Call for planning fees to be reviewed ahead of increase

PLEAS have been made for a review of planning fees as An Bord Pleanála prepares to increase its charges by an above-inflation 5% at the end of this month.

The increases will bring the third party fee for a member of the public appealing the decision of a town or county council on a planning application by another person or organisation to €210 while a request for an oral hearing will go up to €95.

A person or organisation appealing a decision relating to their own development, where that development is commercial in nature or has been categorised as unauthorised, will have to pay a fee of €630, up from €600. The top fee of €1,800, which applies when someone appeals a decision relating to their own development where it is both commercial and unauthorised, will go up to €1,900.