Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Strategic Housing Developments: Discussion

Photo of Steven MatthewsSteven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party)
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In fact, SHDs could commence at any time within five years after February 2022 once they have been granted permission.

In terms of transport planning, we often see high-density applications cite access to public transport.

Often that public transport might be a quite irregular bus service or a meandering bus service that does not serve the site well at all. How much scope is there for the board in making decisions about where a developer sites access to public transport? Does the board actually judge the frequency of the service and the likelihood of people using that public transport?