Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018

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Request to manager to report on proposal by members of planning authority to vary development plan

16. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(1A) (a) The members of a planning authority may at any time, for stated reasons, submit a resolution to the manager of the planning authority requesting him or her to prepare a report on a proposal by them to initiate a process to consider the variation of the development plan which for the time being is in force where three quarters of the members of that authority have approved such a resolution.

(b) The manager of a planning authority shall submit a report further to a request under paragraph (a) to the elected members within four weeks of the adoption of the resolution.”.