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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Amendment No. 114 seeks to add a provision that, notwithstanding the permissibility of deemed decisions in respect of electronic communications infrastructure, no such decision shall be deemed to be granted where the licence involves EIA or AA. This provision is unnecessary as section 12(3) provides that you cannot apply for a licence if EIA or AA is required. In these circumstances,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I am reading from section 12(8)(d) on page 55, which states: if, not later than 8 weeks from the date on which the planning authority received the application, the planning authority notifies the applicant in writing that for exceptional reasons stated in the notification it is not in a position to comply with paragraph (a) within the period specified in that paragraph, and where the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The planning authority notifies the applicant in writing.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes, to give a copy of the decision, and the main reason and considerations on which the decision is based, to the person who made the application.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes, it is not later than eight weeks from the date on which the planning authority received the application.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It is not later than eight weeks from the date of the notice.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes, 16 weeks in total.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: No.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Correct.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It is done on a case-by-case basis, as the Deputy will appreciate.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I think so, yes. There could be complex planning decisions.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It states "for exceptional reasons". It would not be the case that this would be used as a default.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: No, it is-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: That cannot be defined in the context of the Bill.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: No.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: No, because a decision would need to be made in respect of the additional information after that period had elapsed.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Ireland's 4th National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP) 2023 2030 was published in January and sets out Ireland’s vision for biodiversity, namely that by 2050 “Biodiversity in Ireland is valued, conserved, restored and sustainably used, maintaining ecosystem services, sustaining a healthy planet and delivering benefits essential for all people”. The Plan strives for a...