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Planning and Development Act 2000
F721[Provision of information by applicants to EIA portal
172B.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), an applicant for consent for proposed development shall, within the period of 2 weeks before—
(a) the making of an application for such consent which is to be accompanied by an environmental impact assessment report, or
(b) the submission of an environmental impact assessment report when required by the planning authority or the Board, as the case may be, to do so,
provide the prescribed information in electronic form to the EIA portal in the manner set out on the portal.
(2) Where it is provided for in national legislation that a person other than the applicant for consent for proposed development shall provide information to the EIA portal, that person shall, not later than public notification of a proposed development which is to be accompanied by an environmental impact assessment report, provide the prescribed information in electronic form to the EIA portal in the manner set out on the portal.]
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Amendments:
F721
Inserted (1.09.2018) by European Union (Planning and Development) (Environmental Assessment Impact) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 296 of 2018), reg. 18, in effect as per reg. 2(1).
Modifications (not altering text):
C252
Subs. (2) applied with modifications (27.07.2026) by Dublin Airport (Passenger Capacity) Act 2026 (25/2026), s. 13(4), S.I. No. 366 of 2026.
Application for environmental impact assessment and submission of environmental impact assessment report
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(4) Subject to subsection (5), daa shall, within the period of 2 weeks before the submission of an environmental impact assessment report to the Commission, provide information relating to the proposal to the EIA portal (within the meaning of the Act of 2000) in accordance with section 172B(2) of the Act of 2000, subject to the following modifications—
(a) a reference in that section to proposed development shall be read as a reference to a proposal,
(b) the reference in that section to prescribed information shall be read as a reference to the following information:
(i) the name of the applicant;
(ii) a contact name, email address and phone number for correspondence with the applicant or his or her agent;
(iii) the location of the proposal;
(iv) a location map of sufficient size and containing details of features in the vicinity such as to permit the identification of the site to which the application relates, to a scale (which shall be identified thereon) of not less than 1:1000 in built up areas and 1:2500 in all other areas, and marked so as to identify clearly the boundaries of the location in red;
(v) a description of the proposal,
and
(c) any other necessary modifications.
(5) Following the repeal of section 172A of the Act of 2000, the information referred to in subsection (4) shall be provided by daa to the environmental impact assessment portal operated and maintained in accordance with section 241 of the Act of 2024.