Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2025-07-15
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Joanne Collins (SF), Agricultural Panel

I move amendment No. 34:
In page 12, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:
“(b) an explanation as to why the development has not yet commenced, a viability assessment setting out what has changed that would allow the development to commence if an extension of duration is granted, and a detailed schedule of works setting out when the various stages of development will occur,”.”.
I will speak on amendments Nos. 34 and 56 together to save time. These amendments relate to the extension of planning permissions where development has not commenced. While these delays can be caused by genuine viability challenges, proper monitoring is needed to ensure that requests for extensions are actually genuine and are not being used by speculators who are deliberately sitting on land. Our amendment seeks an explanation from the developer and six-monthly reports on extensions for the same reasons. We just want that bit of transparency. Amendment No. 56 is very similar. It just ensures regular reporting on extensions to improve monitoring and to keep an eye on extensions to planning permissions.

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Sitting date: 2025-07-15