Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

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

Mr. Brendan Heneghan:

I could test the premise of the Cathaoirleach's question. We do not think the development plan is very consultative. It does not give enough time and we made the point in our presentation that whatever about planning applications, we do not think it should be possible to give residents' groups three months at the start of a development plan. They are far too complicated and furthermore, I do not bother making submissions to development plans because I have done it twice and everything I said was ignored. We have talked to a number of residents' groups and everybody had the same experience. They spent a huge about of time and were not listened to. The officials just seem to want to do what they want to do and if what one says melds in with it, that is fine.

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