Planning and Development Act 2000

Interpretation.

93

93.—(1) In this Part—

F489["cost rental housing" means housing comprising cost rental dwellings within the meaning of Part 3 of the Affordable Housing Act 2021;]

F490["housing strategy" means a strategy included in a development plan in accordance with section 94(1);

F491["market value"—

(a) in relation to a house, means the price which the unencumbered fee simple of the house would fetch if sold on the open market, and

(b) in relation to land in respect of which planning permission is granted, means the price which the unencumbered fee simple of the land would have fetched if it had been sold on the open market on the date of the grant of planning permission;]

mortgage means a loan for the purchase of a house secured by mortgage in an amount not exceeding 90 per cent of the price of the house.]

(2) F492[]

(3) F492[]

(4) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that, in respect of any planning application or appeal, compliance with the housing strategy and any related objective in the development plan shall be a consideration material to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.

Annotations

Amendments:

F489

Inserted (3.09.2021) by Affordable Housing Act 2021 (25/2021), s. 43(a), S.I. No. 450 of 2021.

F490

Substituted (12.09.2018) by Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (22/2009), s. 8 and sch. 2 part 7 item 1(a), S.I. No. 350 of 2018.

F491

Inserted (3.09.2021) by Affordable Housing Act 2021 (25/2021), s. 43(b), S.I. No. 450 of 2021.

F492

Deleted (12.09.2018) by Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (22/2009), s. 8 and sch. 2 part 7 item 1(b), S.I. No. 350 of 2018.

Editorial Notes:

E250

Previous affecting provision: definition of “housing strategy” deleted (19.08.2010) by Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 (30/2010), s. 37, S.I. No. 405 of 2010; substituted as per F-note above.