Planning and Development Act 2024

Designation of sites for strategic development zones

590. (1) Sites designated under section 166 of the Act of 2000 for the establishment of strategic development zones shall, unless such designation is revoked under this Part, continue in being as strategic development zones for the purposes for which they were so designated.

(2) The Government may revoke or amend an order made under section 166 of the Act of 2000, but no such amendment shall designate any site not already part of a strategic development zone at the date of commencement of this Part, unless it is ancillary to a site already so designated and is reasonably necessary for the purpose of the development of the site already so designated.

(3) The Minister shall send a copy of any order made under this section to any relevant development agency, planning authority and regional assembly and to the Commission.

(4) (a) Not less than 12 months after the commencement of this Part, the Minister shall carry out a review of all sites in respect of which orders have been made under section 166 of the Act of 2000 and shall make proposals to the Government in relation to the revocation or amendment of such orders in respect of such sites or parts of sites where planning schemes have not been made under Part IX of the Act of 2000.

(b) In the case of any sites in respect of which no planning scheme has been made under Part IX of the Act of 2000, the Minister shall propose the revocation of the order or (in a case where a planning scheme has been made in respect of part of the site) the amendment of the order by the reduction of the area of the site, save in exceptional circumstances.