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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: I move amendment No. 912: In page 406, to delete lines 22 to 37, and in page 407, to delete lines 1 to 7 and substitute the following: “ “certificate” has the meaning given to it by subsection (3) of section 231; “existing use value”, in relation to the value of land on the date permission relating to the land is granted, means the value of the land...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: Which aspect of the ability to lease?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: It is there in subsection (4) of section 224.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: That is an operational matter so it is a matter for Government policy.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: I move amendment No. 918: In page 414, to delete line 1.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: I move amendment No. 920: In page 416, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following: “(18) A certificate under section 97 of the Act of 2000 granted before the repeal of that section by section 6 shall have effect on and after that repeal as if granted under this section.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: I move amendment No. 922: In page 420, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “(13) An agreement under section 47 of the Act of 2000 or section 38 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act 1963 that was— (a) made for the purpose of restricting or regulating the development of land, and (b) in force immediately before the repeal of the said section...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: I move amendment No. 925: In page 422, lines 26 to 28, to delete all words from and including “unless” in line 26 down to and including “notice” in line 28.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: Amendment No. 924 sought to amend section 235(4)(b)(i), which relates to notices requiring "the demolition, removal, alteration or replacement of any structure" by also requiring the “restoration” of such a structure. The function of this section is to remove or discontinue a use or structure. The level and requirement to restore land on foot of a notice under this section is...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: Amendments Nos. 925 and 926 are of a technical and drafting nature and seek to bring clarity to the provisions as drafted. They relate to section 236 of the Bill, which sets out provisions consequential on a notice requiring the discontinuance of works or use of land; the removal or alteration of a structure; or works or use of land to be subject to conditions. This amendment merely splits...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: Amendments Nos. 930 and 931 propose to amend section 242 to provide that in addition to being able to declare an area of special amenity based on its outstanding natural beauty or its special recreational value, it should also be possible to make such a declaration in respect of areas of "cultural importance to the community or to the nation". The purpose of this section is clear. Under...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: Amendment No. 940 seeks to insert a new provision allowing land to be declared access land and sets out the procedures for same. This amendment would introduce significant changes to the right of access to lands. This is not the function of the planning system. It would introduce significant legal issues relating to land ownership and consequent liability considerations, notwithstanding...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: Amendment No. 941 seeks to amend the right of way procedures in section 246. It states: It shall be the duty of a planning authority to vindicate public rights of way where they exist, and to work to establish rights of way, where possible, to advance the right of people to access any monument, seashore, mountain, lakeshore, riverbank or other place of cultural or natural heritage, natural...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: If you have worked on county development plans, you will have put rights of way in them but the legal vindication of a right of way is not a local authority function; it is a legal function.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: Perhaps it is the Property Registration Authority. No, it is Tailte Éireann.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: I understand it can identify one but it has to be registered with Tailte Éireann.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: It identifies it, maps it, maintains it and puts it in the county development plan, but the registration is under Tailte Éireann.