EnactedStage in the legislative process — click for what it means141/2021Official bill number / year
Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Introduced
- 8 Nov 2021
- Last updated
- 11 Sep 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Replaces Strategic Housing Development process with new Large-scale Residential Development process, requiring mandatory pre-application consultation and planning authority opinion before formal application submission.
- Sets mandatory 16-week decision timeframe for appeals with no oral hearing; imposes €10,000 penalty if An Bord Pleanála exceeds deadline.
- Allows any planning appeal party to apply directly to Supreme Court, bypassing Court of Appeal, to reduce litigation timescale.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage26th Seanad8 Nov 2021
- Second Stage26th Seanad10 Nov 2021
- Committee Stage26th Seanad10 Nov 2021
- Report Stage26th Seanad16 Nov 2021
- Fifth Stage26th Seanad23 Nov 2021
- Second Stage33rd Dáil23 Nov 2021
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil1 Dec 2021
- Report Stage33rd Dáil1 Dec 2021
- Fifth Stage33rd Dáil8 Dec 2021
- Enacted14 Dec 2021