Planning and Development Act 2000
F463[ Judicial review of applications, appeals, referrals and other matters.
50.—(1) Where a question of law arises on any matter with which the Board is concerned, the Board may refer the question to the High Court for decision.
(2) A person shall not question the validity of any decision made or other act done by—
(a) a planning authority, a local authority or the Board in the performance or purported performance of a function under this Act,
(b) the Board in the performance or purported performance of a function transferred under F464[Part XIV,]
(c) a local authority in the performance or purported performance of a function conferred by an enactment specified in section 214 relating to the compulsory acquisition of F464[land, or]
F465[(d) without prejudice to the right of appeal referred to in section 37 as read with section 37R—
(i) the competent authority (within the meaning of the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019), or
(ii) the Board in its capacity as the appeal body from decisions of such competent authority,]
otherwise than by way of an application for judicial review under Order 84 of the Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986) (the "Order").
(3) Subsection (2)(a) does not apply to an approval or consent referred to in Chapter I or II of Part VI.
(4) A planning authority, a local authority or the Board may, at any time after the bringing of an application for leave to apply for judicial review of any decision or other act to which subsection (2) applies and which relates to a matter for the time being before the authority or the Board, as the case may be, apply to the High Court to stay the proceedings pending the making of a decision by the authority or the Board in relation to the matter concerned.
(5) On the making of such an application, the High Court may, where it considers that the matter before the authority or the Board is within the jurisdiction of the authority or the Board, make an order staying the proceedings concerned on such terms as it thinks fit.
(6) Subject to subsection (8), an application for leave to apply for judicial review under the Order in respect of a decision or other act to which subsection (2)(a) applies shall be made within the period of 8 weeks beginning on the date of the decision or, as the case may be, the date of the doing of the act by the planning authority, the local authority or the Board, as appropriate.
(7) Subject to subsection (8), an application for leave to apply for judicial review under the Order in respect of a decision or other act to which subsection (2)(b) or (c) applies shall be made within the period of 8 weeks beginning on the date on which notice of the decision or act was first sent (or as may be the requirement under the relevant enactment, functions under which are transferred under Part XIV or which is specified in section 214, was first published).
(8) The High Court may extend the period provided for in subsection (6) or (7) within which an application for leave referred to in that subsection may be made but shall only do so if it is satisfied that—
(a) there is good and sufficient reason for doing so, and
(b) the circumstances that resulted in the failure to make the application for leave within the period so provided were outside the control of the applicant for the extension.
(9) References in this section to the Order shall be construed as including references to the Order as amended or replaced (with or without modification) by rules of court.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F463
Substituted (17.10.2006) by Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006 (27/2006), s. 13, S.I. No. 525 of 2006.
F464
Substituted (1.09.2019) by Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019 (12/2019), s. 13(a), (b), S.I. No. 403 of 2019.
F465
Inserted (1.09.2019) by Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019 (12/2019), s. 13(c), S.I. No. 403 of 2019.
F466
Substituted by Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), s. 304(1), not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C123
Prospective affecting provision: subs. (2)(d) substituted by Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), s. 304(1), not commenced as of date of revision.
F466[(d) the competent authority (within the meaning of the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019 ) in the performance or purported performance of any of its functions or the Commission in the performance or purported performance of its functions as the body to which an appeal from a decision of the said competent authority may be brought,]
C124
Prospective affecting provision: transitional arrangements on repeal made by Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), s. 303(1), (4), not commenced as of date of revision. Note that Part 9 chapter 1 referred to in subs. (4) refers to ss. 278-290 (Part 9 judicial review).
Continued application of sections 50, 50A and 50B of Act of 2000 for limited period
303. (1) Section 50 of the Act of 2000 shall apply and have effect in relation to a decision or an act of a planning authority or the Commission under this Act, or that vests in the planning authority or the Commission by virtue of this Act, subject to the following modifications:
(a) references to the Act of 2000 shall be construed as including references to this Act,
(b) the reference, in paragraph (b) of subsection (2), to a function transferred under Part XIV of the Act of 2000 shall be construed as including a reference to a function vested in the Commission under or by virtue of Part 14 of this Act,
(c) the reference, in paragraph (c) of subsection (2), to section 214 of the Act of 2000 shall be construed as including a reference to section 410 of this Act,
(d) the reference, in subsection (3), to Chapter I or II of Part VI of the Act of 2000 shall be construed as including a reference to Part 17 of this Act,
(e) in subsection (7)—
(i) the reference to functions transferred under Part XIV of the Act of 2000 shall be construed as including a reference to functions vested under or by virtue of Part 14 of this Act, and
(ii) the reference to section 214 of the Act of 2000 shall be construed as including a reference to section 410 of this Act,
and
(f) references to the Board shall be construed as references to the Commission.
…
(4) This section shall cease to have effect upon the commencement of Chapter 1 of Part 9.
C125
Application of section extended (1.09.2019) by Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019 (12/2019), s. 10(17), S.I. No. 403 of 2019.
Appeal to Board against relevant regulatory decision
10. ...
(17) Sections 50, 50A and 50B of the Act of 2000 shall, with all necessary modifications, apply to a decision of the Board under subsection (8) (a) on the appeal as those sections apply to a decision of the Board under section 37 of that Act on an appeal referred to in section 37R(1) of that Act.
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C126
Section applied with modifications by Industrial Development Act 1986 (9/1986), s. 16D(2)(b) as inserted (19.09.2018) by Industrial Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (19/2018), s. 7, S.I. No. 361 of 2018.
[Functions of Bord Pleanála
16D. (1) The Board shall have the same functions in relation to a compulsory purchase order made by IDA by virtue of subsection (2) of section 16C as it has under Part XIV of the Act of 2000 in relation to a compulsory acquisition of land by a local authority under the Act of 1966, and for that purpose, a reference (howsoever expressed) in the Act of 2000 to the functions transferred to the Board under that Part shall include a reference to the performance of those functions by the Board in relation to such an order.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1)—
(a) sections 216(1), 217(3), (5), (6), (6A) and (7), 217A, 217C(1), 218(1), (3) and (4), 219 and 221(1), (2), (3), (5), (7) and (8) of the Act of 2000 shall, with any necessary modifications, apply in relation to a compulsory purchase order made by virtue of subsection (2) of section 16C as if references in that Act to a local authority were to IDA, and
(b) sections 50 and 50A of the Act of 2000 shall, with any necessary modifications, apply in respect of the performance by the Board of its functions under subsection (1) in the same manner as those sections apply in respect of the performance by the Board of a function transferred under Part XIV of that Act.
(3) In this section—
"Act of 2000" means the Planning and Development Act 2000 ;
"Board" means An Bord Pleanála.]
Editorial Notes:
E224
Previous affecting provision: section amended (24.12.2002) by Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2002 (32/2002), s. 12, commenced on enactment; substituted as per F-note above.