Till receipts for planning objections

I wouldn’t be optimistic for your chances if you decide to contest it. ask for the receipt if it’ll put your mind at rest, but it’s almost certainly going to say it arrived yesterday.

The planners wont receive the objection straight away. It could have been loged and still in admin when you rang? The regs are strict in this regard so I doubt very much that there is anything underhanded going on.

To be honest im not sure, but I couldnt see too much of a problem in getting one, Freedom of information and all that…..

As the applicant, you can obtain a copy of all objections at a minimal cost, if any at all. The submissions should be date stamped and may also have a letter of acknowledgment. As Wexfordplanner says, the regs are strict.

In Dublin anyway!!! From the point of view of a prescribed body (An Taisce) there is massive mal-administration of the Planning & Development Act with regard to the regional local authorities. Examples include:

Outrageously, the DOE refuses to intervene & get them to comply with their requirements under the Act. The upshot is that shoddy, environmentally dodgy development gets through all the time. The only recourse is to take legal action on an individual case if it warrants it.

Imagine what the world could be like if only the DOE would get up off their behinds and allow an taisce to dictate what buildings should be allowed in this country. We are allowing this utopian dream to slip away from us like dung through the fingers. Shame on Minister Roche and all his unholy works….

From Unison.ie:

http://www.unison.ie/breakingnews/index.php3?ca=9&si=67840

EC to take action against Ireland over planning objection fee

@Rockflanders wrote:

Imagine what the world could be like if only the DOE would get up off their behinds and allow an taisce to dictate….

I knew somebody would say that….
Seriously whatever feelings ye hold about An T objecting to projects ye are involved in, nobody would criticise An T if they knew what the smaller planning authorities are like…political interference so as the local development plan can be bypassed…facilitation of the local wheeler dealer in his gombeen Leisure centre/hotel/golf course…county managers overturning professional planners’ advice to refuse one-off houses on a huge scale (and not just in Kerry)….granting permission for housing estates on river flood plains…the list goes on…they would do anything to stop a project going to An Bord Pleanala because they know that there and only there you find consistency and – shock horror – adherence to local development plans!

@BeeKay wrote:

Hi,

I’ve a planning application in for a largeish development at the moment of which the last day for objections was yesterday. When I rang the planners at close of business yesterday they had received no objections, however, when I checked again this afternoon – NIMBY’s objection now in place.

As a matter of interest BeeKay, had you been in contact with the people who are making an objection to your proposal before you put in your application? ie, are these people objecting even though you had got their points of view prior to finalising your design? The term ‘NIMBY’ is often used far too loosely. As I said, it could be fair enough if there was consultation etc etc, but given that it is the only official method available for people to express their point of view, it seems quite harsh.

What does Nimby mean?

@modular man wrote:

What does Nimby mean?

Modular Man, it means ‘Not In My Back Yard’. It is a word used to describe people who are opposed to developments in their area.

That’s fair enough in that case Beekay.

Thanks,

Phil