The judgment in Monkstown Road Residents’ Association & Ors v An Bord Pleanála & Ors [2022] IEHC 318 was delivered in respect of a claim to quash the decision of An Bord Pleanála (the Board) to grant planning permission for
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High Court confirms that developers are precluded from using section 146B to extend the duration of a planning permission
In Friends of the Irish Environment v An Bord Pleanála [2019] IEHC 80, Simons J held that developers are precluded from using the process provided for in section 146B of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (the PDA) to…
Further provisions of the Land Development Agency Act 2021 come into operation with effect from 31 March 2022
Further provisions of the Land Development Agency Act 2021 have been commenced with effect from 31 March 2022, as follows:
- Section 11 (Revocation);
- Section 14 (Functions of Agency);
- Section 15 (Services to local authorities);
- Section 17 (Chief executive of Agency);
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Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill reaches Committee Stage
Key Points
The Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill (the Bill) continues its progress through the Irish legislature and has now reached the Committee stage (the third stage, before the Dáil). This third stage will see the Bill debated before…
The Construction Contracts Act 2013: latest decision on principles of enforcement of adjudication award – “Pay Now, Argue Later”
The decision in John Paul Construction Limited v Tipperary Co-Operative Creamery Limited [2022] IEHC 3 relates to an application for leave to enforce an adjudicator’s decision pursuant to the Construction Contracts Act 2013 (the Act). It further endorses the key principles of…
Initial provisions of Land Development Agency Act 2021 commenced
As detailed in our earlier post, the Land Development Agency Act 2021 was signed into law on 21 July 2021 but further Ministerial order was required for its provisions to be commenced.
The first such order has been made…
New legislation for large scale residential developments – strategic housing development process due to lapse on 25 February 2022
The Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Act 2021 (the LRD Act) sets out proposed new arrangements for “large scale residential developments” (LRDs), which will supersede the existing Strategic Housing Development (SHD) process, due to lapse on 25 February 2022. The SHD…
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill introduces 2% per annum cap on rent increases in RPZs
The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill was signed into law on 11 December 2021. Its main provisions are summarised in this post.
What is the Bill seeking to achieve?
This Bill has 3 primary purposes, as follows:
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Rising materials cost in the construction sector
The construction sector has welcomed the easing of COVID-19 restrictions since April as sites have fully re-opened across the country. However, despite the surge in activity, the industry now faces new problems in the form of price inflation.
The Irish…
Affordable Housing Act provisions commenced with effect from 3 September
3 September 2021 has been appointed as the commencement date for the following elements of the Affordable Housing Act 2021:
Part 2: Affordable dwelling purchase arrangements (other than subsections 2(c), (6) and (7) of section 6 which relate to housing…