Results 21-40 of 341 for does speaker:Malcolm Noonan

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

Malcolm Noonan: ...to be deemed to be agreed after an eight-week period has passed and the planning authority has not responded or referred the matter to the commission. The language of these proposed amendments does not include the necessary cross-references to subsection (10) so I cannot accept these amendments. I am of the view that the current language is sufficient.

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

Malcolm Noonan: ...to have been agreed after an eight-week period has passed and where the planning authority has not responded or referred the matter to the commission. The language proposed in these amendments does not include the necessary cross references to subsection (10) and, therefore, I cannot accept them. I believe the current language is sufficient.

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

Malcolm Noonan: ...a pre-application consultation. This is an important provision that ensures the most efficient use of planning authority or commission resources. Without it, someone who is not the owner or who does not have the consent of the owner could seek a pre-application consultation, on a speculative basis, in respect of land in which that person has no interest. This is not the purpose for...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It does. That allows for the translation at the very end of the process when the plan is completed.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes. The definition of "occupier" in section 2(a)(ii) is a person who "is entitled to the immediate use, enjoyment or control of the land". The person does not actually have to be physically occupying it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The key words there are "temporarily safeguarding the structure". That does not absolve them of responsibility for the heritage and historic integrity of a structure or building. The work must be for the purposes of "temporarily safeguarding" and must be done in the context of the risks associated with not carrying out those works.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...a provision that any person who endangers a protected structure or proposed protected structure shall be guilty of an offence. This would cover anyone undertaking works adjacent to a protected structure who does not take measures to ensure they are not endangering the protected structure. I point members to the definitions in section 2, which contains a definition of "occupier". That...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...to be carried out to protect a structure from falling down or, as Deputy Ó Snodaigh mentioned, to prevent water ingress into a roof. They are works undertaken to protect the structure. This provision does not remove the obligation and opportunity for the owner of a premises to bring that structure back to a good conservation standard.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: No, it states the planning authority or Commission "shall" not determine. It does not leave the planning authority open to legal action.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Does Deputy Matthews recall what amendment this related to?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes, the timeframe does not apply. There is none.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...and maritime development, previously contained in various sections of the 2000 Act. It restricts the circumstances whereby an applicant’s eligibility to apply for permission may be challenged. Does that clarify the matter?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (21 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...(NPWS) within my Department is the agency responsible for providing recommendations to the local authority in such circumstances where a proposal for a development has been made. My Department does provide a pre-application consultation service for prospective applicants or via their consultants intending to make a plan or apply for permission for a project or development. Such...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...creates a timeframe and condenses the lifespan of the plan. There are many other opportunities for councillors to participate and contribute to policy through policy committees and so forth. It does not diminish their role. However, I accept the point that councillors who are only elected for one term may end up being locked in a period when they may not have any input into a plan.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: When I say flexibility, it does not give the flexibility to a point where it is maybe not convenient to do something, or it is conflicting with the objectives of another local authority.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: If there is a planning authority that does not have a rural area-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It states "of appropriate development ... policies". If it is not appropriate for that authority by virtue of the fact it does not have a rural area-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...the scope to include restoration of the environment as well as preservation and protection. I do not consider this amendment to be required as the wording of section 27(1)(k) as drafted is appropriate and does not warrant further revision. Therefore, I cannot accept this amendment. The inclusion of the word "historical" is not required as it is already covered by references to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...a principal local authority set out as a principal regional assembly. We do not see a need to provide for it. The regional assembly in which the principal local authority is set would be the lead. Does that make sense?