An Coimisiún Pleanála was established in 1977 under the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1976 and is responsible for the determination of appeals and certain other matters under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and associated legislation, and determination of applications for strategic infrastructure development including major road and railway cases. It is also responsible for dealing with proposals for the compulsory acquisition of land by local authorities and others under various enactments. The Board also has functions to determine appeals under the Local Government (Water Pollution) Acts and the Building Control Acts.
An Coimisiún Pleanála is the Competent Authority for Project of Common Interest under European Regulation No. 2022/869 which deals with trans-European energy infrastructure.
In this section:
- Functions of the Commission
- Functions of the Commission: Planning Appeals (Section 37)
- Functions of the Commission: Other Planning Appeals
- Functions of the Commission: Referrals
- Functions of the Commission: Other Planning Cases
- Functions of the Commission: Strategic Infrastructure Development
- Functions of the Commission: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006
- Functions of the Commission: Strategic Infrastructure Development under the Roads Acts 1993-2007
- Functions of the Commission: Functions under the National Monuments Acts
- Functions of the Commission: Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act, 2001
- Functions of the Commission: Alterations to approved strategic infrastructure developments
- Functions of the Commission: Substitute Consent
- Functions of the Commission: Appropriate Assessment
- Functions of the Commission: Quarries
- Functions of the Commission: Compulsory Acquisition of Land Cases
- Functions of the Commission: Other Appeals