44LPlanning authorities to notify relevant entities of planning applications

44L Planning authorities to notify relevant entities of planning applications

[Section 44L of Part 3 Inserted by No. 16 of 2020, s. 4, Applied:30 Nov 2020]

(1)  If a planning authority receives an application for a permit in relation to a use or development and it is likely that –

(a) works would be required to be carried out by a relevant entity before the development or use may occur; or

(b) the use or development would adversely affect a relevant entity’s operations –

the planning authority must, as soon as practicable, provide to the relevant transmission entity the relevant notice in relation to the application.

(2)  Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to an application for a permit made to a planning authority if –

(a) the planning authority decides under section 57(2) of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 to refuse to grant the permit; or

(b) the application is within a class of applications that is prescribed.

(3)  Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to an application for a permit made to a planning authority before the day on which this section commences.