Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2025

Amendment of section 63 of Principal Act

10. Section 63 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsection:

“(18) (a) This section (other than an excluded provision) shall apply to—

(i) the making of a variation to a development plan that continues in force by virtue of subsection (1) of section 68, and

(ii) the making of a variation to a development plan prepared, or varied, in accordance with section 69,

as it applies to the making of a variation to a development plan made under this Chapter, as if—

(I) in subsection (6)—

(A) ‘any variation of the development plan’ were substituted for ‘the development plan or any part or provision thereof’, and

(B) ‘the variation’ were substituted for ‘the development plan or part or provision thereof’ in paragraph (i),

(II) in subsection (10), ‘any variation of the development plan’ were substituted for ‘the development plan or development plan as varied, as the case may be’,

(III) in paragraph (a) of subsection (14), ‘paragraphs (b) to (e)’ were substituted for ‘paragraphs (a) to (e)’, and

(IV) in paragraph (a) of subsection (15), ‘paragraphs (b) to (e)’ were substituted for ‘paragraphs (a) to (e)’.

(b) In this subsection ‘excluded provision’ means—

(i) paragraphs (g) and (i) of subsection (3),

(ii) subsections (4) and (5), and

(iii) paragraph (a) of subsection (10).”.