Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 September 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (LSRD) Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Mr. Paul Hogan:

At the penultimate stage prior to an application, there will be a final determination of what is required which will be communicated to the applicant in a way that does not happen at present and did not happen prior to SHD. There will be clarity as to what will obviate further information requests. If significant issues or matters of conflict with policy, particularly environmental policy, arise, they will have to be addressed at that stage. That might be a make or break for the whole thing and it cannot proceed. The question will be whether it is something that can be reasonably dealt with by further information or something that has to be refused. These are not insignificant undertakings for anyone, whether it is the public which has got involved or the developer who has made the application. There needs to be that sort of outlet, where required. All the detail is not yet worked out. We are still on the legislation.

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