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Planning Application Fee Calculator Ireland
A planning application costs €65 for each new house and €34 for an extension or other work to a house. Other buildings cost €3.60 per m² of floor space, with a minimum of €80 a building. For most classes, retention permission costs three times the standard fee (for houses and domestic work, €2.50 per m² if that is more).
Official sources: Schedule 9 and the fee regulations
Schedule 9 fees
Planning application fees in Ireland
The standard fees in Schedule 9 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, checked on 26 September 2026. The council confirms the fee due on your application.
| Development | Application fee | Retention fee |
|---|---|---|
| New house (class 1) | €65 for each house | €195 for each house, or €2.50 per m² of floor space, whichever is more |
| House extension or alteration, including converting a garage, store or shed into part of the house (class 2(a)) | €34 | €102, or €2.50 per m² of floor space, whichever is more |
| Other works within or bounding the grounds of a house, for the enjoyment of the house (class 2(b)) | €34 | €102, or €2.50 per m² of floor space, whichever is more |
| Farm buildings, and buildings for keeping greyhounds (class 3) | €80 per building, or €1 per m² above 200 m² (above 50 m² for greyhounds), whichever is more. Other structures: €80 each, up to €300 | €240 per building, or €3 per m² above 200 m² (above 50 m² for greyhounds), whichever is more. Other structures: €240 each, up to €900 |
| Any other building, such as commercial, industrial or community buildings (class 4) | €80 per building, or €3.60 per m² of floor space, whichever is more | €240 per building, or €10.80 per m² of floor space, whichever is more |
Fees for other development: land, forestry, quarries, advertising, lines and large-scale housing
| Development | Application fee | Retention fee |
|---|---|---|
| Using uncultivated land or semi-natural areas for intensive agriculture (class 5(a)) | €5 per hectare | €15 per hectare |
| Initial afforestation (class 5(b)) | €5 per hectare | €15 per hectare |
| Replacing broadleaf high forest with conifers (class 5(c)) | €80, or €5 per hectare, whichever is more | €240, or €15 per hectare, whichever is more |
| Peat extraction (class 5(d)) | €5 per hectare | €15 per hectare |
| Quarrying and mining, or depositing refuse or waste (class 6) | €500, or €50 per 0.1 hectare, whichever is more | €1,500, or €150 per 0.1 hectare, whichever is more |
| Tents, caravans or other structures for camping or selling goods; parking vehicles; open storage (class 7) | €80, or €50 per 0.1 hectare, whichever is more | €240, or €150 per 0.1 hectare, whichever is more |
| Plant or machinery, or tanks and other storage structures that are not buildings (class 8) | €200, or €50 per 0.1 hectare, whichever is more | €600, or €150 per 0.1 hectare, whichever is more |
| Advertisement structures and advertising (class 9) | €80, or €20 per m² of advertising space, whichever is more | €240, or €60 per m² of advertising space, whichever is more |
| Overhead electricity or telecommunications lines (class 10) | €80, or €50 per 1,000 m of line, whichever is more | €240, or €150 per 1,000 m of line, whichever is more |
| Golf course or pitch and putt course (class 11) | €50 per hectare | €150 per hectare |
| Burial ground (class 12) | €200, or €50 per hectare, whichever is more | €600, or €150 per hectare, whichever is more |
| Any development not in classes 1 to 12 (class 13) | €80, or €10 per 0.1 hectare of site area, whichever is more | €240, or €30 per 0.1 hectare of site area, whichever is more |
| Large-scale residential development, LRD (class 14) | €130 per housing unit (2 student or shared-living bed spaces count as 1 unit); other uses €7.20 per m², up to €32,400; pre-application consultation €1,500; €10,000 each for an environmental impact statement or a Natura impact statement | €390 per housing unit; other uses €15 per m², up to €65,000; €10,000 each for an environmental impact statement or a Natura impact statement |
| Opinion or notification on unconfirmed details under section 32I of the Act (class 15) | €2,500 | Not applicable |
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How much does planning permission cost in Ireland?
The application fee is only one part of the cost of getting permission. What you pay overall depends on the project and the council. These are the costs to budget for, in the order you meet them.
- Do you need permission at all?Some work is exempted development and needs no application. If you're not sure, you can ask the council for a Section 5 declaration, which costs €80.
- Plans, drawings and reportsThe application needs site location maps, plans and drawings. If the site won't connect to a public sewer, it also needs details of the on-site treatment system and evidence that the site suits it. Designers, engineers and consultants quote their own fees, which vary with the project. PlanningBrief doesn't publish a typical range because there is no official figure to cite.
- Newspaper noticeIn the 2 weeks before you apply, you must publish a notice in a newspaper on the council's approved list. The newspaper charges for the notice, and prices vary by title.
- Site noticeA notice in the prescribed form, on durable material and visible from the public road, put up in the 2 weeks before you apply and kept up for 5 weeks from the day the council receives the application. The cost is printing and materials.
- Application feeSet by Schedule 9 (the table above) and paid to the council with the application: €65 for each house and €34 for work to an existing house.
- Development contributionsA permission can carry a condition to pay a contribution towards public infrastructure and facilities. Each council sets its rates in a development contribution scheme and can add a special contribution for exceptional costs. Check your council's current scheme, or estimate it with the development contribution calculator.
- Part V on housing schemesWhere Part V applies, the permission carries a condition that, before the commencement notice is lodged, the developer agrees with the council to transfer land or homes for social and affordable housing. The share and the options are set in section 96 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 and agreed with the council.
How the fee is worked out
Reductions, maximums and other planning fees
- Outline permissionThree quarters of the standard fee, up to a maximum of €28,500.
- Permission after outline permissionOne quarter of the standard fee, up to €20,000. The same reduced fee applies to an application that only changes the house type, or the design or external appearance, of development already permitted, if a fee was paid on the earlier permission.
- Retention permissionThe retention fee in the table, up to a maximum of €125,000.
- Maximum fees€38,000 for other applications and €80,000 for a large-scale residential development. Higher caps of €100,000 or €150,000 apply where the application comes with an opinion on unconfirmed details under section 32I.
- Minimum fee€34 for any planning application. A refund can't bring the fee paid below €34.
- Mixed developmentEach class is worked out separately and the amounts are added together. Roads, car parks, services and open spaces that are incidental to the main development are not charged separately.
- A building for one of several usesThe fee is the highest of the fees for the possible uses.
- Alternative designsAn application with materially different layouts or designs is charged as if each were a separate application.
- Part unitsPart of a unit of measurement, such as part of a square metre or of 0.1 hectare, counts as a whole unit.
- No feeDevelopment by a voluntary organisation for social, recreational, educational or religious use, or for people with disabilities, that is not mainly for profit; and houses provided by an approved housing body not mainly for profit.
- Reapplying within a yearIf an application is withdrawn or decided and the same applicant applies again within one year for the same kind of development on substantially the same site, the council refunds three quarters of the new fee, once, if the conditions in article 162 are met. It does not apply to retention or post-outline applications. Claim in writing within 8 weeks of the decision on the new application.
- Council discretionThe council can refund part of a fee where paying it in full would not be just and reasonable, given the limited extent or cost of the development.
Other planning fees
- Submission or observation on a planning application€20
- Section 5 declaration (is my work exempted development?)€80
- Extending the duration of a permission (section 42)€62
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References
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The figures on this page come from these official sources. Fees change by regulation, so check the current rules before you rely on a figure.
- Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (S.I. No. 600 of 2001), Part 12 and Schedules 9 and 10, as madehttps://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2001/si/600/made/en/printChecked 26 September 2026
- Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025, unofficial consolidation (updated February 2026), Part 12 and Schedules 9 and 10https://assets.gov.ie/static/documents/09fe3ad4/Planning_and_Development_Regulations_2001-2025_Consolidation_Feb2026.pdfChecked 26 September 2026
- Planning and Development (Large-scale Residential Development Fees) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 720 of 2021)https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2021/si/720/made/en/printChecked 26 September 2026
- Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 654 of 2023)https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2023/si/654/made/en/printChecked 26 September 2026
- Planning and Development Act 2000, section 48: development contributions (Revised Acts)https://revisedacts.lawreform.ie/eli/2000/act/30/section/48/revised/en/htmlChecked 26 September 2026
- Planning and Development Act 2000, section 96: Part V social and affordable housing (Revised Acts)https://revisedacts.lawreform.ie/eli/2000/act/30/section/96/revised/en/htmlChecked 26 September 2026
- Irish Statute Book: statutory instruments made in 2026 (none amends the planning fees)https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2026/si/Checked 26 September 2026