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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I used it as an example of a large infrastructural project that I take it we are all agreed on the need for it to happen. That could take 15 years to build once it is granted. The permission is granted for the period of time that it needs to be built. If we speak to section 164(3)(a) on which the question was asked and which Deputy Bacik's amendment was said not to affect, something like...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The phasing plans operate within the time period as well.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: You could. I did not answer Deputy O'Callaghan's question about who decides the permissions. The planning authority would decide on the basis of the scale of the project if it would require a ten-year permission. The planning authorities responsible and the planning professionals in the local authorities would be the ones to decide. A ten-house development, for argument's sake, is not...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Deputy O'Callaghan mentioned subsection (3)(a).

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: If the Deputy looks at large developments that go straight to the local authorities, subsection (3)(a) would be affected. The three-year permission would be-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: If we take another example, such as Intel that went to Kildare County Council, it is covered under subsection (3)(a).

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Deputy Bacik can speak for Deputy Bacik-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: -----and she can make those points. All I was saying, in trying to be helpful-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Lean ar aghaidh.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: To answer the Deputy's question, it has been used. I cannot tell him the number of times it has been used. This would be for housing developments in the thousands effectively, where there is phasing. As the Cathaoirleach mentioned in his comments, the phasing has to be included within the permission period.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Exactly.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: That is the type of thing. It is appropriate to leave it to the planning authority in that area to make that decision. As I said, if you are building out, you have to build out within the permission period.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I agree.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: There would be a phasing plan within them. I will not mention schemes the Deputy would know as well which are large schemes in the areas we represent. They would have phasing plans within them. They would have to have those to deliver X amount by 2025 and X amount by 2027. That would be detailed in the phasing plan but would all have to operate within the overall housing development plan....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: This relates to section 166 on page 303. If a developer has planning permission, be it for ten years or five years, is building on the basis of permission for 1,000 houses for which the phasing and all that has been done, and if by the time that permission expires only 800 have been done, those 800 have been built under planning permission and are fine. However, and this is detailed under...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I know the Deputy was not here yesterday as she had other things on. We dealt with section 165 in detail yesterday-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Exactly, and the proper expertise would be there because it could be of national importance.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes. The reason for getting that information is something we discussed a few weeks ago. For argument’s sake, let us say the Minister of the day is informed that a number of these are happening. That could flag a procedural issue or a resource issue within the board. The Minister would then get the OPR to conduct a review of what is happening and see what the reasons for this are.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: It is for the appeals as well, so it could go straight in as for the appeals. However, bar that, it is the only place.