S.I. No. 435/2025 - European Union (Planning and Development) (Renewable Energy) (No. 3) Regulations 2025

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Planning and Development) (Renewable Energy) (No. 3) Regulations 2025.

(2) These Regulations shall be included in the collective citation Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025.

Definition

2. In these Regulations, “Regulations of 2025” means the European Union (Planning and Development) (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2025 (

S.I. No. 274 of 2025

).

PART 2

AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS OF 2025

Amendment of Regulation 38 of Regulations of 2025

3. Regulation 38(2) of the Regulations of 2025 is amended by the substitution of “1 May 2026” for “1 October 2025”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

24 September, 2025.

JAMES BROWNE,

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.

)

These Regulations, which came into operation on the date of their making by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, amend paragraph (2) of Regulation 38 of the European Union (Planning and Development) (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2025 (

S.I. No. 274 of 2025

).

1 OJ L No. 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82.

2 OJ L No. 2023/2413, 31.10.2023.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

26

th September,

2025.

I, JAMES BROWNE, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act 1972

(No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving further effect to paragraph (2) of Article 16b of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018

1

as amended by Directive (EU) 2023/2413 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023

2

, hereby make the following regulations

PART 1

PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL

Citation and collective citation