Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2025-07-15
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Patricia Stephenson (SD), Labour Panel

I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 30:
To delete all words from and including “Section” down to and including “Part 7” ” and substitute the following:
“The Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 608:
“Draft development scheme which includes residential development
608. (a) Where a draft development scheme includes residential development the planning authority shall ensure that it is consistent with the housing strategy prepared in accordance with Part 7.
(b) In considering the consistency of a draft development scheme under paragraph (a) with the housing strategy, the housing strategy that will be relevant will be—
(i) the housing strategy in effect for that planning authority prior to any variation under variations under either section 61 or 62, where the commencement of a planning framework under subsection (1) commenced prior to the variation under section 69, or
(ii) when the commencement of a planning framework under subsection (1) commenced after to the variations under either section 61 or 62, the housing strategy in place after such a variation.”.”.

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Sitting date: 2025-07-15