The Planning Authority has launched, through the publication of a legal notice, the new Development Notification Order (DNO) with a significantly downsized range and types of development which will be exempt from requiring a development planning application.
Unlike the notice it is replacing, the new notice does not include the reservation of public land for the placing of tables and chairs was entirely removed.
This essentially means that a permit for this will be required.
The new DNO, which is categorised into 19 classes of permitted development, has retained development types considered not to have an impact on the site context and neighbouring residences.
It has eliminated certain types of development including water cisterns and reservoirs, installation of LPG storage tanks, extensions to single-dwelling building, basements, backyard development and swimming pools but has retained internal alterations, installation of photovoltaic panels and widening of existing roads.
The authority said the approach adopted for this revision was to do away with the practice that for certain works the public was not part of the planning process and had no right to an appeal.
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