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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Amendment No. 1159 seeks to insert "and facilities" after "infrastructure." It is not necessary to refer to public infrastructure as it is already covered in "infrastructure."

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: It is not necessary to include a reference to public infrastructure and facilities. That is pretty much the same answer. It is already covered.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: It is already covered.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes. Amendments Nos. 1156 and 1161 seek to insert ‘the local authority functional area or’ after ‘benefit to’ in sections 515 and 520. The process is to identify land which is strategic in nature and will have benefit to the State and its citizens. The land is put forward by the local authority chief executive to the Minister for recommendation, as a proposed...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Amendment No. 1162 seeks to insert the line "which may specify maximum and minimum building heights and densities, aligned with relevant planning guidance" after the word "development". The legislation already, however, provides for "a range of building densities, heights and typologies". Consequently, it is considered that the existing text, specifically the use of "range", will facilitate...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The planning process facilitates engagement at numerous points in the plan. With regard to UDZs, there is a requirement for a pre-designation consultation, which allows interested parties to make submissions. In addition, the process of considering a variation to incorporate a candidate UDZ into the development plan requires statutory consultation and consideration by the elected members....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: As for amendment No. 1165, under section 56(7) of the Bill, the local authority must send copies of any proposed variation to the OPR and must publish notice as part of the formal statutory process. The pre-designation consultation sets out a requirement for a consultation paper to be published and for submissions to be invited from the public. There is no restriction on the OPR making...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Amendment No. 1165.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Amendment No. 1166 proposes that prior to proposing to make a variation of a development plan under section 523, a planning authority shall publish a pre-designation consultation paper and consult with the public - and here is the change - and "landowners, enterprise and employers located within the site" in accordance with this section. The existing wording requires consultation with the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: That covers amendment No. 1166. Amendment No. 1170 seeks to insert a provision to "include details of the implications the proposed scheme will have on enterprise and employment". Prior to designating a suitable site as a candidate UDZ in its development plan, a planning authority must prepare a planning framework and may then undertake a more detailed development scheme. The planning...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1178: In page 690, after line 5, to insert the following: “PART 23 ADDITIONAL TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS Application of sections 27 and 28 of Interpretation Act 2005 542. For the avoidance of doubt, this Part shall not affect the application and operation of sections 26 and 27 of the Interpretation Act 2005 except to the extent that this Part otherwise provides...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1179: In page 690, after line 5, to insert the following: “Validity of acts done under Act of 2000 543. This Act shall not affect the validity of anything done under a provision of the Act of 2000 before the repeal of that provision by section 6.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1180: In page 690, after line 5, to insert the following: “Continued application of Act of 2000 for certain purposes 544. Notwithstanding the repeal of any provision of the Act of 2000 effected by section 6, that Act shall, subject to Part 17, continue to apply and have effect in relation to— (a) an application for permission under Part III of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1181: In page 690, after line 5, to insert the following: “Continuance in operation of statutory instruments made under Act of 2000 545. (1) Save where otherwise provided for by this Act, a statutory instrument in force immediately before the repeal by section 6 of the provision of the Act of 2000 under which it was made shall continue in force on and after...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1182: In page 690, after line 5, to insert the following: “Bringing of proceedings as if Act of 2000 not repealed 546. Notwithstanding paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 26 of the Interpretation Act 2005, any proceedings (whether civil or criminal) brought before the repeal of any provision of the Act of 2000 in respect of— (a) any right,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1183: In page 690, after line 5, to insert the following: “Continued application of Part VIII of Act of 2000 for certain purposes 547. Notwithstanding the repeal of Part VIII of the Act of 2000 effected by section 6, the said Part VIII shall, for the purposes of— (a) any warning letter or enforcement notice served under that Part before that repeal,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1184: In page 691, lines 24 and 25, to delete “(a wind farm)”.