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

I move amendment No. 87:

In page 49, to delete lines 27 and 28 and substitute the following:“(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) by substituting "Subject to subsection (7), where a development" for "Where a development", and

(ii) by substituting "not later than 6 months after being so requested" for “as soon as may be",".

These amendments amend section 18 as it stands following Committee Stage, which in turn amends section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 dealing with the taking in charge of housing estates by planning authorities. The amendments seek to ensure that planning law in regard to taking in charge will also apply to housing estates provided on foot of planning permissions for strategic housing developments of more than 100 units granted permission on foot of the provisions of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016. Currently, section 180 of the 2000 Act applies only to housing estates provided on foot of planning permissions granted under section 34 of the 2000 Act, namely, standard planning permissions. These amendments extend the provisions of section 180 to cover the taking in charge by planning authorities of relevant strategic housing developments or the relevant parts of such developments. In this regard, it should be noted that strategic housing developments may comprise or include student accommodation units or apartment blocks or both, neither of which is really appropriate for taking in charge by planning authorities.

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