Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The problem with this wording is that it does not give the planning authority the discretion or the option to tell the developer, when they are looking for a five year extension for non-material works to finish and complete the development, that the planning authority believes it is unreasonable the developer would need five years to do that, and that the planning authority could say to the developer, "You should finish and complete your development with these non-material additional works within a year". Does this wording prohibit the planning authority from doing that? Must it grant the planning application extension for the five years being sought? The planning authority does not appear to have that level of discretion.