Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Mary Jones:

We got clarification. A judicial review or whatever can be taken by an individual. It can also be that piece where something is a company and has that, or the review can be taken by a group of named individuals. There is nothing to stop five, six or however many number of names being on a judicial review. The only reason residents' associations per se, or other community groups, cannot take it in the name of that organisation is they do not meet that test of being a company. That is solely for the reason of having legal personality. This leads back to the point that because we will have a cost scheme, it has been clarified to us there is nothing to stop an application with a group of names being put on it.

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