Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 October 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála

9:00 am

Photo of Peter BurkePeter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I always would have understood that the county development and local area plans constitute the cornerstone documents in terms of how a local authority wants to develop its county. I would have hoped that An Bord Pleanála would place great value on those documents and I hear that in what Mr. Walsh is saying. Mr. Walsh mentioned that national plans can contradict that. Sometimes they can leave a vacuum, for example, with regard to wind guidelines and setback. Does Mr. Sheridan have anything to add regarding cases where variations were stopped and are now allowed? Are we waiting for a clear strategy in the area?

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