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. 31:
To delete all words from and including “in subsection (2)” down to and including “Part 7” ” and substitute the following:
“by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):
“(2) (a) In considering an appeal under this section the Commission shall consider the proper planning and sustainable development of the area, the provisions of the development plan in the area to which the scheme relates, the provisions of the housing strategy, any relevant National Planning Statement, the provisions of any special amenity area order, the conservation and preservation of any European site in the area to which the scheme relates, and, where appropriate—
(i) the effect the scheme would have on any land contiguous to the area to which the scheme relates,
(ii) the effect the scheme would have on any land outside the functional area of the planning authority, and
(iii) any other consideration relating to development outside the functional area of the planning authority, including any area outside the State.
(b) In considering an appeal under this section, consistency of a planning framework 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