursuant to and in accordance with a consent given by the Minister for Transport and Power under section 8 of the Gas Act, 1976 (No. 30 of 1976) by the Irish Gas Board of development consisting of the construction of underground pipelines for the transmission of gas (but not the construction or erection of any apparatus, equipment or other thing ancillary to such a pipeline save cathodic protection equipment and marker posts), or
(b) in accordance with requirements of the Minister for Transport and Power under section 40 of the Gas Act, 1976 , of development consisting of the construction of an underground pipeline for the transmission of gas (but not the construction or erection of any apparatus, equipment or other thing ancillary to such a pipeline save cathodic protection equipment and marker posts), or	(b) in accordance with requirements of the Minister for Transport and Power under section 40 of the Gas Act, 1976 , of development consisting of the construction of an underground pipeline for the transmission of gas (but not the construction or erection of any apparatus, equipment or other thing ancillary to such a pipeline save cathodic protection equipment and marker posts), or
(c) by any gas undertaking (other than the Irish Gas Board) of development consisting of the laying underground of mains, pipes, cables or other apparatus for the purposes of the undertaking.	(c) by any gas undertaking (other than the Irish Gas Board) of development consisting of the laying underground of mains, pipes, cables or other apparatus for the purposes of the undertaking.
CLASS 22	CLASS 22
The carrying out by any electricity undertaking of development consisting of the laying underground of mains, pipes, cables, or other apparatus for the purposes of the undertaking.	The carrying out by any electricity undertaking of development consisting of the laying underground of mains, pipes, cables, or other apparatus for the purposes of the undertaking.
CLASS 23	CLASS 23
The carrying out by any electricity undertaking of development consisting of construction of overhead transmission or distribution lines for conducting electricity at a voltage not exceeding 10 KV.	The carrying out by any electricity undertaking of development consisting of construction of overhead transmission or distribution lines for conducting electricity at a voltage not exceeding 10 KV.
CLASS 24	CLASS 24
The carrying out by any electricity undertaking of development for the purposes of the undertaking consisting of the erection or construction of an overhead transmission line not more than 40 metres from a position in respect of which permission for such line was granted and which otherwise complies with such permission, but not a line in respect of which a condition attached to the relevant permission imposed a contrary requirement.	The carrying out by any electricity undertaking of development for the purposes of the undertaking consisting of the erection or construction of an overhead transmission line not more than 40 metres from a position in respect of which permission for such line was granted and which otherwise complies with such permission, but not a line in respect of which a condition attached to the relevant permission imposed a contrary requirement.
CLASS 25	CLASS 25
The carrying out by any electricity undertaking of development consisting of the erection or construction of a 10 KV unit substation having a bulk of less than 8 cubic metres above ground level.	The carrying out by any electricity undertaking of development consisting of the erection or construction of a 10 KV unit substation having a bulk of less than 8 cubic metres above ground level.
Development for amenity or recreational purposes	Development for amenity or recreational purposes
CLASS 26	CLASS 26
Development consisting of the laying out and use of land—	Development consisting of the laying out and use of land—
(a) as a park, private open space or ornamental garden,	(a) as a park, private open space or ornamental garden,
(b) as a roadside shrine,	(b) as a roadside shrine,
(c) as a golf course or pitch-and-putt course, incorporating parking space for not less than 24 cars,	(c) as a golf course or pitch-and-putt course, incorporating parking space for not less than 24 cars,
(d) for athletics or sports where no charge is made for admission of the public to the land.	(d) for athletics or sports where no charge is made for admission of the public to the land.
CLASS 27	CLASS 27
The construction of a swimming pool (other than a covered swimming pool) in accordance with plans approved by a sanitary authority for the purposes of making a contribution under section 55 of the Local Government Act, 1955 .	The construction of a swimming pool (other than a covered swimming pool) in accordance with plans approved by a sanitary authority for the purposes of making a contribution under section 55 of the Local Government Act, 1955 .
Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous
CLASS 28	CLASS 28
Development consisting of the use of land for the placing or maintenance of tents, vans or other temporary or movable structures or objects in connection with any fair or any local event of a religious, cultural, political, recreational or sporting character.	Development consisting of the use of land for the placing or maintenance of tents, vans or other temporary or movable structures or objects in connection with any fair or any local event of a religious, cultural, political, recreational or sporting character.	1. The land shall not be used for any such purposes either continuously for a period exceeding 15 days or occasionally for periods exceeding in aggregate 30 days in any year.
		2. On the discontinuance of such use the land shall be forthwith reinstated save to such extent as may be authorised by a permission granted under Part IV of the Act of 1963.
CLASS 29	CLASS 29
The erection, placing or keeping on land of any lighthouse, beacon, buoy or other aid to navigation on water or in the air.	The erection, placing or keeping on land of any lighthouse, beacon, buoy or other aid to navigation on water or in the air.
CLASS 30	CLASS 30
The use of land as a burial ground and works incidental to the use or maintenance of any burial ground, churchyard, monument, fairgreen, market, schoolyard or showground except—	The use of land as a burial ground and works incidental to the use or maintenance of any burial ground, churchyard, monument, fairgreen, market, schoolyard or showground except—
(a) the erection or construction of any wall, fence or gate bounding or abutting on a public road,	(a) the erection or construction of any wall, fence or gate bounding or abutting on a public road,
(b) the erection or construction of any building other than a stall or store which is wholly enclosed within a market building, or	(b) the erection or construction of any building other than a stall or store which is wholly enclosed within a market building, or
(c) the reconstruction or alteration of any building other than a stall or store which is wholly enclosed within a market building.	(c) the reconstruction or alteration of any building other than a stall or store which is wholly enclosed within a market building.
CLASS 31	CLASS 31
Works consisting of or incidental to—	Works consisting of or incidental to—
(a) the clearance of a derelict site in accordance with any offer accepted or requirement made by any local authority in pursuance of section 2 or 3 of the Derelict Sites Act, 1961 ,	(a) the clearance of a derelict site in accordance with any offer accepted or requirement made by any local authority in pursuance of section 2 or 3 of the Derelict Sites Act, 1961 ,
(b) the carrying out of any works on land which are in accordance with and necessary for compliance with the terms of any licence granted under section 34 of the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1948 , but not including the erection of any building, hut or chalet or the construction of any road or hard-standing,	(b) the carrying out of any works on land which are in accordance with and necessary for compliance with the terms of any licence granted under section 34 of the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1948 , but not including the erection of any building, hut or chalet or the construction of any road or hard-standing,
(c) the removal of any structure or object or the carrying out of any works required by a planning authority under the provisions of any enactment.	(c) the removal of any structure or object or the carrying out of any works required by a planning authority under the provisions of any enactment.
CLASS 32	CLASS 32
The excavation for the purposes of research or discovery of sites, features and other objects of archaeological, geological or historical interest the preservation of which is not an objective of any development plan.	The excavation for the purposes of research or discovery of sites, features and other objects of archaeological, geological or historical interest the preservation of which is not an objective of any development plan.
CLASS 33	CLASS 33
The sinking of a well, drilling of a borehole, erection of a pump, or construction of a pumphouse, or other works necessary for the purpose of providing a domestic water supply or providing a group water scheme in accordance with a plan or proposal approved by the Minister for the purpose of making a grant towards the cost of such works.	The sinking of a well, drilling of a borehole, erection of a pump, or construction of a pumphouse, or other works necessary for the purpose of providing a domestic water supply or providing a group water scheme in accordance with a plan or proposal approved by the Minister for the purpose of making a grant towards the cost of such works.
CLASS 34	CLASS 34
Any drilling or excavation for the purpose of surveying land or examining the depth and nature of the subsoil.	Any drilling or excavation for the purpose of surveying land or examining the depth and nature of the subsoil.
CLASS 35	CLASS 35
The connection of any premises to a communal television system, sewer, watermain, gas main or electricity supply line or cable, including the breaking open of any street or other land for that purpose.	The connection of any premises to a communal television system, sewer, watermain, gas main or electricity supply line or cable, including the breaking open of any street or other land for that purpose.
CLASS 36	CLASS 36
The demolition of a building or other structure.	The demolition of a building or other structure.

PART II EXEMPTED DEVELOPMENT—ADVERTISEMENTS


Column 1 Description of Development	Column 2 Conditions
CLASS 1
Advertisements for the purposes of announcement or direction or warning exhibited by a statutory undertaker in relation to the operation of their statutory undertaking.
CLASS 2
Advertisements for the purposes of identification, direction or warning with respect to the land or structures on which they are exhibited.	No such advertisement shall exceed 0·3 square metres in area.
CLASS 3
Advertisements, exhibited at the entrance to any premises, relating to any person, partnership or company separately carrying on a public service or a profession, business or trade at the premises.	1. No such advertisement shall exceed 0·3 square metres in area.
	2. Not more than one such advertisement, in respect of each such person, partnership or company shall be exhibited on the premises or, in the case of premises with entrances on different road frontages, one such advertisement at one entrance on each road frontage.
CLASS 4
Advertisements relating to any institution of a religious, educational, cultural, recreational or medical or similar character, any hotel, inn or public house, block of flats, club, boarding house or hostel, situated on the land on which any such advertisement is exhibited.	1. No such advertisement shall exceed 0·6 square metres in area.
	2. Not more than one such advertisement shall be exhibited in respect of each such premises or, in the case of premises with entrances on different road frontages, one such advertisement on each such frontage.
CLASS 5
Advertisements exhibited on or affixed to any external face of any hotel building wholly with reference to all or any of the following matters: the business or other activity carried on and the services provided in the hotel.	1. No such advertisement shall project more than 1 metre from the face of the building to which it is affixed.
	2. Where any such advertisement projects more than 5 centimetres over any public road, the advertisement shall be not less than 2 metres over the level of such road.
CLASS 6
Advertisements relating to the sale or letting of any structure or other land (not being an advertisement structure) on which they are exhibited.	1. No such advertisement shall exceed 0·6 square metres in area.
	2. No such advertisement shall be exhibited for more than seven days after the sale or letting to which the advertisement relates.
	3. No advertisement structure on which such advertisement is exhibited shall remain on the structure or other land for more than seven days after the sale or letting to which the advertisement relates.
CLASS 7
Advertisements relating to the sale on or before a date specified therein of goods or livestock, and exhibited on land where such goods or livestock are situated or where such sale is held, not being land which is normally used, whether at regular intervals or otherwise, for the purpose of holding sales of goods or livestock.	1. No such advertisement shall exceed 0·6 square metres in area.
	2. No such advertisement shall be exhibited for more than seven days after the date specified.
CLASS 8
Advertisements relating to the carrying out of building or similar works on the land on which they are exhibited, not being land which is normally used, whether at regular intervals or otherwise, for the purpose of carrying out such works.	1. Where only one advertisement is exhibited, such advertisement shall not exceed 3·5 square metres in area or exceed a height of 6 metres above ground level.
	2. Where more than one advertisement is exhibited, no such advertisement shall exceed 0·6 square metres in area or a height of 4 metres above ground level and the total area of such advertisements shall not exceed 2 square metres.
CLASS 9
Advertisements other than advertisements specified in class 17 of this Part of this Schedule announcing any local event of a religious, educational, cultural, political, social or recreational character, and advertisements relating to any temporary matter in connection with any local event of such a character, not in either case being an event promoted or carried on for commercial purposes.	1. No such advertisement shall exceed 1·2 square metres in area.
	2. No such advertisement shall be exhibited more than 2·5 metres above ground level or be glued or pasted to any structure other than an advertisement structure.
	3. No such advertisement shall be exhibited for more than seven days after the conclusion of the event or matter to which it relates.
CLASS 10
Advertisements relating to any demonstration of agricultural methods or processes on the land on which the advertisements are exhibited.	1. No such advertisement shall exceed 0·6 square metres in area.
	2. No such advertisement shall be exhibited for more than seven days after the date of the demonstration to which it relates.
CLASS 11
Advertisements (other than advertisements specified in class 12 of this Part of this Schedule) which are exhibited within a structure and to which there is access from inside the structure.
CLASS 12
Internally illuminated advertisements exhibited as part of any shop or other window display on business premises and advertisements affixed to the glass surface of a window of a business premises or exhibited through a window of such premises and not less than 15 centimetres from such window.	The total area of any advertisements exhibited shall not exceed one quarter of the area of the window through which the advertisements are exhibited.
CLASS 13
Advertisements (other than those specified in classes 3, 4, 11 and 12 of this Part of this Schedule) exhibited on business premises, wholly with reference to all or any of the following matters: the business or other activity carried on and the goods or services provided on those premises.	1. No part of any such advertisement shall be more than 2·5 metres in height above ground level or, where such advertisement is exhibited on or attached or affixed to any building, 4 metres in height above ground level.
	2. No such advertisement shall contain or consist of any symbol, emblem, model or device exceeding 0·6 metres in height or any letter exceeding 0·3 metres in height.
	3. Where such advertisement projects more than 5 centimetres over any public road, the advertisement shall not be less than 2 metres over the level of such road nor project more than 1 metre over such road.
	4. The total area of such advertisements which are not exhibited on or attached or affixed to any building shall not exceed 3 square metres of which not more than 1·5 square metres shall consist of advertisements which are internally illuminated.
	5. The total area of such advertisements exhibited on or attached or affixed to the front of any building shall not exceed an area equal to 0·3 square metres for every metre length of such front less the total area of any such advertisements exhibited on the premises but not exhibited on or attached or affixed to the building.
	6. The total area of such advertisements exhibited on or attached or affixed to any face of a building other than the front thereof shall not exceed 1·2 square metres and the total area of any such advertisements on such face which are internally illuminated shall not exceed 0·3 square metres.
	7. Where any such advertisement consists of a circular sign and projects more than 5 centimetres over any public road, the diameter of such sign shall not exceed 1 metre and no other such advertisement shall be exhibited on a sign projecting more than 5 centimetres over the public road.
	8. Where any one or more such advertisements are exhibited on a swinging or fixed sign or other advertisement structure (other than a circular sign) projecting more than 5 centimetres from any external face of any structure, the total area of such advertisements shall not exceed 1·2 square metres and the area of any face of such advertisement structure shall not exceed 0·4 square metres.
	9. No such advertisement shall cover any part of any window in any building on which the advertisement is exhibited or to which it is attached or affixed.
CLASS 14
An advertisement in the form of a flag which is attached to a single flagstaff fixed in an upright position on the roof of a business premises, and which bears no inscription or emblem other than the name or device of a person occupying the building.
CLASS 15
Any advertisement relating to a presidential, Dáil or local election or referendum or to an election for the Assembly of the European Communities.	No such advertisement shall be exhibited for more than seven days after the date of the election or referendum to which it relates.
CLASS 16
Advertisements required to be exhibited by or under any enactment, including (but without prejudice to the generality hereof) advertisements the exhibition of which is so required as a condition of the valid exercise of any power, or proper performance of any function, given or imposed by such enactment, or for compliance with any procedure prescribed by or under any enactment.
CLASS 17
Advertisements consisting of placards, posters or bills relating to the visit of any travelling circus, funfair, carnival, show, cinema, musicians, players or other travelling entertainment.	1. No such advertisement shall exceed 1·2 square metres in area.
	2. No such advertisement shall be exhibited more than 2·5 metres above ground level or be glued or pasted to any structure other than an advertisement structure.
	3. No such advertisement shall be exhibited more than seven days after the visit or performance to which it relates.
CLASS 18
Any advertisement exhibited on land wholly or for the most part enclosed within a hedge, fence, wall or similar screen or structure (not being land which is a public park, public garden or other land held for the use and enjoyment of the public, or a part of a railway undertaking's enclosed land normally used for the carriage of passengers by rail) and not readily visible from land outside the enclosure wherein it is exhibited.
CLASS 19
Any advertisement exhibited within a railway station.

PART III EXEMPTED DEVELOPMENT — RURAL


Column 1 Description of Development	Column 2 Conditions
Limited use for camping
CLASS 1
Temporary use of any land for the placing of any tent or caravan or for the mooring of any boat, barge or other vessel used for the purpose of camping.	1. Not more than one tent or caravan shall be placed within 100 metres of another tent or caravan at any time.
	2. No tent, caravan, or vessel shall remain on the land for a greater period than 10 days.
	3. No tent, caravan or vessel shall be used for the storage, display, advertisement or sale of goods or for the purposes of any business.
	4. No tent or caravan shall be placed on land within 50 metres of any public road unless the land is enclosed by a wall, bank or hedge, or any combination thereof, having an average height of not less than 1·5 metres.
CLASS 2
Temporary use of land by a scouting organisation for a summer camp.	The land shall not be used for such purposes for any period or periods exceeding 30 days in any year.
Minor works and structures
CLASS 3
Works relating to the construction or maintenance of any gully, drain, pond, trough, pit or culvert, the widening or deepening of watercourses, the removal of obstructions from watercourses and the making or repairing of embankments.
CLASS 4
The erection of any stand or ramp for loading or unloading vehicles (excluding the erection of a ramp on a public road and any stand which projects over any paved or metalled part of a public road).	1. The height of the stand or ramp shall not exceed 1·2 metres above ground level.
	2. A stand within 50 metres of a road junction shall not be situated over or adjoining a public road.
CLASS 5
The erection of any wall or fence other than a fence of sheet metal or a wall or fence within or bounding any garden or other space in front of a dwellinghouse.	The height of the wall or fence shall not exceed 2 metres above ground level.
Mining
CLASS 6
The use of land for the purpose of the winning and working of minerals, the carrying out of works incidental thereto (other than opencast mining or surface working or the deposit of refuse or waste materials) and, in the case of land other than land situate in an area to which a special amenity area order relates, the erection or placing of structures on the land for such specific purpose.	1. No such structure shall remain on the land for a period exceeding twelve months.
	2. On the discontinuance of the use of the land, or any part thereof, all structures and materials shall be removed therefrom and the surface of the land shall be forthwith reinstated or, where reinstatement is not practicable, such excavation shall be effectively fenced or otherwise protected and, in the case of land in an area to which a special amenity area order relates, a hedge, bushes or trees shall be planted so as to screen the excavation.
Agricultural buildings
CLASS 7
Works consisting of the provision, on land not less than 10 metres from any public road the metalled part of which at the nearest point is more than 4 metres in width, of a roofed structure for the housing of pigs, cattle, sheep or poultry, having a floor area not exceeding 400 square metres (whether or not by extension of an existing structure) and any ancillary provision for effluent storage.	1. No such structure shall be used for any purpose other than the purpose of agriculture.
	2. No such structure for the housing of pigs or poultry shall be situated within 100 metres of any dwelling- house save with the consent of the owner and occupier thereof.
	3. No such structure within 100 metres of any public road shall exceed 7 metres in height above ground level.
	4. No effluent from such structure shall be stored within 100 metres of any dwellinghouse save with the consent of the owner and occupier thereof.
CLASS 8
Works consisting of the provision, on land not less than 10 metres from any public road the metalled part of which at the nearest point is more than 4 metres in width, of roofless cubicles, open loose yards, self feed silo or silage areas, feeding aprons, assembly yards, milking parlours, sheep dipping units or structures for the making or storage of silage, having an aggregate floor area not exceeding 400 square metres, and any ancillary provision for effluent storage.	1. No such structure shall be used for any purpose other than the purpose of agriculture.
	2. No such structure for the housing of pigs or poultry, or for the making, storage or feeding of silage shall be situated within 100 metres of any dwellinghouse save with the consent of the owner and occupier thereof.
	3. No such structure within 100 metres of any public road shall exceed 7 metres in height above ground level.
	4. No effluent from such structure shall be stored within 100 metres of any dwellinghouse save with the consent of the owner and occupier thereof.
CLASS 9
The construction, extension, alteration or replacement, on land not less than 10 metres from any public road the metalled part of which at the nearest point is more than 4 metres in width, of any store, barn, shed, glasshouse or other agricultural building not being of a type specified in Class 7 or 8 of this Part of this Schedule.	1. No such structure shall be used for any purpose other than the purpose of agriculture or forestry.
	2. No such structure within 100 metres of any public road shall exceed 7 metres in height above ground level.

PART IV CLASSES OF USE

CLASS 1—Use as a shop for any purpose except as—

(a) a fried fish shop or a shop for the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises,

(b) a shop for the sale of pet animals or birds,

CLASS 2—Use as an office for any purpose.

CLASS 3—Use as a light industrial building for any purpose.

CLASS 4—Use as a general industrial building for any purpose,

CLASS 5—Use for any work which is registrable under the Alkali, etc. Works Regulation Act, 1906 except a process ancillary to the getting, dressing or treatment of minerals, carried on in or adjacent to a quarry or mine; use for any of the following processes, except as aforesaid, so far as not registrable under the above Act:—

(a) smelting, calcining, sintering or reduction of ores, minerals, concentrates or matter,

(b) converting, reheating, annealing, hardening, melting, carburising, forging or casting of iron or other metals or alloys,

(d) galvinising,

(e) pickling or treatment of metal in acid,

(f) chromium plating.

CLASS 6—Use for any of the following processes so far as not included in class 5 of this Part of this Schedule and except a process ancillary to the getting, dressing or treatment of minerals, carried on in or adjacent to a quarry or mine—

(a) burning of building bricks,

(b) lime burning,

(d) foaming, crushing or screening of stone or slag.

CLASS 7—Use for any of the following purposes so far as not included in class 5 of this Part of this Schedule—

(a) the production or employment of cyanogen or its compounds,

(b) the manufacture of glass, where the sodium sulphate used exceeds 1·5 per cent of the total weight of the melt,

CLASS 8—Use for any of the following purposes so far as not included in class 5 of this Part of this Schedule—

The distilling, refining or blending of oils, the production or employment of cellulose lacquers (except their employment in garages in connection with minor repairs), hot pitch or bitumen or pyridine; the stoving of enamelled ware; the production of amyl acetate, aromatic esters, butyric acid, caramel, hexamine, iodoform, B-naphthol, resin products (except synthetic resins, plastic moulding or extrusion compositions and plastic sheets, rods, tubes, filaments, fibres or optical components produced by casting, calendering, moulding, shaping or extrusion), salicylic acid or sulphonated organic compounds; paint and varnish manufacture (excluding mixing, milling and grinding); the production of rubber from scrap; or the manufacture of acetylene from calcium carbide for sale or for use in a further chemical process.

CLASS 9—Use as a wholesale warehouse or enclosed repository building for any purpose.

CLASS 10—Use as a residential club, a hotel providing sleeping accommodation, a guest house or a hostel.

CLASS 11—Use as a structure for public worship or religious instruction; use of such structure for the social or recreational activities of the religious body using the structure; use as a monastery or convent.

CLASS 12—Use as a residential or boarding school or a residential college.

CLASS 13—Use as a convalescent home, a maternity home, a nursing home, a sanatorium, a hospital, a health centre, a clinic, a creche, a day nursery, a dispensary, or a home or institution for the boarding, care and maintenance of children, old people, incapacitated persons or persons suffering from mental disability.

CLASS 14—Use as an art gallery (not being a business premises), a museum, a public library or reading room, a public hall, an exhibition hall, a social centre, a community centre or a non-residential club, but not as a dance hall, music hall or concert hall.

CLASS 15—Use as a theatre, a cinema, a music hall, a concert hall.

CLASS 16—Use as a skating rink, or a gymnasium, or for indoor games or sports (including boxing, wrestling and bowling).

/ Fourth Schedule

FOURTH SCHEDULE

LICENCE FEES IN RESPECT OF APPLIANCES AND STRUCTURES UNDER SECTION 89 OF THE ACT OF 1963.


1. Appliance or Structure	2. Licence Fee	2. Licence Fee
	Where the appliance or structure is in a county borough	Where the appliance or structure is elsewhere than in a county borough
Part I
Appliances and structures for servicing vehicles:
(a) A petrol or oil pump (including any delivery hose, air pipe, waterpipe or other attachment).	£20	£10
(b) A movable pump or other appliance for dispensing any oil or oil derivative or mixture thereof.	£10	£5
(c) A delivery pipe or hose attached to a petrol or oil pump which is not on a public road.	£10	£5
(d) A petrol, oil or other storage tank (whether sub-divided or not) together with any associated manhole, inlet, outlet or pipe for connection with a pump,	£2 for each 5,000 litres capacity or part thereof	£1 for each 5,000 litres capacity or part thereof
(e) 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 for which a fee is prescribed under paragraph (a) above.	£2	£1
Part II
Other appliances and structures:
(a) A vending machine or other coin-operated machine (not being a weighing machine) which is on a public road.	£20	£20
(b) An appliance of any type referred to in Part I of this Schedule which is not used for servicing vehicles.	£10	£10
(c) A case, rack, shelf or other appliance or structure for displaying articles for the purpose of advertisement or sale in or in connection with any adjacent business premises.	£10	£10
(d) An advertisement consisting of any symbol, emblem, model or device which is on a public road.	£10	£10
(e) An advertisement structure which is on a public road.	£10	£10
(f) A hoarding, fence or scaffold (not being a hoarding, fence or scaffold bounding a public road).	£10	£10
(g) A town or landscape map on a public road.	£2	£2
(h) A weighing machine on a public road.	£2	£2
(i) A cable, wire or pipeline (not being a cable for conducting electricity for domestic or agricultural purposes or a drain or waterpipe).	£5 per 800 metres length or part thereof.	£5 per 800 metres length or part thereof.
Part III
Other structures:
(a) A bridge, arch, tunnel, passage or other similar structure used or intended for use other than by the public and constructed on or after the appointed day.	£10	£10
(b) A cellar or other underground structure constructed on or after the appointed day.	£10	£10
(c) A lamp-post.	£5	£5
(d) A cable for conducting electricity for domestic or agricultural purposes.	£5	£5

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this 3rd day of March, 1977.

JAMES TULLY,

Minister for Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Regulations revoke all existing Regulations made under the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963 , and make provision for the matters dealt with in the revoked Regulations, having regard to the changes and additional matters required to be the subject of Regulations under the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1976 .

The provisions of the Regulations relate to development plans, exempted development, permissions, outline permissions and approvals, appeals and references to An Bord Pleanála, including oral hearings, compensation under the Acts, licensing under section 89 of the Act of 1963, the extinguishment of public rights of way and other miscellaneous matters under the Acts.

The Regulations prescribe the classes of employees of An Bord Pleanála and of planning authorities who are required to make declarations of interest under section 32 of the Act of 1976 and prescribe the form of such declarations. The Regulations come into operation on the 15th March, 1977.

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