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Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017
- Sponsor
- Barry Cowen · Fianna Fáil
- Introduced
- 27 Sep 2017
- Last updated
- 14 Nov 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Creates expedited 'one-stop-shop' approval process in each council for residential conversions, refurbishments, and change-of-use developments, with design and planning decisions achievable within one to two working days.
- Establishes new exempted development categories subject to council confirmation, with independent council-employed inspectors certifying compliance via standardized checklists instead of traditional building completion certificates.
- Amends planning law to allow expedited section 5 exempted-development declarations within 2 weeks for standard cases and 4 weeks for protected structures, replacing the standard 4 and 12-week timeframes.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage32nd Dáil27 Sep 2017
- Second Stage32nd Dáil27 Sep 2017
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