Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2025

Amendment of section 242 of Principal Act

17. Section 242 of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (12):

“(12) A housing strategy within the meaning of Part V of the Act of 2000 included in a development plan under Part II of that Act that—

(a) continues in force by virtue of section 68, or

(b) was prepared, or varied, in accordance with section 69,

shall, until the replacement of that development plan in accordance with Part 3, constitute the housing strategy of the planning authority in respect of whose functional area the development plan applies and, accordingly, references in this Act to a housing strategy shall be construed as including references to a housing strategy to which this subsection applies.”.