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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: That is a good question. It could be an urban area.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I am thinking of Ferrybank, for instance, that is not a town but part of a larger urban settlement.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: In terms of guidance-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: If you go to section 24(1)(a)-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes. It states that: In deciding to issue and in formulating or amending a National Planning Statement under section 23, the Minister shall have regard to the desirability of setting out policy and providing guidance in relation to planning matters to support proper planning and sustainable development, including, but not limited to, the following: (a) preparation of regional spatial...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Priority area plans address where there is a specific need, as I understand it, in terms of regeneration. I will go back to the memorandum.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The term "urban area" refers to the entire urban settlement. Priority area plans, as I said, refer to an identified area.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: In some cases, they require a priority area plan by virtue of urban regeneration or refer to brownfield areas where there are large former industrial sites.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The priority area plan is limited to one local authority area. As the Deputy is talking about the edge of town sites, I assume that would-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: They could be. Any part of the city in respect of which a priority area plans-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Not specifically, no. That is not a difference between an urban area and a priority area. An urban area refers to a whole town, settlement or village which might include some regeneration sites, brownfield sites or greenfield sites on the edge or wherever, whereas a priority area plan zooms in to a particular brownfield, regeneration or greenfield site. That is more akin to a lot of the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Exactly. That would be a good example.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: That is it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: For the local authorities-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes.