Guidelines

• Your appeal must be received within four weeks, beginning on the date the planning authority makes its decision. If you are unsure, use our calendar tool to help determine the final date for submitting your appeal.
• The online appeal submission must be completed in one single session – you cannot save and return to your appeal later. We recommend preparing your appeal in advance of starting the submission online.
• An Coimisiún Pleanála will receive a complete copy of documents, drawings and maps that were submitted to the local planning authority as part of the planning application stage and are displayed on the planning authority’s website. Therefore, we advise you to not to upload any of these documents as part of the supporting material with your appeal. When uploading supporting material, please only include new documents. (This does not apply to third party appeals where you must include a copy of the planning authority's acknowledgement letter)
• You are reminded to lodge a valid appeal you must comply with all of the requirements of section 127 and 37 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. For more information, see our guide on making a planning appeal.

File Size and Format Limits

The current combined file size limit for supporting documents cannot exceed 80MB. 
These are the size limits for each of the documents:

If you require to submit more than 5 supporting documents, combine them into one or more zip files. This way, you could submit more than 5 supporting documents (as long as each zip stays within the per-file limits above).

To submit your appeal online, you will need:

• ✔ All required documents and supporting files ready to upload
• ✔ A debit or credit card for fee payment
• ✔ An email address