Planning and Development Act 2000
Creation of public rights of way pursuant to agreement.
206.—(1) A planning authority may enter into an agreement with any person having the necessary power in that behalf for the creation, by dedication by that person, of a public right of way over land.
(2) An agreement made under this section shall be on such terms as to payment or otherwise as may be specified in the agreement, and may, if it is so agreed, provide for limitations or conditions affecting the public right of way.
(3) Where an agreement has been made under this section, it shall be the duty of the planning authority to take all necessary steps for securing that the creation of the public right of way is effected in accordance with the agreement.
(4) Particulars of an agreement made under this section shall be entered in the register.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C288
Prospective affecting provision: transitional arrangements on repeal made by Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), s. 269(10), not commenced as of date of revision.
Creation of public rights of way compulsorily
269.— …
(10) A public right of way created under an enactment repealed by this Act or by the Act of 2000 that was in force immediately before the commencement of this section shall be deemed to have been created under this section.
C289
Prospective affecting provision: transitional arrangements on repeal made by Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), s. 272, not commenced as of date of revision.
Agreements under section 206 of Act of 2000
272.—Section 206 of the Act of 2000 shall, in relation to an agreement under that section made before the repeal of that section by section 6, continue to have effect on and after such repeal as if it were an agreement under section 268.