Commencement Notice


If you are carrying out any construction works, you must notify us by sending us a Commencement Notice. It must reach us between 14 and 28 days before you start construction on site, and it must be accompanied by the correct fee.   The current fee for a commencement notice is €30 per building. 

You need a commencement notice if you are:-

  •  Constructing a building
  •  Making a Material alteration to a building
  •  Extending a building
  •  Materially changing the use of a building
  •  Carrying out any works in connection with the material alteration of a shop, office or industrial building.

You do not need to send in a commencement notice if:

  •  the work is exempted development under the Local  Government (Planning and Development) Acts, 1963 to 2000 and
  •  It does not require a Fire Safety Certificate

This exemption does not apply to work in connection with the material alteration of a shop, office or industrial building.   In these cases, you must send in a commencement notice regardless of whether or not the works require a Fire Safety Certificate