Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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These amendments seek to provide that a planning authority may extend a permission where the permission is subject to judicial review and it is satisfied that the proposed development did not materially convene the development plan when permission was granted. I ask Deputy McAuliffe to withdraw the amendments as I am already bringing forward amendments to Part 4 to provide that a planning permission shall be paused when it is subject to judicial review.

Furthermore, I am also considering bringing forward an amendment on Report Stage to clarify that when a planning authority or An Coimisiún Pleanála is deciding an application or appeal, it shall have regard to the development plan that was in place at the date that the application was made. This is to give clarity on what development plan is to be considered when a decision is being made, particularly where there is a change to a development plan between the date of application and the date of the decision.