Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963

Compensation excluded if certain other development permitted or if compensation already paid.

57.—(1) Compensation under section 55 of this Act shall not be payable in respect of a decision whereby permission to develop land is refused if, notwithstanding that refusal, there is available with respect to that land permission for development to which this section applies or if compensation has already been paid under section 55 of this Act by reference to a previous decision under Part IV of this Act involving a refusal of permission.

(2) Where permission for development to which this section applies is available with respect to part only of the land, this section shall have effect only in so far as the interest subsists in that part.

(3) Where a claim for compensation under this Part of this Act is made in respect of an interest in land, permission for development to which this section applies shall be taken for the purposes of this section to be available with respect to that land or a part thereof if there is in force with respect to that land or part a grant of, or an undertaking to grant, permission under this Act for some such development, subject to no conditions other than conditions in relation to matters referred to in paragraphs (e), (g) and (h) of subsection (2) of section 26 and paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 56 of this Act.

(4) This section applies to any development of a residential, commercial or industrial character, if the development consists wholly or mainly of the construction of houses, flats, shops or office premises, hotels, garages and petrol filling stations, theatres or structures for the purpose of entertainment, or industrial buildings (including warehouses), or any combination thereof.