Planning and Development Act 2000

F1201[Consideration by planning authority of application for permission for development

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282. (1) Subject to section 283, a planning authority shall neither consider an application for permission under section 34 for development to which this Chapter applies nor grant such permission, unless the applicant for such permission

(a) is the holder of

(i) a maritime area consent granted for the occupation of a maritime site for the purposes of the proposed development, or

(ii) a licence granted under section 3 of the Act of 1933 authorising the licensee to do any act or acts referred to in that section for the purpose of the development on, or in relation to, the maritime site in which the development is proposed to be situated,

(b) is the owner of land on which it is proposed to carry out the development concerned,

(c) is the lessee under a lease

(i) made under section 2 of the Act of 1933, of a part of the foreshore that consists of, or includes, the maritime site on which it is proposed to carry out the development concerned, and

(ii) that contains a covenant, condition or agreement, to which subsection (4) of the said section 2 applies, requiring the lessee to carry out, on that maritime site, the proposed development concerned, or

(d) makes the application with the consent, or on behalf, of the owner of land on which it is proposed to carry out the development concerned.

(2) A coastal planning authority shall, in the performance of its functions under this section and section 34 in relation to a maritime application, have regard to

(a) the National Marine Planning Framework and the National Planning Framework,

(b) the marine planning policy statement,

(c) guidelines issued under section 7 of the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021,

(d) guidelines issued under section 28,

(e) any regional, spatial and economic strategy of a regional assembly

(i) within whose functional area it is proposed to carry out development to which the application relates, or

(ii) whose functional area adjoins the maritime site to which the application relates,

(f) the development plan of

(i) the coastal planning authority within whose functional area it is proposed to carry out development to which the application relates, and

(ii) any coastal planning authority whose functional area adjoins the maritime site to which the application relates,

(g) any local area plan applicable to a part of the functional area of any coastal planning authority

(i) within which it is proposed to carry out development to which the application relates, or

(ii) that adjoins the maritime site to which the application relates,

(h) any submissions or observations made by prescribed bodies or members of the public in relation to the application,

(i) Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 200819 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) as amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2017/845 of 17 May 201720 , and any enactment or instrument under an enactment that gives effect thereto,

(j) land-sea interactions within the meaning of Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 201421 establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning,

(k) objectives of maritime spatial planning, and

(l) principles of proper planning and sustainable development.

(3) In addition to any conditions that may be attached to a permission in accordance with subsection (4) or (5) of section 34, a coastal planning authority may, when granting permission under that section for development in the nearshore area, attach any or all of the following conditions to the permission:

(a) conditions requiring the carrying out of works for the preservation of any site of archaeological interest or any wreck within the meaning of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1987;

(b) conditions requiring the carrying out of such works as the coastal planning authority may specify for the purposes of the development;

(c) for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the terms of the maritime area consent granted for the occupation of the maritime site concerned, conditions regulating the development or use of any part of the maritime area that adjoins that maritime site;

(d) conditions requiring

(i) the provision, protection or maintenance of access to the maritime area and land adjoining the maritime area by members of the public or members of a class of the public, or

(ii) the carrying out of works for the purpose of such provision, protection or maintenance;

(e) conditions aimed at protecting rights to navigate in the maritime area;

(f) conditions aimed at protecting rights to fish in the maritime area;

(g) conditions for, or in connection with

(i) the protection of the marine environment (including the protection of fisheries),

(ii) the safety of navigation, or

(iii) the protection of underwater cables, wires, pipelines or other similar apparatus used for the purpose of

(I) transmitting electricity or telecommunications signals, or

(II) carrying gas, petroleum, oil or water;

(h) conditions requiring the adoption of measures to reduce or prevent the emission of any noise or vibration from any structure or area comprised in the development concerned;

(i) conditions relating to the sequence of, and the times at which, works for the purposes of the development shall be carried out;

(j) conditions requiring, and relating to, the maintenance or management of the proposed development;

(k) conditions requiring the recovery and disposal, in such a manner as may be specified by the coastal planning authority, of construction and demolition waste;

(l) conditions requiring, and relating to

(i) the removal of any structures authorised by the permission, or

(ii) the discontinuance of any activity so authorised,

upon the expiration of such period as the coastal planning authority may specify, and requiring, and relating to, the carrying out of any works necessary for the reinstatement of the site concerned upon such expiration;

(m) conditions requiring, and relating to, the provision to the coastal planning authority concerned, and maintenance, of adequate financial security for the purpose of ensuring the satisfactory completion of the proposed development;

(n) a condition requiring the person to whom the permission is granted to submit such information, as may be specified by the coastal planning authority, to the coastal planning authority or any other public body prior to commencement of the development concerned.

(4) Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 34 shall not apply in relation to a maritime application.

(5) In this section "maritime application" means

(a) an application to a coastal planning authority for permission for development wholly within the nearshore area of that coastal planning authority, or

(b) in relation to an application to a coastal planning authority for permission for development partly in the nearshore area of the coastal planning authority and partly on land, the part of the application that relates to permission for development in the said nearshore area.]

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F1201

Inserted (1.10.2022) by Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (50/2021), s. 171, S.I. No. 488 of 2022.