Building Levy Rates (Amendment) Regulations, 2000

L.N. 275 of 2000

DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT

(CAP.356)

Building Levy Rates (Amendment) Regulations, 2000

IN exercise ofthe powers conferred by sections 41, 42 and 60 of

the Development Planning Act, the Planning Authority, with the

concurrence of the Minister for Home Affairs and of the Minister of

Finance, has made the following regulations

(1) The title ofthese regulations is the Building Levy Rates Citation and

commencement.

(Amendment) Regulations, 2000 and shall be read and construed as

one with the Building Levy Rates Regulations, 1996, hereinafter referred

LN. 112 of 1996.

to as "the principal regulations".

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 1st

January, 2001, and shall apply to all applications which are received by

the Authority on or after the coming into force of these regulations.

Schedule One to the principal regulations shall be amended Amends Schedule

One to the principal

as follows

regulations.

(a)

Subparagraphs (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of paragraph 1 shall

be substituted by the following

"(1) Outline Applications

in all cases except special buildings,

per 0.1 ha (1ooom 2) site area, or part

thereof

Lm75.oo

subject to a maximum of

Lm25oo.oo

in the case of special building

Lm30.oo

except where the application requires an

environmental impact assessment, per

O.l.ha (1ooom 2) site area, or part thereof ....... Lm20.oo

(2)

Applications for non-commercial development

(a) Fee per unit consisting of

- bungalow

LmI5oo.00

- detached villa

Lm1000.00

- farmhouse

Lm750.oo

- semi-detached villa

Lm750.oo

- semi-detached unit with two dwelling

units for each dwelling unit

Lrn250.oo

- penthouse

Lm350.oo

- flat

Lm70.oo

- terraced house

Lm70.oo

-maisonette

Lm70.oo

Alterations and extensions to dwellings ... Lml5.oo

(b)

(3)

Applications for commercial development

(a) Commercial buildings-

per every 50m 2 of floor area of the

building or part thereof

Lm55.oo

plus

per every 50m 2 site area or part thereof,

including the built up area

Lm55.oo

(b) Extensions and alterations to commercial buildings

- extensions and alterations up to 50m 2

floor area

Lml5.oo

- extensions and alterations exceeding

50m 2 floor area, per every 50m 2 or

part thereof

Lm60.oo

(c) Farm Buildings -

- up to 50m 2 floor area

LmlO.oo

- exceeding 50m 2, per 50m 2 or part

thereof

Lrn20.oo

(d) Greenhouses -

- up to 100m 2 floor area

LmlO.oo

- exceeding 100m 2, per 100m 2 or

part thereof

Lml0.oo

(e) Quarries-

- per 100m 2 of site area or part thereof

Lrn25.oo

- subject to a maximum of

Lm5000.oo

- vertical extensions to quarries

Lm2oo.oo

Waste disposal -

(f)

- per 100m 2 of site area or part thereof

Lrn25.oo

- subject to a maximum of ."

Lm5000.oo

(4)

Garages

(a) Garages which form part of the development

of flats or maisonettes -

per garage

Lm30.00

except that 2 garages per residential unit

shall be exempt

Garages which form part of mixed commercial

(b)

and residential development -

per garage

Lm30.00

except that two garages per residential unit

shall be exempt

(c) Garages which form part of commercial

development

per garage

Lm30.00

(d) Development used only as a public car park

per 50m 2 floor area or part thereof

Lm20.00

(e) Other garages -

per 50m 2 floor area or part thereof

Lm60.00

(5)

Other Applications

(a) Engineering operations-

- per 0.1 ha (1000m 2) site area

Lm70.00

- subject to a maximum of

Lm5000.00

(b) Change of use -

- to residential use per unit created

Lm70.00

- to non-residential use per 50m 2 of floor

area or part thereof

Lm55.00

(c)

Demolition of buildings or structures .... Lm50.00

(d) Advertisements

- for each non-illuminated advertisement, per

square metre thereof

LmlO.OO

- for each illuminated advertisement, per

square metre thereof

Lm20.00

Subject to a minimum fee of LmlO for each

advertisement applied for.

(e) Satellite dishes or telecommunication antennae

for each dish or antenna

Lm12.00

Renewal applications

Lml5.oo

(f)

(g)

Amended applications

Lm50.oo

(h) Approval of conditions other than

those imposed in an outline development

permission ;

Lm25.oo

(i) Special buildings or uses

Lm40.oo

except where the application requires an

environmental impact assessment

Lm5oo.oo

Vending machines

U)

- for each machine proposed in the

application

Lml5.oo

(k)

Temporary uses of land

Lm75.oo

Applications to determine whether

(1)

development permission is required

Nil

(m) Land reclamation for agriculture -

per 0.1 ha (lOOOm 2) site area or part

thereof

Lml0.oo

- subject to a maximum of

Lm25oo.oo

(n) Boathouse for a registered fisherman-

- up to 50m 2 floor area

Lm1O.oo

- exceeding 50m 2 per every 50m2 or

part thereof

Lm20.oo

(0) Plant and machinery -

- per 0.1 ha (10002) site area or part

thereof

Lm50.oo

- subject to a maximum of

Lm25oo.oo

H

(p) Applications for amendments to schemes

and to alignments

Lm75.oo

(q)

Applications for sanitary approvaL

Lm 10.00

(r) Notification in accordance with the

General Development Order

Lm5.oo

(s) Notifications in accordance with the

General Development Order where the

Authority may respond within 30

days infonning applicant that a

development pennit is required

Lm1S.00

(t) Approval for licence for the

recycling of inert waste in quarries

Lm100.00

(u) Approval for a licence for the dumping

of inert waste in quarries

Lm1S0.00

(v) Visits to a site for the purpose of

setting out the alignment or levels,

following the interim and final setting

out, per visit

Lm20.00

(w) Application for approval of minor

amendments to a development pennission ..... Lm1S.00

(x) Notifications to sanction development

which has been carried out (and so can

not be notified in accordance with the

General Development Order) but which

otherwise would have been pennitted

development in terms of the General

Development Order (except where the

works require a response from the

Authority, in which case a formal application

for development pennission is requirej) ........ Lm20.00

(y) Local Plan amendments initiated

by the private sector

- per 150m 2 site area or part thereof

Lm100.00

(z) The issue of a compliance certificate

(following an architectfs declaration)

LmS.OO

(i) The issue of a compliance certificate

(in all other cases)

Lm2S.00

(ii)

A certified true copy of a pennit...... LmS.OO

(iii) A certified true copy of approved

plans (per plan)

LmS.OO

(iv)

Search ofpre-1993 records ... LmS.OO"; and

(b) sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 6 thereof shall be

amended by inserting after "except" in the introductory paragraph the

words "where the Development Permit Fee paid is LmlO or less and".