Who can make an appeal?
An applicant for planning permission, or any person, body or interested group etc., who made a valid submission or observation in writing to the planning authority in relation to a planning application, subject to three exceptions below: *
*Where a prescribed body should have been notified of a planning application by the planning authority but was not. In this case, the body may lodge an appeal against the decision of the planning authority without having made submissions or observations on the planning application.
*Where an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) was required with the application to the planning authority. In this case, a body whose aims or objectives relate to the promotion of environmental protection and which meets certain other requirements, may appeal the decision of the planning authority without having made submissions or observations on the planning application.
*Where a person, who has an interest in adjoining lands in respect of which a decision to grant permission has been made, applies to the Board for leave to appeal the decision of the planning authority and is granted leave to appeal.
If you wish to make an appeal, please view A-Guide-to-Making-a-Planning-Appeal-PDF and Planning Appeals | An Bord (pleanala.ie)