Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion

Mr. Colin Ryan:

There is in the current Bill a capability to look at conditions of permission that exist because more than likely there were particular conditions that existed on these applications. That is allowed under this Bill, which clarifies the matter. The issue at hand is whether there is a capability there for the proper planning and sustainable development of an area. That has to be taken into consideration by the planning authority making a decision. There were reasons a particular application was granted at the time and those conditions may well have changed. That is something that can be taken into consideration. We have allowed for more capability around amendments and changes to conditions that would have been far more difficult to do in the past when the whole application had to be opened up.

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