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The application must be lodged with the Planning Department within two weeks of the publication date of the newspaper (see below for further details).
All Newspaper Notices must contain, as a heading,
- The name of the Planning Authority :
- The name of the applicant;
- The nature of application i.e. permission, outline or permission following the grant permission;
- The location, townland or postal address of the land or structure:
- The nature and extent of the development:
- The notice must state that the planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and that a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.
The newspaper notice, and similarly the site notice, are required to be placed within the period of two weeks, prior to the making of the application.
In calculating these time limits, and all time limits specified in the legislation, periods are calculated by reference to the Interpretation Act 1937 and are reckoned to include the day from which the period is to run.
Thus, a week will run from Tuesday in one week to Monday of the following week.
Accordingly, if the site notice and newspaper notices are placed on a Thursday, the planning application must be received in the Planning Authority before the end of the following Wednesday week
Where a planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement, an Integrated Pollution Control Licence or a Natura Impact Statement, the newspaper notice shall indicate this fact. If a building involved in the development is a protected structure*, a proposed protected structure** or a candidate protected structure***, this fact must be indicated in the newspaper notice.
* A Protected Structure is a building or feature which is entered on the Record of Protected Structures maintained by this planning authority through a decision of the Members of Limerick County Council.
** A Proposed Protected Structure is a building or feature where a notice, indicating the fact that the planning authority intends to add the building or feature to the Record of Protected Structures maintained by the planning authority, has been issued to the owners and or occupiers of the building or feature. During the period while a full file is prepared on the matter for consideration by the Members of Limerick County Council the building or feature enjoys the full benefit of the law as though it were already protected.
*** A Candidate Protected Structure is a building or feature where the owner or occupier has entered into discussions with this planning authority with a view to having the building or feature added to the Record of Protected Structures maintained by the planning authority.
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