Frances Black (Independent) | Oireachtas source

This seeks to add the condition that, where a person applies for substitute consent for the land subject to the application, the development cannot have a commercial value of more than €5.48 million. This is to stop scenarios where large development projects are rammed through the planning process and are not subject to strict criteria.

Amendment No. 7 is similar, in that it seeks to add a condition that, where a person applies for substitute consent in respect of land adjoining a development, it will not be granted where the commercial value of the proposed development is more than €5.48 million. This is to ensure that large-scale developments are subject to a planning process rather than the substitute consent process, which is designed to be the exception, not the rule.

Amendment No. 11 is an alternative to amendments Nos. 5 and 7 and is a blanket provision to prevent developments with commercial values of more than €5.48 million from being subject to the provisions of this section.