Planning and Development Act 2024

Acquisition of land for specified development

622. (1) A planning authority may use any powers to acquire land that are available to it under any enactment, including any powers in relation to the compulsory acquisition of land, for the purposes of development specified in a planning framework or a development scheme.

(2) Where a person, other than the relevant development agency, has an interest in land, or any part of land, on which a candidate UDZ or an urban development zone is situated, the relevant development agency may enter into an agreement with that person for the purpose of facilitating the development of the land.

(3) An agreement made under subsection (2) with any person having an interest in land may be enforced by the relevant development agency against persons deriving title under that person in respect of that land.