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

Malcolm Noonan: It is to give flexibility where the developer is engaging with the planning authority.

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

Malcolm Noonan: We do allow flexibility in terms of timelines and it is reflective of that, that there should be flexibility with the commission where the applicant is engaging positively in the process.

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

Malcolm Noonan: The thrust behind this is that it is an already permitted development and, again, it is just to give flexibility. There are other elements of flexibility in the Bill, but this is in cases where there is positive engagement around a material alteration request. It could be just material finishes on a building. It is to give that flexibility to allow applicants to try to meet the...

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

Malcolm Noonan: No, it does not.

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

Malcolm Noonan: No. They will still be absolutely required to comply, but-----

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

Malcolm Noonan: The critical wording here is "extend that period, where it considers it appropriate to do so". It may not be appropriate in all cases. It is on a case-by-case basis, where there is positive engagement and a means by which the failure to comply is where there is genuine effort to try to address the issues that-----

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

Malcolm Noonan: Exactly.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Yes. That is exactly it.

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

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 739: In page 271, line 22, to delete "ask" and substitute "request".

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

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 747: In page 274, line 29, after “period” to insert “, or such longer period as may be consented to under subsection (2)”.

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

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 748: In page 276, line 28, to delete “section,” and substitute “section”.

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

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 749: In page 276, lines 40 and 41, to delete “the planning authority makes one or more than one request under subsection (2) of section 138 and”. A key feature of the Bill is the introduction and clarification of timelines across the Bill to ensure that the planning system operates as efficiently as possible while also maintaining sufficient time for...

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

Malcolm Noonan: This amendment came as a recommendation from the OPC. Its intention is to bring clarity to the section where there was unnecessary text in the section.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Yes, it is.

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

Malcolm Noonan: It states, "4 weeks from the date of the expiration of the prescribed period referred to". This is the section on the relevant period. Section 140(15)(a)(iii) will read: "where subsection (3) of section 138 applies, 4 weeks from the date of the expiration of the prescribed period referred to in subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 138".

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

Malcolm Noonan: Amendment No. 749 addresses the time of four weeks to make the decision from the end of the consultation period. There is the four-week consultation period and then from the end date of that there is a further four weeks to make the decision.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Yes, that is correct.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Yes.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Amendment No. 750 corrects a reference within subsection-----

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

Malcolm Noonan: Yes, amendments Nos. 749, 750 and 751 are to section 140 and they replicate amendments Nos. 756, 757 and 758 to section 141. They are a repeat.