Fees: Planning Appeals

First party appeals
Third party Appeals
Observation
Submission
Oral Hearing Request
Other Planning Appeals
Referrals
Subsitute Consent
Scoping an EIAR
Submission of an EIAR or NIS following a request from the Board
Organisations or individuals who pay reduced fees on appeals or referrals, and no fees on observations or submissions

If you are unsure of certain terms, you may wish to look at our glossary of terms we use.

First party appeals

Fee

You want to appeal the decision of a planning authority on an application you lodged with it.

The appeal does not include retention;
The appeal does not relate to commercial development; and
The appeal or application does not include an EIAR or NIS.

€220

You want to appeal the decision of a planning authority on an application you lodged with it.

The appeal does not include retention;
The appeal does not relate to commercial development; and
The appeal or application does include an EIAR or NIS.

€220

You want to appeal the decision of a planning authority on an application you lodged with it.

The appeal does not include retention;
The appeal does relate to commercial development; and
The appeal or application does not include an EIAR or NIS.

€1,500

You want to appeal the decision of a planning authority on an application you lodged with it.

The appeal does not include retention;
The appeal does relate to commercial development; and
The appeal or application does include an EIAR or NIS.

€3,000

You want to appeal the decision of a planning authority on an application you lodged with it.

The appeal does include retention;
The appeal does not relate to commercial development; and
The appeal or application does not include an EIAR or NIS.

€660

You want to appeal the decision of a planning authority on an application you lodged with it.

The appeal does include retention;
The appeal does not relate to commercial development; and
The appeal or application does include an EIAR or NIS.

€660

You want to appeal the decision of a planning authority on an application you lodged with it.

The appeal does include retention;
The appeal does relate to commercial development; and
The appeal or application does not include an EIAR or NIS.

€4,500

First party appeals under
section 48 and section 49 of the Planning and Development Acts

Fee

You want to appeal only against conditions requiring financial contributions that have been imposed by a special contribution scheme.

You believe the terms of a Development Contribution Scheme or Supplementary Development Contribution Scheme have not been properly applied by the planning authority, so conditions have been applied in error to a decision.

€220

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Third Party appeals

Appeals on the decision of a planning authority on a proposed development other than the person or organisation who made the original planning application.

Planning appeal		Fee
A9	You made an observation or submission to the planning authority on an application, and you now want to appeal the decision of the planning authority.	€220

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Leave to appeal

Leave to appeal		Fee
A10	You would like to apply for leave to appeal the planning authority's decision.	€110

A11

You submitted a leave to appeal request to An Bord Pleanála. The Board has granted your request. You now are submitting your appeal following this decision.

€110

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Reduced appeal fee

Reduced appeal fee		Fee
A12	You are on the list of organisations that qualify for a reduced appeal fee (see the list).	€110

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Observation on an appeal

Observation		Fee
A13	You want to make an observation on a planning appeal which is currently with An Bord Pleanála.	€50

A14

You are on the list of organisations that qualify for a reduced fee (see the list) and you want to make an observation on a planning appeal which is currently with An Bord Pleanála.

No fee

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Submission on a copy of an appeal or appeal documents sent to you by An Bord Pleanála

Submission on a copy of an appeal or appeal documents sent to you by An Bord Pleanála		Fee
A15	An Bord Pleanála has sent you a copy of an appeal or appeal documents and has invited you to make a submission on the appeal. You want to make a submission.	No fee

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Oral hearing request

Oral hearing request		Fee
A16	You want to request that An Bord Pleanála holds an oral hearing on a planning appeal.	€50

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Other appeals under the Planning and Developments Acts

Appeal against the making of a draft planning scheme in a strategic development zone (SDZ)		Fee
A17	You want to make an appeal against the making of a draft planning scheme in an SDZ.	€220

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Appeal on a licensing decision for an appliance, apparatus, structure, cable or other matter on a public road		Fee
A18	You want to make an appeal on a licensing decision for an appliance, apparatus, structure, cable, street furniture or other matter on a public road (section 254 licence).	€220

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Other appeals under the Planning and Developments Acts		Fee
A19	You want to make an appeal on a matter that has not been described here.	Please contact us.

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Referrals

Referrals		Fee
R1	You want to refer a declaration made by a planning authority on a question that was put to the planning authority.	€220

A planning authority wants to refer a question put to the planning authority.

€110

You and a planning authority are unable to agree on points of detail concerning a grant of permission, so you want to refer it to An Bord Pleanála.

€220

All other referrals except for a referral under section 5(8).

€220

You are a person or organisation that qualifies for a reduced fee (see the list) and you want to refer a matter under type R1, R3 or R4.

€110

A referral under section 5(8) of the Planning and Development Acts

No fee

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Substitute consent

Substitute consent under Part XA of the Planning and Development Acts		Fee
SC1	You want to apply for leave to apply for substitute consent.	€3,000 If a previous permission was set aside by a Court decision, there is no fee.

SC2

You want to apply for substitute consent.

Same application fee as would be paid to planning authority.

SC3

You want to request an oral hearing under section 177Q.

€50

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Scoping an EIAR

Scoping an EIAR		Fee
Q1	You want An Bord Pleanála to scope an EIAR.	€5,000

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Submission of an EIAR or NIS following a request from An Bord Pleanála

Submitting an EIAR or NIS following a request from us		Fee
P1	You are submitting an EIAR following a request from us.	€1,500

You are submitting an NIS following a request from us and it relates to a proposed commercial development.

€1,500

You are submitting an NIS following a request from us and it does not relate to a proposed commercial development.

€220

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Organisations or individuals who pay reduced fees on appeals or referrals, and no fees on observations or submissions

(a) A local or planning authority

(b) A body referred to in article 28 or 137 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, for example:

A local or planning authority
Certain ministers of Government
An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Fáilte Ireland
Shannon Free Airport Company Limited
An Taisce
The Heritage Council
A regional authority
Inland Fisheries Ireland
Waterways Ireland
Irish Aviation Authority
An airport operator
CIÉ
Commission for Railway Regulation
Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)
National Transport Authority
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Health Service Executive (HSE)
Commission for Regulation of Utilities
Údarás na Gaeltachta
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA)
Irish Water

(d) A State authority, for example:

A minister of the Government
The Commissioners of Public Works (OPW)

(e) A Transboundary State that is a member of the European Union other than Ireland or a party to the Transboundary Convention.

(f) A development agency, for example:

The Industrial Development Agency (Ireland)
Enterprise Ireland
The Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited
Údarás na Gaeltachta
The National Building Agency
The Grangegorman Development Agency
A local authority

(g) Any other person prescribed by the Minister for the purposes of Part IX of the Planning and Development Act 2000¹

¹ Section 169 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 covers the making of planning schemes for strategic development zones. Under article 179 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, a regional authority whose area includes a draft strategic development zone planning scheme and a planning or local authority whose area is within or adjacent to the strategic development zone site(s) are designated as prescribed authorities for section 169 of the Planning and Development Acts.

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