Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016

PART 2

Planning and Development

Chapter 1

Strategic Housing Developments

Definitions (Chapter 1)

3. In this Chapter—

“consultation meeting” means a meeting to which section 6 (5) relates;

“prospective applicant” means a person who—

(a) is the owner of the land concerned, or

(b) has the written consent of the owner to make an application under section 4 in respect of that land,

and who intends to apply for permission under that section in respect of that land;

“specified period” means—

(a) the period from the commencement of this provision until 31 December 2019, and

(b) any additional period as may be provided for by the Minister by order under section 4 (2);

“strategic housing development” means—

(a) the development of 100 or more houses on land zoned for residential use or for a mixture of residential and other uses,

(b) the development of student accommodation units which, when combined, contain 200 or more bed spaces, on land the zoning of which facilitates the provision of student accommodation or a mixture of student accommodation and other uses thereon,

(c) development that includes developments of the type referred to in paragraph (a) and of the type referred to in paragraph (b), or

(d) the alteration of an existing planning permission granted under section 34 (other than under subsection (3A)) where the proposed alteration relates to development specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c),

each of which may include other uses on the land, the zoning of which facilitates such use, but only if—

(i) the cumulative gross floor area of the houses or student accommodation units, or both, as the case may be, comprises not less than 85 per cent, or such other percentage as may be prescribed, of the gross floor space of the proposed development or the number of houses or proposed bed spaces within student accommodation to which the proposed alteration of a planning permission so granted relates, and

(ii) the other uses cumulatively do not exceed—

(I) 15 square metres gross floor space for each house or 7.5 square metres gross floor space for each bed space in student accommodation, or both, as the case may be, in the proposed development or to which the proposed alteration of a planning permission so granted relates, subject to a maximum of 4,500 square metres gross floor space for such other uses in any development, or

(II) such other area as may be prescribed, by reference to the number of houses or bed spaces in student accommodation within the proposed development or to which the proposed alteration of a planning permission so granted relates, which other area shall be subject to such other maximum area in the development as may be prescribed;

“Strategic Housing Division” means the division of the Board referred to in section 11 (1);

“student accommodation” has the meaning provided for by section 13 .