Planning applications continue to plummet

Planning applications for housing developments in the county continue to decline, the planning SPC heard on Monday.

In 2011 there were 1,053 planning applications made in the county — 80 per cent of these applications were for single houses, extensions to houses, or extensions of time. There has been a sharp decline in housing developments (more than one house ) with 31 applications in 2009, 22 applications in 2010, and just five applications in 2011.

Director of services Seamus Granahan said that since there has been a dramatic reduction in planning applications the workload in the planning department has been readjusted and rearranged, with the department now looking after development plans, take-over of estates, and quarry inspections. The planning department has also lost administrative staff and three planners since 2008.

 

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