Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Section 76(4)(a) states: "A planning authority or the Commission shall not determine any application for permission which would be materially affected by a provision suspended in accordance with subsection (3)". We will be in the period of statutory timeframes for planning decisions. Where there is a planning application and a portion of a plan is suspended, that could lead to a delay in the decision, including beyond the statutory timeline for the relevant planning authority. Have the practical and legal consequences of that been thought through?

I assume - correct me if I am wrong - the plan is produced and the OPR does its review.

How then would any planning application be materially impacted by the suspension of the plan or is this a provision for some time after a plan is agreed? I am trying to work out the timelines of this, if that makes sense.