Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 March 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Paul Hogan:
No, it is not advised. Certainly the courts would have held that if a plan has not been through a public consultation process or screened for environmental assessment, that is an issue. Where there is a non-statutory plan, often those elements are not present and, therefore, it should not be relied upon for decision-making.
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