Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1999
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Power to acquire protected structure. |
22.—(1) A planning authority may acquire by agreement or compulsorily any protected structure situated within its functional area if— | |
(a) it appears to the planning authority that it is necessary or desirable to do so for the protection of the structure, and | ||
(b) in the case of a compulsory acquisition, the structure is not lawfully occupied as a dwelling house by any person other than a person employed as a caretaker. | ||
(2) In this section and sections 23 to 28 , a reference to a protected structure shall be construed to include a reference to any land which— | ||
(a) forms part of the attendant ground of that structure, and | ||
(b) is, in the planning authority's opinion, necessary to secure the protection of that structure. | ||
whether or not the land lies within the curtilage of the structure or is specified as a feature in the record of protected structures. |