Sample Newspaper Notice - Waterford City And County Council (Page 2 of 4) in pdf

GUIDE TO PREPARING A NEWSPAPER NOTICE

In order to adequately describe the proposed development in the newspaper notice, the

following is required:

The Planning Regulations require that a brief description of the nature and extent of the

development should be provided. The description shall include:

(i)

where the application relates to development consisting of or comprising the

provision of houses, the number of houses to be provided . 'Houses' include

buildings designed as 2 or more dwellings or flats, apartment or other dwellings

within a building;

(ii)

where the application relates to the retention of a structure, the nature of the

proposed use of the structure and, where appropriate, the period for which it is

proposed to retain the structure;

(iii)

where the application relates to development which would consist of or comprise

the carrying out of works to a protected structure or proposed protected structure,

an indication of that fact,

(iv)

where an Environmental Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the

planning application, an indication of the fact,

(v)

where the application relates to development which comprises or is for the

purposes of an activity requiring an integrated pollution prevention and control

licence or a waste licence, an indication of that fact, or

(vi)

where a planing application relates to development consisting of the provision of, or

modifications to an establishment within the meaning of Part 11 of the Planning

Regulations (Major Accidents Directive) an indication of that fact.

Note: It is recommended that where buildings are being proposed, that the number of buildings,

including height (i.e. number of storeys) is referred to in public notices.

Within the period of two weeks* before making the planning application, an applicant is obliged to

give notice of intention to make the application in a newspaper approved by Waterford City and

County Council.

* e.g. Publication date Friday 10th March - last day for lodging application Thursday 23rd. The

day of publication must be counted as the first day when calculating the fourteen days.

Where the last day of the 2 week period is a Saturday, Sunday, a public holiday (within the

meaning of the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997 (No. 20 of 1997), or any other day on

which the offices of the planning authority are closed, the application shall be valid if received on

the next following day on which the offices of the planning authority are open.

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