Planning and Development Act 2000

Power to extend appropriate period.

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F441[42.(1) F442[On application to it in that behalf, but subject to subsection (8),] a planning authority shall, as regards a particular permission, extend the appropriate period by such additional period not exceeding 5 years as the authority considers requisite to enable the development to which the permission relates to be completed provided that each of the following requirements is complied with:

F443[(a) (i) the authority is satisfied that

(I) the development to which the permission relates was commenced before the expiration of the appropriate period sought to be extended,

(II) F444[]

(III) substantial works were carried out pursuant to the permission during that period, and

(IV) the development will be completed within a reasonable time,]

(b) the application is in accordance with such regulations under this Act as apply to it,

(c) any requirements of, or made under those regulations are complied with as regards the application, and

(d) the application is duly made prior to the end of the appropriate period.

(2) In extending the appropriate period under subsection (1) a planning authority may attach conditions requiring the giving of adequate security for the satisfactory completion of the proposed development, and/or may add to or vary any conditions to which the permission is already subject under section 34(4)(g).

(3) (a) Where an application is duly made under this section to a planning authority and any requirements of, or made under, regulations under section 43 are complied with as regards the application, the planning authority shall make its decision on the application as expeditiously as possible.

(b) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a), it shall be the objective of the planning authority to ensure that it shall give notice of its decision on an application under this section within the period of 8 weeks beginning on

(i) in case all of the requirements referred to in paragraph (a) are complied with on or before the day of receipt by the planning authority of the application, that day, and

(ii) in any other case, the day on which all of those requirements stand complied with.

F443[(4) A decision to extend the appropriate period of a permission shall be made not more than twice under this section and a planning authority shall not further extend the appropriate period. Where a second decision to extend an appropriate period is made under this section, the combined duration of the 2 extensions of the appropriate period shall not exceed 5 years.]

(5) Particulars of any application made to a planning authority under this section and of the decision of the planning authority in respect of the application shall be recorded on the relevant entry in the register.

(6) Where a decision to extend is made under this section, section 40 shall, in relation to the permission to which the decision relates, be construed and have effect, subject to, and in accordance with, the terms of the decision.

(7) Notwithstanding subsection (1) or (4), where a decision to extend an appropriate period has been made by a planning authority prior to the coming into operation of this section, the planning authority, where an application is made to it in that behalf prior to the expiration of the period by which the appropriate period was extended, may further extend the appropriate period provided that each of the following requirements is complied with

(i) an application is made in that behalf in accordance with regulations under section 43,

(ii) any requirements of, or made under, the regulations are complied with as regards the application, and

(iii) the authority is satisfied that the relevant development has not been completed due to circumstances beyond the control of the person carrying out the development.]

F446[(8) A planning authority shall not extend the appropriate period under this section in relation to a permission if an environmental impact assessment or an appropriate assessment would be required in relation to the proposed extension concerned.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F441

Substituted (19.08.2010) by Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 (30/2010), s. 28, S.I. No. 405 of 2010.

F442

Substituted (9.09.2021) by European Union (Planning) (Habitats, Birds and Environmental Impact) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 456 of 2021), reg. 2(a)(i), in effect as per reg. 1(2).

F443

Substituted (9.09.2021) by Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (17/2016), s. 28(1), S.I. No. 455 of 2021, as substituted (19.07.2018) by Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), s. 57(1), commenced on enactment as per subs. (2).

F444

Deleted (9.09.2021) by European Union (Planning) (Habitats, Birds and Environmental Impact) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 456 of 2021), reg. 2(a)(ii), in effect as per reg. 1(2).

F445

Substituted (1.06.2014) by Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 5(7) and sch. 2 part 4 ref. 77, S.I. No. 214 of 2014.

F446

Inserted (9.09.2021) by European Union (Planning) (Habitats, Birds and Environmental Impact) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 456 of 2021), reg. 2(c), in effect as per reg. 1(2).

F447

Inserted (9.09.2021) by European Union (Planning) (Habitats, Birds and Environmental Impact) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 456 of 2021), reg. 2(b)(i), (ii), in effect as per reg. 1(2).

Modifications (not altering text):

C67

Section construed (23.12.2016 (date of enactment) for period to 31.12.2021) by Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (17/2016), s. 28(2)(a), S.I. No. 341 of 2017, as substituted (19.07.2017) by Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2017 (20/2017), s. 1, commenced on enactment; and further construed (23.12.2016 (date of enactment) for period to 31.12.2021) by Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (17/2016), s. 28(2)(b), (c), S.I. No. 341 of 2017.

Amendment, etc., of section 42 (power to extend appropriate period) of Act of 2000

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(2) During the period from the passing of this Act until 31 December 2021, section 42 of the Act of 2000 has effect—

[(a) as if the following subsection were inserted after subsection (1):

‘(1A) (a) "F447[Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in subsection (1) or (4) but subject to subsection (8)” for “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in subsection (1) or (4)], a planning authority shall—

F447[(i) in relation to permission for development consisting of the construction of not less than 20 houses,]

(ii) upon application being duly made to the authority setting out the reasons why the development cannot be reasonably completed within the appropriate period,

further extend the appropriate period by such additional period not exceeding 5 years, or until 31 December 2021, whichever first occurs, but the authority shall only so extend that period where the authority—

(I) considers it requisite to enable the development to which the permission relates to be completed,

(II) is satisfied that the application is in accordance with such regulations under the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2016 as apply to the application,

(III) is satisfied that any requirements of, or made under those regulations are complied with as regards the application,

(IV) is satisfied that the development to which the permission relates was—

(A) commenced, and

(B) substantial works were carried out,

before the expiration of the appropriate period or any extension of that period, and

(V) is satisfied that in the case of a permission—

(A) where the expiry of the appropriate period as extended occurred or occurs during the period from 19 July 2016 to the day preceding the day that section 28(2) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 comes into operation, the application is duly made within 6 months of the said commencement date, or

(B) where the appropriate period as extended expires on or after the date of commencement of section 28(2) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016, the application is duly made within the period prescribed for the purposes of section 43(2).’]

(b) as if in subsection (2) there were substituted “subsection (1) or (1A)” for “subsection (1)”, and

(c) as if in subsection (4) there were substituted “Except where subsection (1A) applies, a decision” for “A decision”.

Editorial Notes:

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Previous affecting provision: subs. (1)(a)(ii)(II) amended (1.06.2014) by Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 5(7) and sch. 2 part 4 ref. 77, S.I. No. 214 of 2014; substituted as per F-note above.