PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 116

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 116

116 .         Commission may approve or refuse s. 115 application

        (1)         After receiving an application and recommendation forwarded to it under section 115(3), the Commission may —

            (a)         consult with any authority that in the circumstances it thinks appropriate; and

            (b)         having regard to —

                  (i)         any relevant State planning policy: and

                  (ii)         the purposes for which the land to which that application relates is zoned or reserved under any planning scheme; and

                  (iii)         any special considerations relating to the nature of the planning control area concerned and of the development to which that application relates; and

                  (iv)         the orderly and proper planning, and the preservation of the amenity, of the locality in which the land to which that application relates is situated,

                approve, subject to such conditions as it thinks fit, or refuse to approve, that application.

        (2)         The Commission is to give written notice to the applicant of its decision on the application.

        [Section 116 amended: No. 28 of 2010 s. 59.]