What is a Section 5 Reference?

Where there is uncertainty as to whether a development is exempt or not we can make a Section 5 reference to the relevant planning authority to seek formal acknowledgment that the development is exempt. Within eight weeks of the Section 5 reference, the planning authority must give a decision on whether or not a proposed development is exempt or in need of planning permission.

This involves providing the planning authority with all of the necessary information to enable the authority to make a decision on the matter, for example site maps, drawings. etc.

Contact Declan Noonan & Associates to find out if your development is exempt or not.

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