Written answers

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Planning Issues

10:00 pm

Photo of Noel GrealishNoel Grealish (Galway West, Progressive Democrats)
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Question 413: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to extend the life of a planning permission to longer than five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24956/09]

Photo of John GormleyJohn Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Section 42 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides that, on application, the duration of a planning permission (normally 5 years) must be extended, subject to certain conditions, where substantial works have been carried out before the expiration of the original permission.

Section 23 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009, which was published on 3 June, amends this provision by providing for the extension of permission where substantial works have not been carried out, but there were commercial, economic or technical considerations, beyond the control of the applicant, which substantially mitigated against either the commencement of development or the carrying out of substantial works.

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