Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 480 follows a similar line to the previous contributions made by Deputies Ó Broin and O'Callaghan. This is in section 54(3)(b) on page 127. This is the interim report on implementation of a development plan. All of us have sat through a development plan process.

We can see zoning maps for residential, mixed use, employment zones, etc., but when we come to the next development plan it is still there on the map and nothing has happened. I appreciate that we are introducing various land activation measures so that we do not have zoned lands sitting there for so long. Incentives are being introduced to make people develop those lands, or disincentives to not do it. It would be helpful for the general public to be able to read these plans and also for elected members to monitor progress if we were to show a map of the zoned land – I do not know what the exact wording is - and a progress report on the zoned land where no planning consent has been applied for or is in the application process and land that has extant planning permission but where development has not been commenced. We already produce maps for the zoned land tax so it is well within the capabilities of local authorities to do that but it would be a helpful part of an interim report to show what land is activated and the current status of it. That is the purpose of amendment No. 480.