Planning Exemptions - Local Authorities

The dataset represents planning exemption notifications received by local authorities at local authority level.Source: Local authority annual data returns.Boundaries: Administrative Areas dataset generated from the 2019 National Statutory Boundary dataset. Ungeneralised.The Local Government Reform Act 2014 Section 9 provided for the amalgamation of the city and county councils in Limerick, Waterford, and North Tipperary and South Tipperary County Councils.The country is divided into 31 administrative counties/cities. There are now 26 administrative counties including the five administrative counties of Cork County, Galway County, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin.There are 5 city/city and county areas namely Cork City, Dublin City, Galway City, Limerick City and County and Waterford City and County.

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Title Planning Exemptions - Local Authorities
Description <div>The dataset represents planning exemption notifications received by local authorities at local authority level.<br /></div><div>Source: <a href='https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/f3a0e-notifications-received-by-local-authorities-under-planning-permission-exemptions-for-converting-certain-vacant-commercial-property-into-homes/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Local authority annual data returns</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Boundaries: Administrative Areas dataset generated from the 2019 National Statutory Boundary dataset. Ungeneralised.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Local Government Reform Act 2014 Section 9 provided for the amalgamation of the city and county councils in Limerick, Waterford, and North Tipperary and South Tipperary County Councils.</div><div><br /></div><div>The country is divided into 31 administrative counties/cities. There are now 26 administrative counties including the five administrative counties of Cork County, Galway County, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>There are 5 city/city and county areas namely Cork City, Dublin City, Galway City, Limerick City and County and Waterford City and County.<br /></div>
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    Contact Person Email opendata@housing.gov.ie
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    Date dataset released 2023-08-10
    Date dataset updated 2025-06-16
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    Landing Page https://data-housinggovie.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/housinggovie::planning-exemptions-local-authorities
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