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)

Mr. Paul Hogan:

I do not think it is, and it is something that I would have looked at myself. One of the issues is that having commenced and started substantial works is, in itself, an area that has given rise to a lot of dispute and a lack of clarity. This allows for a wider range of factors to be considered in extending the duration of a permission. It broadly allows for the same thing in terms of the provision of up to ten years for a permission, which is the equivalent of extending one five-year permission for five years. It does include taking into consideration the extent to which the development has progressed on site. That is one of the factors but it is not as specific as having been materially or substantially completed.

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