Section 254

Section 254 of the Planning & Development Act 2000 (as amended) 

A licence is required under Section 254 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) in respect of the erection, construction, placing or maintaining of:-

1. 1. A vending machine
   2. A town or landscape map for indicating directions or places
   3. Hoarding, fence or scaffolding 
   4. Advertisement structure
   5. Cable, wire or pipeline
   6. Overground electronic communications infrastructure and any associated physical infrastructure,
   7. A telephone kiosk or pedestal, or
   8. Any other appliance, apparatus or structure, which may be prescribed as requiring a licence under this section, on, under, over or along a public road save in accordance with a licence granted by a planning authority under this section.

A licence under Section 254 is not required in respect of the following:

1. 1. an appliance, apparatus or structure which is authorised in accordance with a planning permission granted.
   2. a temporary hoarding, fence or scaffold erected in accordance with a condition of planning permission granted.
   3. the erection, construction, placing or maintenance under a public road of a cable, wire or pipeline by a statutory undertaker. 

A licence may be granted for such period and upon such conditions as the planning authority may specify, including conditions in relation to location and design.
 
It should be noted that the planning authority may, by notice in writing withdraw the licence and require the licensee to remove the structure at their own expense.

Apply for a Section 254 Licence

If you wish to submit a Section 254 application, please complete the Section 254 Application form and send all relevant documentation to planning@donegalcoco.ie

Section 254 Application Form

Fees Associated
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