LOCAL AUTHORITIES AROUND Ireland are owed more than €750,000,000 in unpaid development levies.
The figures were made public yesterday when Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount outstanding in development levies to local authorities.
Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Jan O’Sullivan said that in total, local authorities are owed €438,804,210.50, with €312,483,594.87 owed by long term debtors specifically.
She added:
as with all local charges, the invoicing and collection of any outstanding development contributions is a matter for the local authority concerned to manage in the light of prevailing local circumstances and in accordance with normal financial procedures.
She explained that where any payments required for development contributions are not settled, such payments may be pursued by the planning authority through the courts as a contract debt. Until the amounts outstanding are discharged in full, the conditions of the relevant planning permission have not been met and the development is unauthorised.
The full breakdown of figures is available by clicking this link. An annual breakdown in respect of long term debtors is not available.
They show that Fingal County Council, for example, is owed the largest amount, €129,602,377.85, from current debtors, with long term debtors owing it €2,214,225.55.
Last month, a developer was ordered by a court to finish a Wicklow estate and pay outstanding levies.
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