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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: We will.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 722: In page 265, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “Application of Part 6 134. Part 6 shall apply in addition to this Chapter and, accordingly, the deciding authority shall, for that purpose, be the competent authority under that Part.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I am discussing amendment No. 726. Am I in the wrong grouping?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Will I start with amendment No. 725?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Amendment No. 726 seeks to amend section 135 regarding a request for alteration or extension of permission by clarifying that a development must have commenced before an extension of duration can be sought. The Bill as initiated did not have any restriction on when a request for an extension could be sought. It is appropriate that a request for an extension of duration can only be made...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Amendment No. 729 inserts a new section regarding limitations on extension of duration of permission to provide that only one application for an extension of duration can be made and that the period of the extension must be in line with the length of the original permission. If the permission is for five years, then the extension cannot be for longer than five years. Again, the intent of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The term "substantial works" was possibly open to interpretation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It can be more than a commencement notice. Subsection 135(3) refers to such documents or information as may be prescribed so that can be determined in terms of what is meant by a commencement notice.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Regarding a request for alteration or extension of permission.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: That information would be set out in regulation. If you look at the amendment-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I am referring to section 135(3)(iii).

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It is page 266.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It is line 30.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Is that in terms of public consultation?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I will just read the note, if that is okay.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Thanks for that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 726: In page 266, line 9, after “permission” to insert “, provided that the development to which the permission relates has commenced”. These amendments seek to amend the provisions in the Bill regarding requests for alteration or extension of permission and also to insert a new provision to suspend, or pause, a planning permission where it...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Again, that can be set out in the regulations.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It will be, yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It would be evidence that the works have commenced onsite.