Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----and 788. These amendments propose a number of changes to the material alteration provisions in section 137 and the expiration of permission provisions in section 166, which we have just discussed. They collectively aim to provide that a permission may be extended for no more than 24 months in cases where development has commenced and no more than five years in cases where it has not.

Amendment No. 735 proposes to amend the material alteration request provisions to allow a request to be submitted to determine whether there were there were considerations of a commercial, economic or technical nature beyond the control of the applicant that substantially militated against either the commencement of development or the carrying out of substantial works pursuant to the planning permission. The period of permission is generally five years. This relates to a discussion we have had already. It is well established that the measure generally strikes the appropriate balance between the length of the necessary construction period and the length for which a period of permission may be acted upon. There is capacity for longer timeframes.

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