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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank Deputy Ó Broin. I do not think we need to make the process too complex. For instance, the site notice was referred to, but where does the applicant put the site notice? Does it go on somebody else's land? We have to tease out things like that and ensure it is not open-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Public notice at the moment is site notice and newspaper notice, but you cannot go and put a site notice on somebody else's property. It is about making it as simple as possible. It is a fairly simple process at the moment even though it deals with complex issues, so let us not overcomplicate it. The Minister may wish to respond.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Deputy O'Callaghan wanted to come in.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank Deputy O'Callaghan and call the Minister.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: A short point please because I am conscious of time here.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Will the Minister please address that? I know he has said he will look at this before Report Stage. Deputy Ó Broin asked a direct question on third party rights.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: They are relevant to-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Yes, I see that. That is okay. We can discuss those groupings when we come to them, but for the moment it is my intention to withdraw amendment No. 64. We will adjourn as it is after 1 p.m. We will return at 2.05 p.m. We can proceed to take that grouping at that time. Is that agreed?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: We can decide what way we are going to deal with the grouping when we come back. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: We are on amendments Nos. 64 to 83, inclusive, 88, 89 and 91 to 96, inclusive. Also in the grouping are amendments to section 11, namely, Nos. 99 to 103, inclusive.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I will ask the Minister of State for clarification on a matter. To take Deputy Ó Broin's example of a strategic development zone, if an applicant submits something that reasonably complies with the objectives set out in respect of that zone, including the height and densities agreed with the local authority, that applicant will have a reasonably high and proper expectation that he or...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 48 to 52, inclusive, 54, 56 to 59, inclusive, and 62 and 63 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I do not know whether Deputy Flaherty wishes to come in. He is online. The Minister of State has covered amendment No. 50. Does Deputy Ó Broin wish to come in on amendment No. 51?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister. May I ask someone to swap into the Chair while I speak to my three amendments?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I am thinking of a scenario where there is an unauthorised structure, perhaps to the back of a house or something else that required planning permission, but where that does not happen and the structure is unauthorised. If the owner carries out works to that structure and a neighbour puts in an enforcement action with the planning authority, the planning authority will then say it is an...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Steven Matthews: I think this arose previously in an enforcement case, where it was beyond the point of action------