Browne brings emergency legislation to prevent lapsing planning permissions 

housing minister James Browne will also seek to make a change that will allow developers with just two years left on their permission to apply for an extension for up to three years. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

Housing Minister James Browne is to bring emergency legislation to Cabinet on Tuesday to prevent planning permissions lapsing if they were held up by judicial reviews.

The Government will make two major changes to planning laws in a bid to see developments such as large-scale apartment schemes, whose permission might otherwise expire, proceed.