Planning And Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019.
(2) The Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2018, the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. No. 12 of 2019 ) and these Regulations may be cited together as the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2019.
(3) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 July 2019.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 600 of 2001 ).
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paragraphs: Article 6 of the Principal Regulations is amended by the insertion of the following subarticle:
“(5) (a) Each of the following shall be exempted development:
(i) development consisting of the short term letting in a rent pressure zone of not more than 4 bedrooms in a house that is the principal private residence of the landlord or licensor concerned provided that –
(I) it is a condition of the short term letting that each bedroom that is the subject of the letting shall not be occupied by more than 4 persons,
and
(II) the development –
(A) does not contravene a condition attached to a permission granted in respect of the house under the Act, and
(B) is consistent with any use specified in any such permission;
(ii) development consisting of the short term letting in a rent pressure zone of a house that is the principal private residence of the landlord or licensor concerned provided that –
(i) the aggregate number of days during a year in which the house is the subject of short term lettings does not exceed 90 days, and
(II) the development –
(A) does not contravene a condition attached to a permission granted in respect of the house under the Act, and
(B) is consistent with any use specified in any such permission.
(b) Where a person proposes to undertake development to which paragraph (a) applies, he or she shall, not later than 2 weeks before the commencement of the development, notify the planning authority in whose functional area the proposed development will occur of the proposed development, or cause that planning authority to be so notified, in writing.
(c) A notification under paragraph (b), shall include the following -
(i) the name of the person giving the notification, or on whose behalf the notification is being given, and documentary confirmation that the proposed development relates to the person’s principal private residence;
(ii) if the person giving the notification or on whose behalf the notification is being given is not the owner of the house concerned, the consent in writing of the owner to the proposed development;
(iii) the address and eircode of the house concerned;
(iv) contact information in relation to –
(I) the person giving the notification or on whose behalf the notification is being given, and
(II) the owner of the house concerned;
(v) in the case of proposed development to which subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) applies, a statement that the proposed development is development to which that subparagraph applies;
(vi) in the case of proposed development to which subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) applies, a statement that the proposed development is development to which that subparagraph applies; and
(vii) such other information as the planning authority concerned may reasonably require.
(d) A notification under paragraph (b), shall be accompanied by –
(i) such documentation as the planning authority concerned may reasonably require, and
(ii) in case the notification relates to development to which subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) applies, a statutory declaration made by the person giving the notification, or on whose behalf the notification is being given, declaring that –
(I) the house in respect of which the proposed development is to be carried out is that person’s principal private residence,
(II) not more than 4 bedrooms in that house will be subject to the short term letting concerned, and
(III) it will be a condition of the short term letting concerned that each such bedroom shall not be occupied by more than 4 persons.
(e) A planning authority shall maintain a record in writing of all information contained in a notification under paragraph (b).
(f) A person who proposes to carry out development to which subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) applies shall not later than 4 weeks after the commencement of each year in which he or she intends to carry out the proposed development and before the commencement of any such development in that year –