Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2025

Amendment of Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015

33. (1) Section 3 of the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 is amended by the insertion of the following definition:

“ ‘core strategy’ means a core strategy in—

(a) a development plan—

(i) continued in force by virtue of section 68 of the Act of 2024, or

(ii) prepared, or varied, in accordance with section 69 of that Act,

or

(b) an integrated overall strategy under section 43 of that Act;”.

(2) Schedule 7 of the Principal Act is amended by the deletion of that part of the amendment of section 3 of the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 specified in that Schedule consisting of the insertion of the definition of “core strategy”.