LegalizeS.I. No. 600/2001 - Planning and Development Regulations, 2001
These amending acts are not in its history: the source does not say when their effect began (4)
- IE-2026-si-72: S.I. No. 72 of 2026, art. 2(a) — The directory cites S.I. No. 72 of 2026, but the 2026 annual index skips No. 72 and the official URL returns 404.
- IE-2026-si-72: S.I. No. 72 of 2026, art. 2(b) — The directory cites S.I. No. 72 of 2026, but the 2026 annual index skips No. 72 and the official URL returns 404.
- IE-2026-si-72: S.I. No. 72 of 2026, art. 2(c) — The directory cites S.I. No. 72 of 2026, but the 2026 annual index skips No. 72 and the official URL returns 404.
- IE-2001-act-37: Reg. 27 reserved function conferred — 37/2001, ss. 131, 131A, sch. 14A pt. 3 (see also 1/2014, ss. 1(22), 21(4), sch. 3); Reg. 32 reserved function conferred — 37/2001, ss. 131, 131A, sch. 14A pt. 3 (see also 1/2014, ss. 1(22), 21(4), sch. 3) — Published 2001-07-21, before this law (2001-12-19); the directory does not state when its effect began.
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.
115 amending acts · 2026-10-02, S.I. No. 500/2026 - Planning and Development (Short Term Letting - Planning and Developme…
| Column 1 Description of Development | Column 2 Conditions and Limitations |
| Development within the curtilage of a house | |
| CLASS 1 | |
| The extension of a house, by the construction or erection of an extension (including a conservatory) to the rear of the house or by the conversion for use as part of the house of any garage, store, shed or other similar structure attached to the rear or to the side of the house. | 1. (a) Where the house has not been extended previously, the floor area of any such extension shall not exceed 40 square metres. (b) Subject to paragraph (a), where the house is terraced or semi-detached, the floor area of any extension above ground level shall not exceed 12 square metres. (c) Subject to paragraph (a), where the house is detached, the floor area of any extension above ground level shall not exceed 20 square metres. 2. (a) Where the house has been extended previously, the floor area of any such extension, taken together with the floor area of any previous extension or extensions constructed or erected after 1 October 1964, including those for which planning permission has been obtained, shall not exceed 40 square metres. (b) Subject to paragraph (a), where the house is terraced or semi-detached and has been extended previously, the floor area of any extension above ground level taken together with the floor area of any previous extension or extensions above ground level constructed or erected after 1 October 1964, including those for which planning permission has been obtained, shall not exceed 12 square metres. (c) Subject to paragraph (a), where the house is detached and has been extended previously, the floor area of any extension above ground level, taken together with the floor area of any previous extension or extensions above ground level constructed or erected after 1 October 1964, including those for which planning permission has been obtained, shall not exceed 20 square metres. 3. Any above ground floor extension shall be a distance of not less than 2 metres from any party boundary. 4. (a) Where the rear wall of the house does not include a gable, the height of the walls of any such extension shall not exceed the height of the rear wall of the house. (b) Where the rear wall of the house includes a gable, the height of the walls of any such extension shall not exceed the height of the side walls of the house. (c) The height of the highest part of the roof of any such extension shall not exceed, in the case of a flat roofed extension, the height of the eaves or parapet, as may be appropriate, or, in any other case, shall not exceed the height of the highest part of the roof of the dwelling. 5. The construction or erection of any such extension to the rear of the house shall not reduce the area of private open space, reserved exclusively for the use of the occupants of the house, to the rear of the house to less than 25 square metres. 6. (a) Any window proposed at ground level in any such extension shall not be less than 1 metre from the boundary it faces. (b) Any window proposed above ground level in any such extension shall not be less than 11 metres from the boundary it faces. (c) Where the house is detached and the floor area of the extension above ground level exceeds 12 square metres, any window proposed at above ground level shall not be less than 11 metres from the boundary it faces. 7. The roof of any extension shall not be used as a balcony or roof garden. |
| CLASS 2 | |
| The provision, as part of a central heating system of a house, of a chimney, boiler house or oil storage tank. | The capacity of any such oil storage tank shall not exceed 3,500 litres. |
| CLASS 3 | |
| The construction, erection or placing within the curtilage of a house of any tent, awning, shade or other object, greenhouse, garage, store, shed or other similar structure. | 1. No such structure shall be constructed, erected or placed forward of the front wall of a house. 2. The total area of such structures constructed, erected or placed within the curtilage of a house shall not, taken together with any other such structures previously constructed, erected or placed within the said curtilage, exceed 25 square metres. 3. The construction, erection or placing within the curtilage of a house of any such structure shall not reduce the amount of private open space reserved exclusively for the use of the occupants of the house to the rear or to the side of the house to less than 25 square metres. 4. The external finishes of any garage or other structure constructed, erected or placed to the side of a house, and the roof covering where any such structure has a tiled or slated roof, shall conform with those of the house. 5. The height of any such structure shall not exceed, in the case of a building with a tiled or slated pitched roof, 4 metres or, in any other case, 3 metres. 6. The structure shall not be used for human habitation or for the keeping of pigs, poultry, pigeons, ponies or horses, or for any other purpose other than a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the house as such. |
| CLASS 4 | |
| (a) The erection of a wireless or television antenna, other than a satellite television signal receiving antenna, on the roof of a house. | The height of the antenna above the roof of the house shall not exceed 6 metres. |
| (b) The erection on or within the curtilage of a house, of a dish type antenna used for the receiving and transmitting of signals from satellites. | 1. Not more than one such antenna shall be erected on, or within the curtilage of a house. 2. The diameter of any such antenna shall not exceed 1 metre. 3. No such antenna shall be erected on, or forward of, the front wall of the house. 4. No such antenna shall be erected on the front roof slope of the house or higher than the highest part of the roof of the house. |
| CLASS 5 | |
| The construction, erection or alteration, within or bounding the curtilage of a house, of a gate, gateway, railing or wooden fence or a wall of brick, stone, blocks with decorative finish, other concrete blocks or mass concrete. | 1. The height 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 house, 1.2 metres. 2. Every wall other than a dry or natural stone wall bounding any garden or other space shall be capped and the face of any wall of concrete or concrete block (other than blocks with decorative finish) which will be visible from any road, path or public area, including public open space, shall be rendered or plastered. 3. No such structure shall be a metal palisade or other security fence. |
| CLASS 6 | |
| (a) The construction of any path, drain or pond or the carrying out of any landscaping works within the curtilage of a house. | The level of the ground shall not be altered by more than 1 metre above or below the level of the adjoining ground. |
| (b) Any works within the curtilage of a house for— (i) the provision to the rear of the house of a hard surface for use for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the house as such, or, (ii) the provision to the front or side of the house of a hard surface for the parking of not more than 2 motor vehicles used for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the house as such. | |
| CLASS 7 | |
| The construction or erection of a porch outside any external door of a house. | 1. Any such structure shall be situated not less than 2 metres from any road. 2. The floor area of any such structure shall not exceed 2 square metres. 3. The height of any such structure shall not exceed, in the case of a structure with a tiled or slated pitched roof, 4 metres or, in any other case, 3 metres. |
| CLASS 8 | |
| The keeping or storing of a caravan, campervan or boat within the curtilage of a house. | 1. Not more than one caravan, campervan or boat shall be so kept or stored. 2. The caravan, campervan or boat shall not be used for the storage, display, advertisement or sale of goods or for the purposes of any business. 3. No caravan, campervan or boat shall be so kept or stored for more than 9 months in any year or occupied as a dwelling while so kept or stored. |
| Sundry Works | |
| CLASS 9 | |
| The construction, erection, renewal or replacement, other than within or bounding the curtilage of a house, of any gate or gateway. | The height of any such structure shall not exceed 2 metres. |
| CLASS 10 | |
| The plastering or capping of any wall of concrete blocks or mass concrete. | |
| CLASS 11 | |
| The construction, erection, lowering, repair or replacement, other than within or bounding the curtilage of a house, of — (a) any fence (not being a hoarding or sheet metal fence), or (b) any wall of brick, stone, blocks with decorative finish, other concrete blocks or mass concrete. | 1. The height of any new structure shall not exceed 1.2 metres or the height of the structure being replaced, whichever is the greater, and in any event shall not exceed 2 metres. 2. Every wall, other than a dry or natural stone wall, constructed or erected bounding a road shall be capped and the face of any wall of concrete or concrete blocks (other than blocks of a decorative finish) which will be visible from any road, path or public area, including a public open space, shall be rendered or plastered. |
| CLASS 12 | |
| The painting of any external part of any building or other structure. | Such painting may not, except in the case of a hoarding or other temporary structure bounding land on which development consisting of works is being or will be carried out in pursuance of a permission granted under Part III of the Act or as exempted development, be for the purposes of creating a mural. |
| CLASS 13 | |
| 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. | The width of any such private footpath or paving shall not exceed 3 metres. |
| Change of use | |
| CLASS 14 | |
| Development consisting of a change of use— (a) from use for the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises, or for the sale or leasing or display for sale or leasing of motor vehicles, to use as a shop, (b) from use as a public house, to use as a shop, (c) from use for the direction of funerals, as a funeral home, as an amusement arcade or a restaurant, to use as a shop, (d) from use to which class 2 of Part 4 of this Schedule applies, to use as a shop, (e) from use as 2 or more dwellings, to use as a single dwelling, of any structure previously used as a single dwelling, | |
| (f) from use as a house, to use as a residence for persons with an intellectual or physical disability or mental illness and persons providing care for such persons. | The number of persons with an intellectual or physical disability or a mental illness living in any such residence shall not exceed 6 and the number of resident carers shall not exceed 2. |
| Temporary structures and uses | |
| CLASS 15 | |
| 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 16 | |
| The erection, construction or placing on land on, in, over or under which, or on land adjoining which, development consisting of works (other than mining) is being or is about to be, carried out pursuant to a permission under the Act 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 reinstated save to such extent as may be authorised or required by a permission under the Act. |
| CLASS 17 | |
| The erection, construction or placing on land on, in, over or under which, or on land adjoining which, development (other than mining) is being, or is about to be carried out, pursuant to any permission, consent, approval or confirmation granted under the Act or any other enactment or as exempted development, of temporary on-site accommodation for persons employed, or otherwise engaged, in connection with the carrying out of the development, during the period in which it is being carried out. | Such accommodation shall be removed at the expiration of the period and the land shall be reinstated save to such extent as may be authorised or required by the permission, consent, approval or confirmation granted under the Act or any other enactment. |
| CLASS 18 | |
| The erection, construction or placing on land on, in, over or under which, or on land adjoining which, development consisting of mining is to be carried out pursuant to a permission under the Act, of structures, works, plant or machinery needed temporarily in connection with preparation for the development. | Such structures, works, plant or machinery shall be removed when commissioning of the mine, and any ancillary structures or facilities, has been completed pursuant to a permission under the Act. |
| CLASS 19 | |
| Development consisting of the provision, construction or erection by or on behalf of a State authority of temporary structures or other temporary facilities required in connection with a visit of a dignitary or delegation. | The temporary structures and facilities shall be removed after the conclusion of the visit and the land concerned shall be reinstated. |
| CLASS 20 | |
| The use of premises in connection with an election to the office of President of Ireland, an election of members of Dáil Éireann, the Parliament of the European Communities, a local authority or Údarás na Gaeltachta, or a referendum within the meaning of the Referendum Act, 1994 (No. 12 of 1994). | The use shall be discontinued after a period not exceeding 30 days. |
| Development for industrial purposes | |
| CLASS 21 | |
| (a) 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— (i) the provision, rearrangement, replacement or maintenance of private ways or private railways, sidings or conveyors, (ii) the provision, rearrangement, replacement 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. (b) Any works for the provision within the curtilage of an industrial building of a hard surface to be used for the purposes of or in connection with the industrial process carried on in the building. | 1. Any such development shall not materially alter the external appearance of the premises of the undertaking. 2. The height of any plant or machinery, or any structure in the nature of plant or machinery, shall not exceed 15 metres above ground level or the height of the plant, machinery or structure replaced, whichever is the greater. |
| CLASS 22 | |
| Storage within the curtilage of an industrial building, in connection with the industrial process carried on in the building, of raw materials, products, packing materials or fuel, or the deposit of waste arising from the industrial process. | The raw materials, products, packing materials, fuel or waste stored shall not be visible from any public road contiguous or adjacent to the curtilage of the industrial building. |
| Development by statutory undertakers | |
| CLASS 23 | |
| 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— (a) 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 situated wholly within the interior of a railway station, or (b) the reconstruction or alteration of any of the aforementioned structures so as materially to affect the design or external appearance thereof. | Any car park provided or constructed shall incorporate parking space for not more than 60 cars. |
| CLASS 24 | |
| The carrying out by any harbour authority of development of the following description— | |
| (a) works authorised by a harbour works order in pursuance of section 134 of the Harbours Act, 1946 (No. 9 of 1946), which consist of the construction, reconstruction, extension or removal of docks, graving docks, quays, wharves, jetties, piers, embankments, break-waters, roads, viaducts, tram-ways, railways or aerodromes (but not the construction or 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 (b) the cleaning, scouring, deepening, improving or dredging of the harbour or the approaches thereto or the removal of any obstruction within the limits of the harbour, and the use of land for the disposal of dredged material in accordance with an objective in a development plan for the area in which the land is situated. | |
| CLASS 25 | |
| The carrying out— (a) pursuant to and in accordance with a consent given by the Minister for Public Enterprise 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), (b) pursuant to and in accordance with an order made by the Minister for Public Enterprise under section 2 of the Gas (Amendment) Act, 1987 (No. 9 of 1987), by the Irish Gas Board of development consisting of the laying underground of mains, pipes, cables or other apparatus, (c) in accordance with any requirements of the Minister for Public Enterprise or the Marine and Natural Resources, as the case may be 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 (d) 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 26 | |
| 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 27 | |
| The carrying out by any electricity undertaking of development consisting of the construction of over-head transmission or distribution lines for conducting electricity at a voltage not exceeding a nominal value of 20kV. | |
| CLASS 28 | |
| The carrying out by any electricity undertaking of development for the purposes of the undertaking consisting of the construction or erection 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 29 | |
| The carrying out by any electricity undertaking of development consisting of the construction or erection of a unit substation for the distribution of electricity at a voltage not exceeding a nominal value of 20kV. | The volume above ground level of any such unit substation shall not exceed 11 cubic metres, measured externally. |
| CLASS 30 | |
| The carrying out by An Post — The Post Office of development consisting of the provision of— (a) pillarboxes or other forms of letter box, (b) roadside boxes for the delivery of mail, (c) deposit boxes for the temporary storage of mail for local delivery, or (d) machines for the supply of stamps or printed postage labels. | |
| CLASS 31 | |
| The carrying out by a statutory undertaker authorised to provide a telecommunications service of development consisting of the provision of— (a) underground telecommunications structures or other underground telecommunications works (including the laying of mains and cables and the installation underground of any apparatus or equipment), | |
| (b) overhead telecommunications, | 1. Poles carrying overhead lines shall not exceed 10 metres in height. 2. Poles carrying other equipment shall not exceed 10 metres in height and 0.6 metres in diameter measured at the widest point, where “other equipment” means one transmitting or receiving dish (the diameter of which shall not exceed 0.3 metres), or one panel antenna (the dimensions of which shall not exceed 0.5 metres in length x 0.3 metres in width x 0.2 metres in depth) used for the provision of a specific telecommunications service and the provision of which would otherwise require an additional pole route carrying overhead wires. 3. Where a pole or poles carry radio transmitting or receiving apparatus, the field strength of the non-ionising radiation emissions from that installation shall not exceed the limits specified by the Director of Telecommunications Regulation. |
| (c) telephone kiosks or other telephone facilities in a public place not being on, over or along a public road, | No such kiosk or facility shall be situated within 10 metres of the curtilage of any house, save with the consent in writing of the owner or occupier thereof. |
| (d) equipment for transmitting or receiving signals from satellites in space, | 1. No such equipment shall exceed 10 metres in height 2. The diameter of any antenna shall not exceed 2 metres. 3. No such equipment shall be situated within 10 metres of the curtilage of any house save with the consent in writing of the owner or occupier thereof, or within 10 metres of the window of a workroom of any other structure. |
| (e) permanent telecommunications exchange and radio station containers, | 1. The equipment housed in the container shall be used exclusively for the purposes of concentrating and re-routing calls and the container shall not have attached to it or within it, whether visible or not, any antennae for the direct transmission or reception of mobile telephony or other telecommunications signals in such a way that the container would act as an antennae support structure. 2. No such container shall exceed 10 metres in length, 3 metres in width or 3 metres in height. 3. No such container shall be situated within 10 metres of the curtilage of a house save with the consent in writing of the owner or occupier thereof, or within 10 metres of the window of a workroom of any other structure. 4. The field strength of the non-ionising radiation emissions from the radio station container shall not exceed the limits specified by the Director of Telecommunications Regulation. |
| (f) cabinets forming part of a telecommunications system, | The volume above the ground-level of any such cabinet shall not exceed 2 cubic metres measured externally. |
| (g) transportable radio installation, | 1. The height of the structure for such an installation shall not exceed 15 metres in height and 2 metres in width at its widest point. 2. The installation may only be used— (a) to provide anticipated additional coverage at a sporting, social or other event, provided that the structure is not in place for more than 2 weeks before the event or for a period exceeding 8 weeks which shall include assembly and dismantling, (b) for demonstration or simulation purposes, whether to demonstrate the visual effects of such structure in a particular location or to measure the output, and such structure shall be in place for a period of not more than 12 weeks, or (c) as a temporary replacement for a structure, which has been accidentally or otherwise incapacitated, and such structure shall be in place for a period of not more than 12 weeks. 3. The planning authority in whose functional area the installation is placed shall be notified by the statutory undertaker in writing of the provision and purpose of such installation before it is made operational. |
| (h) the attachment of additional antennae to an existing antenna support structure, | 1. The total number of such antennae shall not exceed 12, of which not more than 8 shall be dish type (whether shielded or not). 2. (a) The dimensions of any such antenna provided shall not exceed the greatest length, width or depth of any antenna for mobile telephony of corresponding type already attached to the structure. (b) In any other case, the dimensions of any such antenna provided shall not exceed— (i) in the case of any panel type antenna, 1.5 metres in length × 0.4 metres in width × 0.15 metres in depth, (ii) in the case of any co-linear type antenna, 5 metres in length × 0.1 metres in diameter, and (iii) in the case of any dish type antenna (whether shielded or not), 1.8 metres in diameter. 3. The attachment of such antennae shall not result in the field strength of the non-ionising radiation emissions from the site exceeding limits specified by the Director of Telecommunications Regulation. 4. The attachment of such antennae may be carried out by way of a platform only where the antenna support structure already incorporates a platform. 5. The height of the existing structure (including any antenna thereon) shall not be exceeded. |
| (i) antennae for high capacity transmission links by way of attachment to existing high capacity antennae support structures, | 1. The addition shall be of the dish type antennae used for the sole purpose of point to point communication. 2. The additional antennae shall not exceed the number provided for in the existing design capacity of the support structure. 3. No new member shall be added to the structure save by way of brackets or other fixing systems used for the attachment of the additional antennae. 4. The maximum diameter of any added antenna shall not exceed the width of the support structure at the point at which the additional antenna is attached. 5. The planning authority in whose functional area the support structure exists shall be notified by the statutory undertaker in writing of the attachment of any such additional antennae at least 4 weeks before the antenna or antennae are attached. 6. The attachment of such antenna shall not result in the field strength of the non-ionising radiation emissions from the radio installations on the site exceeding the limits specified by the Director of Telecommunications Regulation. |
| (j) an antenna support structure in place of an existing antenna support structure, | 1. The replaced structure shall be removed no later than 4 weeks following its decommissioning. 2. Where, for reasons of the integrity of the network or other operational reasons, the structure to be replaced remains in use during the construction of the replacement structure, the replacement structure shall be located as near as possible to the existing structure having regard to construction activity and safety requirements and, in any case, no replacement structure shall be located more than 20 metres from the replaced structure (measured from the base). 3. (a) The height of the replacement structure shall not exceed the height of the replaced structure. (b)(i) Subject to sub-paragraph (ii), the width of the replacement structure shall not exceed the width of the replaced structure. (ii) Where the replaced structure was 2 metres or less in width, the width of the replacement structure may not be more than twice the width of the replaced structure, all measurements to be taken at the widest point. (c) Where the replaced structure did not incorporate an antenna platform, the replacement shall not incorporate such a platform. 4.(a) Subject to sub-paragraph (b), the antennae to be attached to the replacement structure shall not exceed the number of antennae on the replaced structure. (b) An additional 12 antennae for mobile telephony may be attached to the replacement structure, of which not more than 8 of the additional 12 shall be of the dish type (whether shielded or not). 5. (a) The dimensions of any additional antenna for mobile telephony shall not exceed the greatest length, width or depth of any antenna for mobile telephony of corresponding type on the replaced structure. (b) In any other case, the dimensions of any antenna provided shall not exceed: (i) in the case of any panel type antenna, 1.5 metres in length × 0.4 metres in width × 0.15 metres in depth, (ii) in the case of any co-linear type antenna, 5 metres in length × 0.1 metres in diameter, and (iii) in the case of any dish type antenna (whether shielded or not), 1.8 metres in diameter. 6. The replacement of an antenna support structure together with any replaced or additional antenna shall not result in the field strength of the non-ionising radiation emissions from the radio installations on the site exceeding the limits specified by the Director of Telecommunications Regulation. |
| (k) antennae attached to the following existing structures- (i) public or commercial buildings (other than education facilities, childcare facilities or hospitals) by way of attachment to roofs, facades, chimneys, chimney pots or vent pipes; (ii) telegraph poles, lamp posts, flag poles, CCTV poles; (iii) electricity pylons. | 1. The antenna shall be attached directly to the structure (other than a structure with a flat roof) and not by way of a supporting fixture. 2. In the case of a structure with a flat roof, a supporting fixture may be used provided that- (a) the fixture does not exceed the height of any existing parapet or railing on the roof by more than 2 metres, and (b) access to the roof is not available to any person other than a person authorised by the statutory undertaker. 3. Where an antenna is attached to the façade of a building or the exterior of a chimney or vent, the colour of the antenna shall match and blend with the colour of such façade, chimney or vent pipe. 4. Where the antenna is hidden inside a chimney pot the existing chimney pot may be replaced by a chimney pot in a suitable material which shall be the same colour, size and shape as the replaced pot, and the antenna shall not protrude beyond the top of the chimney pot. 5. The planning authority in whose functional area the structure on which the antennae will be attached is situated shall be notified by the statutory undertaker in writing of the proposed location of any such structure at least 4 weeks before such attachment. 6. The field strength of any such antenna shall not result in the field strength of the non-ionising radiation emission from the radio installations on the site exceeding the limits specified by the Director of Telecommunications Regulation. |
| CLASS 32 | |
| The carrying out by any person to whom an aerodrome licence within the meaning of the Irish Aviation Authority (Aerodromes and Visual Ground Aids) Order, 1998 ( No. 487 of 1998 ) has been granted, of development consisting of— | |
| (a) the construction or erection of an extension of an airport operational building within an airport, | 1. Where the building has not been extended previously, the floor area of any such extension shall not exceed 500 square metres or 15% of the existing floor area, whichever is the lesser. 2. Where the building has been extended previously, the floor area of any such extension, taken together with the floor area of any previous extension or extensions, shall not exceed 15% of the original floor area or 500 square metres, whichever is the lesser. 3. The planning authority for the area shall be notified in writing not less than 4 weeks before such development takes place. |
| (b) the construction, extension, alteration or removal of aprons, taxiways or airside roads used for the movement of aircraft and the distribution of vehicles and equipment on the airside, within an airport, (c) the construction, erection or alteration of visual navigation aids on the ground including taxiing guidance, signage, inset and elevated airfield lighting or apparatus necessary for the safe navigation of aircraft, within an airport, (d) the construction, erection or alteration of security fencing and gates, security cameras and other measures connected with the security of airport infrastructure, within an airport, or (e) the erection or alteration of directional locational or warning signs on the ground, within an airport. | |
| Development for amenity or recreational purposes | |
| CLASS 33 | |
| Development consisting of the laying out and use of land— (a) as a park, private open space or ornamental garden, | |
| (b) as a roadside shrine, or | The area of any such shrine shall not exceed 2 square metres, the height shall not exceed 2 metres above the centre of the road opposite the structure and it shall not be illuminated. |
| (c) for athletics or sports (other than golf or pitch and putt or sports involving the use of motor vehicles, aircraft or firearms), where no charge is made for admission of the public to the land. | |
| CLASS 34 | |
| Works incidental to the maintenance and management of any golf course or pitch and putt course, including alterations to the layout thereof, excluding any extension to the area of a golf course or pitch and putt course. | |
| CLASS 35 | |
| Development consisting of— (a) the carrying out by or on behalf of a statutory undertaker of any works for the maintenance, improvement, reconstruction or restoration of any watercourse, canal, river, lake or other inland waterway, or any lock, quay, mooring, harbour, pier, dry-dock or other structure forming part of the inland waterway or associated therewith, and any development incidental thereto, | |
| (b) the erection or construction by or on behalf of a statutory undertaker of facilities required in connection with the operation, use or management of a watercourse, canal, river, lake or other inland waterway. | 1. The floor area of any building constructed or erected shall not exceed 40 square metres. 2. The height of any building constructed or erected shall not exceed, in the case of a building with a pitched roof, 6 metres or, in any other case, 3 metres. 3. Any car park provided or constructed shall incorporate parking space for not more than 24 cars. |
| CLASS 36 | |
| (a) Development consisting of the carrying out by or on behalf of a State authority or other public body, on land used by the authority or body as a public park, of works incidental to that use, including the provision, construction or erection of any structure in connection with or for the purposes of the enjoyment of the park or which is required in connection with or for the purposes of the management or operation of the park. (b) Development consisting of the carrying out by or on behalf of a State authority or other public body on a nature reserve established in accordance with section 15 of the Wildlife Act, 1976 , as amended by sections 26 and 27 of the Wildlife (Amendment) Act, 2000 , of works (including the provision, construction or erection of structures) in connection with or for the purposes of the enjoyment of the reserve or which are required in connection with the management or operation of the reserve. | 1. The floor area of any building constructed or erected shall not exceed 40 square metres. 2. The height of any building or other structure constructed or erected shall not exceed 10 metres. 3. Any car park provided or constructed shall incorporate parking space for not more than 40 cars. |
| CLASS 37 | |
| Development consisting of the use of land for any fair, funfair, bazaar or circus or any local event of a religious, cultural, educational, political, social, recreational or sporting character and the placing or maintenance of tents, vans or other temporary or movable structures or objects on the land in connection with such use. | 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 reinstated save to such extent as may be authorised or required by a permission under the Act. |
| Miscellaneous | |
| CLASS 38 | |
| Development consisting of the placing or erection on, or within the curtilage of, a building, or on any other land, occupied by, or under the control of, a State authority or an institution of the European Union, of flags, banners or national emblems and any structures for the display of flags, banners or national emblems. | |
| CLASS 39 | |
| The erection, placing or keeping on land of any lighthouse, beacon, buoy or other aid to navigation on water or in the air. | Any such lighthouse, beacon, buoy or other navigational aid shall not exceed 40 metres in height. |
| CLASS 40 | |
| Works incidental to the use or maintenance of any burial ground, churchyard, monument, fairgreen, market, schoolgrounds or showground except— (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 (c) the reconstruction or alteration of any building, other than a stall or store which is wholly enclosed within a market building. | |
| CLASS 41 | |
| Works consisting of or incidental to— (a) 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 removal of any structure or object or the carrying out of any works required by a planning authority under the provisions of the Act or any other enactment, (c) the carrying out of development in compliance with a notice under section 12 of the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 (No. 1 of 1977), (d) the carrying out of development in compliance with a notice under section 26 of the Air Pollution Act, 1987 (No. 6 of 1987), (e) the carrying out of development in compliance with a condition or conditions attached to a fire safety certificate granted in accordance with Part III of the Building Control Regulations, 1997 other than the construction or erection of an external fire escape or water tank, or (f) the carrying out of development in compliance with a notice under section 55 of the Waste Management Act, 1996 (No. 10 of 1996). | |
| CLASS 42 | |
| Development consisting of the use of land as a bring facility. | 1. No more than 5 receptacles shall be provided. 2. The capacity of each receptacle shall not exceed 4.5 cubic metres. 3. No such receptacle shall be situated on a public road. 4. No such receptacle shall be situated within 50 metres of any house, save with the consent in writing of the owner or occupier thereof. |
| CLASS 43 | |
| The excavation for the purposes of research or discovery— (a) pursuant to and in accordance with a licence under section 26 of the National Monuments Act, 1930 (No. 2 of 1930), of a site, feature or other object of archaeological or historical interest, or (b) of a site, feature or other object of geological interest. | |
| CLASS 44 | |
| The sinking of a well, drilling of a borehole, erection of a pump, or construction of a pumphouse, for the purpose of providing a domestic water supply, or a group water supply scheme in accordance with a plan or proposal approved by the Minister or a local authority for the purpose of making a grant towards the cost of such works. | |
| CLASS 45 | |
| Any drilling or excavation for the purpose of surveying land or examining the depth and nature of the subsoil, other than drilling or excavation for the purposes of minerals prospecting. | |
| CLASS 46 | |
| Development consisting of the provision, construction or erection by the Commissioners or the Environmental Protection Agency, or by a local authority outside the functional area of the authority, of any equipment or structure for or in connection with the collection of information on the levels, volumes or flows of water in rivers or other watercourses, lakes or groundwaters, and any development incidental thereto. | The gross floor space of any building or other structure provided, constructed or erected shall not exceed 8 square metres and the height of any such building or other structure shall not exceed 4 metres. |
| CLASS 47 | |
| Development consisting of the provision, construction, installation or erection by the Environmental Protection Agency, or by a local authority outside the functional area of the authority, of any equipment or structure for or in connection with the collection of information on air quality including, on the level of pollutants in, or the constituents of, the atmosphere, and any development incidental thereto. | 1. Any equipment provided, constructed, installed, erected on or attached to an existing structure shall not protrude more than 2 metres in front of the building line or 2 metres above the highest point of the roof. 2. The gross floor space of any building or other structure provided, constructed, installed or erected shall not exceed 20 square metres and the height of any building or other structure shall not exceed 3 metres. |
| CLASS 48 | |
| The connection of any premises to a wired broadcast relay service, sewer, watermain, gas main or electricity supply line or cable, including the breaking open of any street or other land for that purpose. | |
| CLASS 49 | |
| The construction or erection by a person licensed under the Wireless Telegraphy (Wired Broadcast Relay Licence) Regulations, 1974 of a cabinet as part of a wired broadcast relay service. | The volume above ground level of any such cabinet shall not exceed 1 cubic metre, measured externally. |
| CLASS 50 | |
| (a) The demolition of a building or other structure, other than— (i) a habitable house, (ii) a building which forms part of a terrace of buildings, or (iii) a building which abuts on another building in separate ownership. (b) The demolition of part of a habitable house in connection with the provision of an extension or porch in accordance with class 1 or 7, respectively, of this Part of this Schedule or in accordance with a permission for an extension or porch under the Act. | |
| CLASS 51 | |
| The carrying out by the Commissioners of any works for the maintenance of works and structures for which, by virtue of the Arterial Drainage Act, 1945 or any order made thereunder, the Commissioners are responsible, and any development incidental thereto. | |
| CLASS 52 | |
| Development consisting of the construction or erection by a Regional Fisheries Board of— | |
| (a) a footbridge, | Any such footbridge shall not exceed 1.2 metres in width or 8 metres in length. |
| (b) a fish pass, | Any such footbridge shall not exceed 1.2 metres in width or 8 metres in length. |
| (c) a fish screen or barrier, | |
| (d) a walkway or fishing stand, | Any such walkway shall not exceed 1.2 metres in width, and any such fishing stand shall not exceed 10 square metres in area. |
| (e) a fish counter. | |
| CLASS 53 | |
| The carrying out of development below the high water mark pursuant to and in accordance with a licence under the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997 (No. 23 of 1997) (including a licence deemed to be granted under that Act or the Fisheries and Foreshore (Amendment) Act, 1998 (No. 54 of 1998)). | |
| CLASS 54 | |
| Reclamation of an area, not exceeding 100 square metres, of foreshore for the purpose of protecting a pier, slipway or other structure on the foreshore. | |
| CLASS 55 | |
| The erection on or within the curtilage of a business premises, of a dish type antenna used for the receiving and transmitting of signals from satellites. | 1. Not more than one such antenna shall be erected on or within the curtilage of a business premises. 2. The diameter of any such antenna shall not exceed 2 metres. 3. No such antenna shall be erected on, or forward of, the front wall of the business premises. 4. No such antenna shall be erected on the front roof slope of the business premises or higher than the highest part of the roof of the business premises. |
Part 2 Exempted Development — Advertisements
| Column 1 Description of Development | Column 2 Conditions and Limitations |
| CLASS 1 | |
| Advertisements (other than those specified in classes 2, 3 or 5 of this Part of this Schedule) exhibited on business premises, wholly with reference to the business or other activity carried on or the goods or services provided on those premises. | 1. The total area of such advertisements exhibited on or attached or affixed to the front of any building on the premises 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 a building, and in any event shall not exceed 5 square metres. 2. The total area of such advertisements exhibited on or attached or affixed to any face of a building on the premises 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 illuminated shall not exceed 0.3 square metres. 3. The total area of such advertisement which are not exhibited on or attached or affixed to a building on the premises shall not exceed 3 square metres, of which not more than 1.5 square metres shall consist of advertisements which are illuminated. 4. (a) No part of any such advertisement which is not exhibited on or attached or affixed to a building on the premises, or of an advertisement structure on which it is exhibited, shall be more than 2.5 metres in height. (b) No part of any such advertisement which is exhibited on or attached or affixed to a building on the premises shall be more than 4 metres in height above ground level. 5. Where any such advertisement projects more than 5 centimetres over any public road, the sign or other advertisement structure on which it is exhibited shall not be less than 2 metres above the level of such road and shall not project more than 1 metre over such road. 6. 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 or other advertisement structure projecting more than 5 centimetres over such road. 7. 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 a building, the total area of such advertisements shall not exceed 1.2 square metres and the area of any face of any such advertisement shall not exceed 0.4 square metres. 8. No such advertisement shall contain or consist of any symbol, emblem, model, logo or device exceeding 0.6 metres in height or any letter exceeding 0.3 metres in height. 9. No such advertisement shall cover any part of any window or door of any building on which the advertisement is exhibited or to which it is attached or affixed. |
| CLASS 2 | |
| Illuminated advertisements exhibited as part of any shop or other window display on business premises and other advertisements affixed to the inside of the glass surface of a window of a business premises or otherwise exhibited through a window of such premises. | The total area of any advertisements so exhibited shall not exceed one quarter of the area of the window through which the advertisements are exhibited. |
| CLASS 3 | |
| Advertisements displayed within a business premises and which are not visible from outside the premises. | |
| CLASS 4 | |
| 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, device or logo of a person or business occupying the business premises. | Not more than one such advertisement shall be exhibited on a business premises. |
| CLASS 5 | |
| Advertisements, exhibited at the entrance to any premises, relating to any person, partnership or company 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, or, in the case of premises with entrances on different road frontages, one such advertisement for each such frontage, shall be exhibited in respect of each such person, partnership or company on the premises. |
| CLASS 6 | |
| Advertisements relating to any institution of a religious, educational, cultural, recreational or medical or similar character, any guesthouse or other premises (other than a hotel) providing overnight guest accommodation or any 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. No part of any such advertisement or an advertisement structure on which it is exhibited shall be more than 2.5 metres in height above ground level. 3. Not more than one such advertisement or, in the case of premises with entrances on different road frontages, one such advertisement for each such frontage, shall be exhibited in respect of any such premises. |
| CLASS 7 | |
| Advertisements 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 or goods by rail) and not readily visible from land outside the enclosure wherein it is exhibited. | |
| CLASS 8 | |
| Advertisements exhibited within a railway station, bus station, airport terminal or ferry terminal and which are not readily visible from outside the premises. | |
| CLASS 9 | |
| Advertisements relating to the sale or letting of any structure or other land (not being an advertisement structure) on which they are exhibited. | 1. The area of any such advertisement shall not exceed— (a) in the case of an advertisement relating to the sale or letting of a house, 0.6 square metres, (b) in the case of an advertisement relating to the sale or letting of any other structure or land, 1.2 square metres. 2. Not more than one such advertisement shall be exhibited on the structure or other land. 3. No such advertisement shall be exhibited, and no advertisement structure erected for the purpose of exhibiting such advertisement shall remain on the structure or land, for more than 7 days after the sale or letting to which the advertisement relates. |
| CLASS 10 | |
| 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. Not more than one such advertisement shall be exhibited on the land concerned. 3. No such advertisement shall be exhibited, and no advertisement structure erected for the purpose of exhibiting such advertisement shall remain on the land, for more than 7 days after the date specified. |
| CLASS 11 | |
| 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 and shall not be exhibited more than 6 metres above ground level. 2. Where more than one advertisement is exhibited, no such advertisement shall exceed 0.6 square metres in area, the total area of such advertisements shall not exceed 3.5 square metres and no such advertisement shall be exhibited more than 4 metres above ground level. 3. No such advertisement shall be exhibited, and no advertisement structure erected for the purpose of exhibiting such advertisement shall remain on the land, for more than 7 days after the completion of the works. |
| CLASS 12 | |
| Advertisements for the purposes of announcement or direction or warning exhibited by a statutory undertaker in relation to the operation of the statutory undertaking. | |
| CLASS 13 | |
| 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 14 | |
| Advertisements relating to an election to the office of President of Ireland, an election of members of Dáil Éireann, the Parliament of the European Communities, a local authority or Údarás na Gaeltachta, or a referendum within the meaning of the Referendum Act, 1994 . | No such advertisement shall be exhibited, and no advertisement structure erected for the purpose of exhibiting such advertisement shall be left in place, for more than 7 days after the date of the election or referendum to which the advertisement relates. |
| CLASS 15 | |
| Advertisements required to be exhibited by or under any enactment, including 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 16 | |
| Advertisements other than advertisements specified in class 17 of this Part of this Schedule, announcing any local event of a religious, cultural, educational, political, social, recreational or sporting 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, pasted or otherwise affixed to any structure other than an advertisement structure. 3. No such advertisement shall be exhibited, and no advertisement structure erected for the purpose of exhibiting such advertisement shall be left in place, for more than 7 days after the conclusion of the event or matter to which it relates. |
| CLASS 17 | |
| Advertisements consisting of placards, posters or bills relating to the visit of any travelling circus, funfair, carnival, show, 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, pasted or otherwise affixed to any structure other than an advertisement structure. 3. No such advertisement shall be exhibited, and no advertisement structure erected for the purpose of exhibiting such advertisement shall be left in place, for more than 7 days after the last performance or closing of the entertainment. |
| CLASS 18 | |
| An advertisement relating to any demonstration of agricultural methods or processes on the land on which the 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 on the land concerned. 3. No such advertisement shall be exhibited, and no advertisement structure erected for the purpose of exhibiting such advertisement shall remain on the land, for more than 7 days after the date of the demonstration to which it relates. |
Part 3 Exempted Development — Rural
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