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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: We have not discussed enforcement. It was raised in one of the submissions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: That just says section 5 is now section 8, it does not give any more description of what is in or out of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: I was about to ask the same question, why 12 years? They could be archived and made available on request.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: We have a half an hour left and much more to discuss. I will take the next slot. Where is sustainable development defined in the Bill? I believe Mr. Jones was mentioned it in his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: I did not see the definition. What is the definition?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: What is the point? We need to be careful about the language we use in planning much of the time. At the moment, something small or insignificant can be corrected.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: Yes. That is fine and I think we all consider that to be sensible. However, as it is written at the moment, the Bill states that, "any error of law" can be corrected. Do we have to define what that error could be and what impact it could have on the decision? If it is a significant error, the decision could have been different. If it is an insignificant error, is it not already covered?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: If the decision did not change, then the outcome is the same.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: How is that not covered already in section 146?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: Would that be a clerical error, two documents being mixed up?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: That would seem to be a minor error.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: That is not clear. The legislation refers to the amended decision. To say "any error" is to allow too wide a description. It is very much open to interpretation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: That was one of the questions that arose. Consider the circumstances if somebody is in the middle of a judicial review process and has paid a lot of money when the measure under discussion is invoked. Will the judicial review have been successful? Where does that go to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: Some of the objectives associated with the rationale for the planning consolidation were to provide certainty and clarity. The way the measure is written creates further uncertainly. It would be very problematic to leave it as it is written.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. O'Leary for that clarification. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan raised the evidence base for the provision of public services, childcare, etc. I am bothered by the references to proximity to public transport in many planning applications. The applications never have to state the frequency or likely modal share of a development's transport. Often, developments are advertised as being...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: With regard to what can be included in conditions for the design of developments, some of the developments designed are just pedestrian-unfriendly. Driving into winding, cul-de-sac estates, you see that pedestrian permeability is a last-minute thought.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: The development zones.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: We did not get it from witness evidence from anybody who attended. What problem is-----