After prospective LRD applicants have completed a section 247 meeting, they may request an ‘LRD meeting’ with that local authority. Following the receipt of LRD consultation request, the Planning Authority is required to facilitate a consultation meeting with the applicant within 4 weeks of the date receipt of such a request.
Please note that a request for a LRD Meeting shall be in on the LRD Form 18 - Form of Request and be accompanied by the appropriate fee and include where appropriate and to the extent possible —
(a) the name and address of the prospective LRD applicant,
(b) a site location map sufficient to identify the land on which the proposed development would be situated,
(c) a brief description of the nature and purpose of the proposed development and of its possible effects on the environment,
(d) a draft layout plan of the proposed development,
(e) a brief description of any proposals to provide for water services infrastructure, including, in the case where it is proposed to connect the proposed development to a public water or wastewater network or both, evidence that Irish Water has confirmed that it is feasible to provide the appropriate service or services and that the relevant network or networks have the capacity to service the proposed development,
(f) details of any consultations that have taken place with prescribed bodies or the public,
(g) such other information, drawings or representations as the prospective LRD applicant may wish to provide or make available,
(h) a statement setting out how the proposed LRD has had regard to the relevant objectives of the development plan or local area plan in whose area or areas the proposed LRD would be situated, and
(i) a brief description of the proposed numbers and types of houses or numbers of student accommodation units and bedspaces, or both, as appropriate, and their design, including proposed gross floor spaces, internal floor areas and principle dimensions, housing density, plot ratio, site coverage, building heights, proposed layout and aspect;
(j) a brief description of proposed public and private open space provision, landscaping, play facilities, pedestrian permeability, vehicular access and parking provision, where relevant;
(k) a brief description of the proposed provision of ancillary services, where required, including child care facilities;
(l) where relevant, any other proposed use in the development, the zoning of which facilitates such use, including the proposed gross floor space for each such use;
(m) a brief description of any proposals to address or, where relevant, integrate the proposed development with surrounding land uses;
(n) a description of the capacity of existing or planned infrastructure to serve the proposed development, of the impact of the proposed development on existing /planned infrastructure and of any proposals to provide for other services infrastructure (including cabling such as broadband provision) and any phasing proposals;
(o) a brief description of proposals under Part V of the Planning and
(p) details of protected structures, national monuments or other monuments included in the Record of Monuments and Places, where relevant;
(q) details of traffic and transport assessment where relevant and of traffic, cycle and pedestrian safety;
(r) details relating to residential amenity including the assessment of sunlight, daylight, shadow, overlooking and overbearance, where relevant; for existing properties and proposed residential units;
(s) flood risk, risk of major accident and ecological impacts;
(t) where the prospective applicant is not the owner of the land concerned, the written consent of the owner to make an application under section 34 of the Act in respect of that land;
