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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: Is the Deputy referring to section 122?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: I want to clarify a question on the point on where the applicant has a sufficient interest. Where does it say that you had to partake in the planning authority or commission process in order to seek a judicial review?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: Is the Deputy done?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: Please do. Deal with that issue because we will probably all have questions on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: I am forfeiting my place.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: Senator Cummins is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: Senator Cummins has lost his place.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: I will take the next slot. On section 120(2), regarding the use of the word "ambiguous", my experience is that sometimes the objectives for a plan are not written that clearly and can be interpreted by the applicant rather than the people who draft the plan, which is the members. We need to take into account that clarity on ambiguity should be sought from the members as well as the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: It is something I have experienced before. I do not want to go into detail.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: Is that in respect of a local authority application?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: Would the local authority take that into account in making a decision?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: Many of us would have been through local area development plan processes where councillors are trying to craft the objectives for an area and they may not write it in legalese. It can be open to interpretation. Where that is questioned, councillors should have the opportunity to clarify what might be perceived as an ambiguity. I do not know how that can be done but it is important.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: There is a section relating to revoking planning permission on page 305. A particular phrase is used there that. Somebody might know when planning permission is going to be revoked. They might have an inkling that the building no longer complies with the development plan. The section states that planning can only be revoked prior to the commencement of the development. How significant...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: It could define a significant commencement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: I appreciate that. It is tricky. Having read through the draft Bill, these are things which, to my mind, we may need to clarify. I have a question about urban area plans, priority area plans and joint plans. In my constituency, there are five municipal districts. Are these plans to be made at municipal district level? There are a number of questions in this regard. Can joint area...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: Let us say, as an example, it might be Bray and Dún Laoghaire but not Bray and Greystones.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: Now is the opportunity for everybody to name their constituency and the townlands in it. An urban area plan within a municipal district has similarities to a local area plan. Under the Local Government Act, that can be designated to the municipal district to make that decision. Is it envisaged that the urban area plan would be a municipal district? I am not sure what they have in cities.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: Is it area committees?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: Under the Local Government Act, it is unclear that the decision needs to be made by the local authority. It just states it can be made by municipal district or plenary. You end up then with this discussion about which one at council level. Should we try to clarify it here? It is just something to take back and have a think about.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (7 Feb 2023)
Steven Matthews: Clarity is incredibly important. Site notices come under the regulations. However, we discussed this at a previous session. I ask that we improve the site notice, including the information on it. I think somebody mentioned before the possibility of putting a QR code on it but I do not know how that would work. An improved site notice is helpful. It is to inform the public and at the...