Planning and Development Act 2024

Application of Chapter

245. (1) Subject to section 254 and subsection (2), and without prejudice to section 98 and, where applicable, Part 9 of the Land Development Agency Act 2021 , this Chapter shall apply to an application for permission (and to a grant of permission to which such an application applies, as the case may be) for the development of houses on land, or where an application relates to a mixture of developments, to that part of the application relating to the development of houses on such land.

(2) This Chapter shall not apply to applications for permission for—

(a) the development of holiday homes,

(b) development consisting of the provision of cost rental housing or houses by an approved housing body, for the provision of housing required for households assessed under section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 as being qualified for social housing support, where all houses in the development are to be made available for letting or sale,

(c) the conversion of an existing building or the reconstruction of a building to create one or more dwellings where 50 per cent or more of the existing external fabric of the building is retained,

(d) the carrying out of works to an existing house,

(e) the development of houses pursuant to an agreement under this Chapter, or

(f) the development of student accommodation.