This section contains current event licences – applications and decisions.
Event Licences
Notes
Applicants should familiarise themselves with the following legislation:
- Planning & Development Act 2000
- Planning and Development Regulations 2001
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2015
To apply for an outdoor event license, event organisers must submit a prescribed preliminary risk assessment form of the proposed event.
Event organisers must also hold a pre-application consultation meeting with the local authority. Prescribed bodies will be invited to attend this meeting. These meetings must be held within the 12 month period prior to the date of the event. Applications for events where this meeting has not occurred must be refused.
Applications must be accompanied by:
- Applicant details
- Dates and duration of proposed event(s)
- Anticipated attendance
- Copies of two x newspaper notices (local and national)
- Application fee of €2,500
- Written consent from land/venue owners
- Statement of compliance confirming no substantial or repeated breaches of a licence, or conditions of a licence issued to the applicant by any local authority in the previous 24 months
- A draft event management plan inclusive of appropriate drawings and site plans
Waterford Harvest Festival 2025
2024
Spraoi
- Spraoi Event Licence Application 2024
- Spraoi Event Licence 2024 (Grant of an Event Licence)