S.I. No. 209/2021 - Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2021


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 4th May, 2021.

WHEREAS I, DARRAGH O‘BRIEN, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, am of the opinion that development to which the following regulations apply would not offend against principles of proper planning and sustainable development by reason of the nature and limited effect of development belonging to that class on its surroundings; and

WHEREAS a draft of the following regulations has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving that draft has been passed by each such House;

NOW I, DARRAGH O‘BRIEN, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (1) of section 246 and section 262 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30 of 2000), as amended, (as adapted by the Housing, Planning and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 408 of 2020 )), hereby make the following regulations:

Citation and construction

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations shall be included in the collective citation the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2021.

Amendment of Part 1 of Schedule 12 to the Principal Regulations

2. For the period up to and including 31 December 2021, Part 1 of Schedule 12 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 600 of 2001 ) is amended by the substitution in Column 2 – Licence Fee, of –

“€0 per table” for “€125 per table”

opposite the mention in Column 1 – Appliance, Apparatus or Structure, of –

“(h) Tables and chairs outside a hotel, restaurant, public house or other establishment where food is sold for consumption on the premises”.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 April, 2021.

DARRAGH O‘BRIEN,

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.