Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, exactly. It could be a development, a piece of infrastructure or whatever that is. The development plan is passed and it is done. It has gone through the OPR and the process. This gives the ability for the planning authority or the executive to bring forward a resolution on foot of an application that is made. I see this arising potentially in very limited circumstances as the development plan must be consistent with the NPF, but it could be post that process that an application is made. It is deemed of such import in a particular area and this sets the criteria down for what the process is, basically, and what it must be consistent with and it would require a resolution of the planning authority, namely, its elected members.