Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Again, I am trying to understand this as a non-planner. For example, does that mean it would make eminent sense to have national planning statements, as they are called in the Bill, dealing with densities but not necessarily with design standards? If the Government wants to say in the context of compact growth that we need to densify in particular areas, is it the case that in the forward planning process, the development plan process and SDZ process the guidelines around where density should and should not sit should be very clear, but issues around design standards, back garden lengths or whatever else should not be? Is that the kind of distinction Mr. Jones is making?

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.