Commercial Development

Can we fix it? Yes we can – Law Society offers solution to historic planning issues in Planning Bill

The representative body calls for legal recognition of a new class of established non-conforming development

The new planning bill will be the most significant reform of Ireland’s planning system since 2000

The Planning and Development Bill 2023, if enacted, will be the most significant reform of Ireland’s planning system since 2000, but it fails to deal with historic planning breaches that often blight real estate related transactions.

The Law Society recently proposed to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage a pragmatic solution to overcome the conveyancing difficulties and delays arising from historic planning breaches. This calls for legal recognition of a new class of ...