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County Donegal Development Plan
The County Donegal Development Plan 2024-2030 is available to view at: https://www.donegaldevplan.ie/
Temporary Development Contribution Waiver
Commencement Notice and 7 Day Notice Arrangements - Year End Deadline - 17th December 2024
The Building Control Management System (BCMS) will not be operational from the 20th of December 2024 to 1st January 2025 for scheduled operational maintenance of the system.,
In this regard the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has advised that relevant “Commencement Notices” or “7-day Notices” should be submitted via the BCMS on or before 17th December, 2024.
Please convey this timeline to any of your clients that meet the eligibility criteria & intend to avail of the development contribution waiver.
Notification of Online Portal availability hours over the end of year Holiday Period 2024
The Project Board of the Online Planning Portal project has decided that the Portal will close for submitting new applications and submissions from midnight on December 23rd, 2024, and will not re-open until start of business on Jan 2nd 2025. This is in line with the nine days of the holiday period legislation.
Although the portal will be closed for new applications and submissions, users will be able to work on draft applications, but not submit them.
Notice has been placed on the front-page of the Portal so that users are aware of this closure ahead of time.