Planning permissions - understanding them

My second thread of the evening, and both are related.

What does it matter whether, if it matters whether a planning permission was a) applied for, or b) granted within the last 5 years ?

I think I noted some granted for 10 years - so where did the 5 years category come from ?

(I should add that it could be purely a South Dublin County Council thing on their website to help people searching)

What are the usual timeframes for planning permissions ? Do they lapse, and are void after their expiration - or upon resubmission, will they ordinarily be re-granted ?

What if a developer has gone into receivership and the land sold by the Receivers - is the clock still ticking on the planning permission ? Or if the landowner is declaring bankruptcy in the States (at the time of writing) ?

Kildavin said:

My second thread of the evening, and both are related.

What does it matter whether, if it matters whether a planning permission was a) applied for, or b) granted within the last 5 years ?

1. I think I noted some granted for 10 years -
2. so where did the 5 years category come from ?

(I should add that it could be purely a South Dublin County Council thing on their website to help people searching)

3. What are the usual timeframes for planning permissions ?
4. do they lapse, and are void after their expiration - or upon resubmission,
5. will they ordinarily be re-granted ?

6. What if a developer has gone into receivership and the land sold by the Receivers - is the clock still ticking on the planning permission ?
7. Or if the landowner is declaring bankruptcy in the States (at the time of writing) ?

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just a quick response..
(a/b): planning must be complete or to certain prescribed stage within the allotted time frame.
1. please show us this one.
2. don know. i suppose if you need/want to build, you will within 5 years - having an open ended period for construction would be hard to manage, given changing develop plans, building regs etc.
3. 5 years
4. yes generally void after 5 years - there is a facility in most cases to extend the period for a further 3 years, but this must be done prior to the permission running out.
5. a new application is a new application and as such is applicant & site specific - so nothing is guaranteed
6. yes
7. as above - still ticking (the site that has planning, the developers status has little to do with it)

Another thing to add to LowCO2design's response which might clarify things a bit more for you - a planning permission pertains to land, not the applicant.

The five years is the standard statutory time limit for a planning permission, and is stated in planning law. If you are asking why is it five years instead of five and a half, I don't know except that it has been historically seen as a reasonable timeframe within which to complete a development.

It is possible to apply for a 10 year permission for certain large or specialist projects (i.e. infastructural projects, etc.) where it is reasonable to assume that the project will not be substantially complete within 5 years, but these are uncommon.

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