Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Bill 2020

Bill entitled an Act to amend section 11 of the Planning and Development Act 2000; to provide, in connection with the crisis occasioned by the spread of the disease known as Covid-19, for the disregard, during such period or periods as are specified by order or orders of the Government made in the public interest, of certain periods of time mentioned in the Planning and Development Act 2000 and certain other enactments; to amend Part XA of the Planning and Development Act 2000 for the purpose of requiring An Bord Pleanála to refuse an application for substitute consent in the absence of exceptional circumstances and enabling members of the public to make submissions and observations in relation to the question as to whether such circumstances exist; to increase notice periods in relation to notices of termination served on tenants under tenancies of dwellings during the period from 11 January 2021 to 12 April 2021 for failure to pay rent due and to prohibit increases in rents on tenancies of dwellings during that period and, for those purposes, to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004; and to provide for matters connected therewith.