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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: That is on the completion side of it. There would be examination. Again, if phases 1 to 4 have been completed, it would have to be signed off that they have been completed to the granted specification.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: We are not doing an investigation into it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Does Deputy O'Callaghan want to ask me about a specific case? Does he want to just put it on the table and talk about it?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Does Deputy O'Callaghan mean work that has already been done?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: First, in regard to that element of it, the work that is built out has to be done according to the planning permission that has been granted, and it has to be looked at. That piece has to be compliant. If other works have not been started or completed, it is a new application and the new application will be assessed by the planning authority taking into account all relevant facts. The...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: It is not an investigation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Section 135 is pretty clear.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: It more than likely would for big developments. The Deputy knows what I mean. It involves a planning permission.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: No. It is not for retention purposes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: It could not be misused for such purposes. It is about the extension of permissions.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Sure. Amendments Nos. 725, 734-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: -----and 788. These amendments propose a number of changes to the material alteration provisions in section 137 and the expiration of permission provisions in section 166, which we have just discussed. They collectively aim to provide that a permission may be extended for no more than 24 months in cases where development has commenced and no more than five years in cases where it has not. ...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: They are all on the same issue. Based on the discussion we have had, I do not propose to accept them.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: It is up to ten years; it is not a default.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: If they are not material, they will not have an environmental effect. The Dutch system is very different from ours. Section 137(5) states that a deciding authority shall give notice of a decision under subsection (1) in such form and manner, and to such persons, as may be prescribed, and section 137(6) lists what a notice under subsection (5) shall state. They relate to the material...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Amendment No. 784 seeks to amend section 164(3) to extend the ability to set a permission period of more than ten years for direct applications to the commission to include development by statutory undertakers under Chapter 3. Did Deputy McAuliffe move this?