Amount of Development Contribution to be Levied for the Period 01/01/2008-31/12/2008

Increased in Line with the Relevant Wholesale Price Index for Capital Goods Building and Construction as Published by the Central statistics Office, (3% Increase over the Period November 2006 to November 2007)

Development Class		Water	Sewage	Roads	Amenity
1. (a) Private Residential Housing Unit (Water only)		€1,549	Nil		<130m2: Nil ≥130m2: €343
1. (b) All Private Residential Housing Units on Serviced Lands		€1,549	€8,000		€515
1.(c) All Holiday Home/Commercial Apartments on serviced lands		€1,544	€8,000		€8.60 per m2 (Minimum €1,038 per unit)
2. Guesthouses/Nursing Homes		€235 per bedroom	€190 per bedroom		€8.60 per m2
3. Guesthouses/Nursing Homes incorporating a Private Dwelling	(i) Charge per Guesthouse/Nursing Home Element	€235 per bedroom	€190 per bedroom		€8.60 per m2
	(ii) Charge per Private Dwelling Element	€1,549	€8,000		<130m2: Nil ≥130m2: €343
4. Hotel/Hotel Extensions:	(i) Charge per bedroom	€235 per bedroom	€190 per bedroom		€8.60 per m2
	(ii) Charge per sq. m. for bars, commercial areas and function rooms	€15.50 per m2	€40 per m2		€8.60 per m2
5. Bars and Discos		€15.50 per m2	€40 per m2		€8.60 per m2
6. Restaurants including Hotel Restaurant		€7.75 per m2	€20 per m2		€8.60 per m2
7. Caravan Parks		€891	€1,600		€572
		Plus €200 per caravan pitch			Plus €24 per pitch
8. Industrial Premises/Factories/Offices		€7.75 per m2	€20 per m2		€4.28 per m2
9. Low Intensity Industrial Units or Low Intensity Warehouse		€1,549	€8,000		€4.28 per m2
10. Leisure Facilities		€2.78 per m2	€7.20 per m2		€4.28 per m2
11. Shortfall in on-site car parking provided				€1,549
12. Land use for the winning and working of materials (for quarries producing in excess of 10,000 tonnes per annum)				18.50 cent per m3
13. Telecommunications mast * * A once off charge shall apply for the first permission/retention issued. Repeat applications for the same mast will no be subject to the provision.		Nil	Nil	€4,000	€10,000

Note A: Where a development is not connected to a public water supply or a public sewer, the relevant development charge will not apply for the provision of such service.

Note B: A Special Development Contribution Development, in accordance with Section 48 (2) (c) and Section 48 (12) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, will be required in respect of the following developments:-

(i) development consisting of a change of use which is likely to substantially increase the demand for water, or increase the amount of effluent, or adversely change the nature of the effluent, based on the specific nature of the change of use, and

(ii) development, which of its nature requires specific road improvement of other public infrastructural development, in whole or in part to cover such work.

Note C: The level of Contribution payable under the Scheme will be increased from January 1st2009 and annually thereafter, (unless previously discharged), in line with the Wholesale Price Index for Capital Goods, Building and Construction, as published by the Central Statistics Office unless the Scheme is superseded by a further Development Contribution Scheme adopted by the Council.

AREA TO WHICH THE SCHEME RELATES

The schemes shall apply to the functional area of Kerry County Council exclusive of the three Town Councils. In the preparation of the Environs Plans for Tralee/Killarney and Listowel the contributions scheme will be re-examined in the context of the special needs of these areas and their relationship with the adjoining Town Council.

REVIEW OF THE SCHEME

The Scheme may be reviewed from time to time by the Council having regard to circumstances prevailing at the time. After a review of the Scheme, a new Scheme may be made. The scheme shall expire on 31st December, 2010 unless a new Scheme is made before then. A new scheme will be made not later than 31st December, 2010.

 

The complete Kerry County Council Development Contributions Scheme document is available in full from the Kerry County Councils Website as a PDF document.

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