Planning and Development Act 2024

Conduct of Part 9 judicial review

282. (1) Subject to subsection (2), an applicant shall not rely on a ground in Part 9 judicial review proceedings other than the grounds set out in the statement referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 280 .

(2) An applicant shall not be entitled to amend the statement referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 280 after Part 9 judicial review proceedings have commenced without applying to the High Court, on notice to all respondents and notice parties, for leave to do so, and such leave shall not be granted unless the Court is satisfied that—

(a) there is good and sufficient reason for allowing the applicant to do so, and

(b) the circumstances that resulted in the failure to include the matter to which the amendment relates in the original statement were outside the control of—

(i) the applicant, and

(ii) the legal practitioners advising that party in relation to the application.