Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 75:

In page 47, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:"(2) Section 34 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (3) by substituting "the applicant, and" for "the applicant." in paragraph (b) and by inserting the following after paragraph (b):

"(c) where an application for permission relates to a residential development comprising 10 or more houses—

(i) any information available to the planning authority, or furnished to it by the applicant, concerning implementation by the applicant of any housing development in the previous 5 years, and

(ii) an assessment by the planning authority of the likelihood of the proposed development being implemented within the appropriate period sought, being the appropriate period within the meaning provided for by section 40(3).".".

Amendments Nos. 75, 81 and 97 should be viewed together as an anti-land hoarding package.

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