Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 734:

In page 268, between lines 14 and 15 to insert the following: "(4) In making a decision under subsection (1) in relation to a material alteration request to extend a permission that has been commenced (within the meaning of section 166(4)(a)) or is, or has been, the subject of judicial review proceedings (within the meaning of section 166(4)(b)), the deciding authority shall, in addition to the matters set out in section 83, have regard to—

(a) any social or economic benefit that would likely accrue to the State or a part of the State by virtue of the granting of the extension requested,

(b) the development plan and any local area plan, urban area plan, priority area plan, or coordinated area plan, that apply or applied to the proposed development when such permission was granted,

(c) any relevant contractual and financial commitments entered into and that have been brought to the attention of the deciding authority by the person who made the material alteration request in relation to the development concerned,

(d) where applicable, the policies and objectives of the Government, any State authority, the Minister, the planning authority concerned or a public body whose policies have, or have had, a bearing on the proper planning and sustainable development of cities, towns or other areas (whether urban or rural), that apply or applied to the proposed development when such permission was granted.".