Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Decision-Making Processes: Discussion with An Bord Pleanála
4:00 pm
Dr. Mary Kelly:
Yes there is. If the planning authority's letter of refusal states, "a material contravention", then the legislation requires An Bord Pleanála, as I set out earlier, to look at four specific criteria, the first of which is that the development must be strategically important. I have the four criteria listed on the PowerPoint presentation.
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