Strategic housing development cases: Fees

• Pre-application consultation
• Applications (section 4)
• Applying for alteration of an existing planning permission granted under section 34 of the Planning and Development Act
• Submission of an EIAR or NIS with your application
• Alteration requests
• Screening and scoping requests
• Oral hearing request
• Making a submission or observation on an application (section 8)
• Organisations or individuals who pay no fees on observations on a strategic housing development application

Applications for proposed strategic housing developments are defined in the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016, as amended. These applications are submitted directly to An Bord Pleanála after a pre-application consultation.

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

Pre-application consultation

Applications (section 4)

Important note for fees HA1A to HA3
There is a limit on the total fee that can be charged. The total fee cannot be more than €80,000 for HA1A, HA1B, HA1C, HA2, or HA3 together. This limit does not apply to fees HA4 to HA11.

Applying for alteration of an existing planning permission granted under section 34 of the Planning and Development Act

Important note for fees HA1A to HA3
There is a limit on the total fee that can be charged. The total fee cannot be more than €80,000 for HA1A, HA1B, HA1C, HA2, or HA3 together. This limit does not apply to fees HA4 to HA11.

Submission of an EIAR or NIS with your application

Important note for fees HA1A to HA3
There is a limit on the total fee that can be charged. The total fee cannot be more than €80,000 for HA1A, HA1B, HA1C, HA2, or HA3 together. This limit does not apply to fees HA4 to HA11.

Alteration requests

^*Note for fee HA4
Where cost recovery applies, fees are offset against costs incurred. Please contact us for further information.

Screening and scoping requests

Oral hearing request

Making a submission or observation on an application (section 8)

Organisations or individuals who pay no fees on observations on a strategic housing development application

(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

(c) The Royal Irish Academy

(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.