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Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022 (Number 47 of 2022).

Country/Territory
Ireland
Document type
Legislation
Date
2022
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 in relation to the appointment of, and the efficient discharge of business of, An Bord Pleanála and, in order to facilitate and accelerate the provision of housing on lands owned by local authorities and certain state authorities, to provide that certain housing development on such lands be exempted development, and to amend the Foreshore Act 1933 .
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Coastal zone management Lease Institution
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Act amends the Planning and Development Act 2000 (“Act of 2000”) in several sections and in particular in relation to the appointment of, and the efficient discharge of business of, An Bord Pleanála. The Act also contain provisions on housing on lands owned by local authorities and certain state authorities. Moreover the Act under Part 3 contains amendments to the Foreshore Act 1933 ; it extends the definition of foreshore to ensure the body of water above the seabed is included in the definition of foreshore hence provides that leases, licences and consents granted by the Minister under the Foreshore Act 1933 which include that area are now considered foreshore.

Full text
English
Website
www.irishstatutebook.ie

References - Legislation

Amends

Foreshore Act, 1933.

Legislation | Ireland | 1933 (2021)

Keyword: Land-use planning, Coastal zone management, Transfer, Lease

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Planning and Development Act, 2000 (Act No. 30 of 2000).

Legislation | Ireland | 2000 (2021)

Keyword: Expropriation, Land-use planning, EIA, Coastal zone management, Institution, Cultural heritage, Basic legislation, Waterworks, Freshwater pollution, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX