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MEETING OF DÚN LAOGHAIRE-RATHDOWN COUNTY COUNCIL

PLANNING APPLICATIONS BROKEN DOWN BY WARD

Question: Councillor
N. Richmond

“To ask the Manager to give a report on the number of planning applications received by the Council broken down on a Ward by Ward basis for the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011?”

Reply:

It is not possible to give a completely accurate breakdown of applications on a ward by ward basis for the period in question for various legitimate reasons, e.g. the Drawing Office does not plot boundaries for advertising hoardings/bus stops/applications with insufficient location details etc. The most accurate method of calculation of planning applications in a given year is obtained from the Planning APAS database which does not break down applications by ward.

The following table shows the number of planning applications received by the

Planning Department for the years 2006-2011:

Year Applications Rec’d

2006: 3,141

2007: 2,831

2008: 2,277

2009: 1,475

2010: 1,231

2011: 1,019

In the interests of transparency, I have decided to publish all my earnings as a Councillor for the year 2011, much as I did in 2010. The details of which were laid out to me by the Council’s financial department.

Travel & Subsistence for attendance at meetings makes up a large amount of the total figure, I will clarify though that these amounts are not claimed, there are no expense forms, rather we are given a payment automatically each month based on the amount of official Council meetings we attended as well as the location of these meetings.
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Local Fine Gael Councillor, Neale Richmond has welcomed the announcement from the Minister for Transport, Leo Varadkar TD that he is to conduct a nationwide audit of speed limits.

“I welcome the announcement by the Minister today. This audit is long overdue and is vital to ensure that all speed restrictions are both safe and sensible. The aim of the audit is to start overhauling the inconsistencies between different counties and regions and put and end to confusion among drivers. Although this process is expected to take some time, the audit will be a crucial first step.”
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