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Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Introduced
- 16 Jun 2021
- Last updated
- 11 Sep 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Planning authorities can extend existing development plans by up to one year while preparing new ones, subject to environmental and appropriate assessments, due to Covid-19 disruption.
- Planning authorities get up to one additional year to complete development plan reviews and preparation if they started the process before this Bill's passage.
- Planning permissions can be extended by up to two years or until end of 2023 where development cannot be completed within the original timeframe, if substantial works were carried out.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage26th Seanad16 Jun 2021
- Second Stage26th Seanad18 Jun 2021
- Committee Stage26th Seanad18 Jun 2021
- Report Stage26th Seanad28 Jun 2021
- Fifth Stage26th Seanad28 Jun 2021
- Second Stage33rd Dáil28 Jun 2021
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil7 Jul 2021
- Report Stage33rd Dáil7 Jul 2021
- Fifth Stage33rd Dáil7 Jul 2021
- Enacted10 Jul 2021
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