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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, it is just a catch-all provision.

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

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 553: In page 165, line 28, to delete “within one year of making a development plan for its functional area” and substitute the following: “prior to the preparation by the principal planning authority of an interim report under subsection (2) of section 54 on the progress achieved towards securing the implementation of the development plan...

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

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 558: In page 172, to delete lines 15 to 17 and substitute the following: “(33) A failure to comply with subsections (1), (7), (9), (14), (19), (24), (26) and (29) within the time period specified therein shall of itself not invalidate a coordinated area plan.”.

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

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 561: In page 174, line 27, to delete “assembly or the National Transport Authority” and substitute “assembly, the National Transport Authority or any other body as may be prescribed”.

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

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 564: In page 175, line 23, to delete “simultaneously” and substitute “on the same day”.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Any such suspension shall take effect immediately upon issuance by the office of a notice of suspension. Any such suspension shall furthermore remain in effect pending the making of a recommendation by the office to the Minister, to issue the draft direction or not, and consideration of the recommendation and making of the decision by the Minister. It is precautionary, and I think the...

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

Malcolm Noonan: It would not be the case that it would be done on a whim. That temporary suspension derives from an assessment. Section 75(3) states: In carrying out an assessment of an urban area plan, priority area plan or coordinated area plan under subsection (1) or (2), the Office of the Planning Regulator shall, for the purposes of forming an opinion under subsection (8), in particular, consider ......

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

Malcolm Noonan: Section 75(5) states, "Where the Office of the Planning Regulator issues a notice under subsection (4), it shall simultaneously provide a copy of the notice to the Minister and the Commission and publish the notice".

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

Malcolm Noonan: A preliminary view s formed. Let us go back to subsection (1) or (2).

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

Malcolm Noonan: Yes. Section 75(2)(a) states, "The Minister may, at any time, request the Office of the Planning Regulator to carry out an assessment of an urban area plan, priority area plan or coordinated area plan."

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

Malcolm Noonan: Section 75(3) includes a check in terms of carrying out the assessment of an urban area plan. I referenced the items contained in section 75(3)(a) to 75(3)(g) in terms of the assessment.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Those items under 75(3)(a) to 75(3)(g) inform a case where a preliminary view is formed.

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

Malcolm Noonan: By way of example, if the regulator gets a plan and the initial review finds that it is not aligned with section 75(3)(a) to 75(3)(g), it can suspend the plan until the full review is complete.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Settlement objectives would be an example.

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

Malcolm Noonan: The draft direction is issued by the OPR on the instruction of the Minister.

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

Malcolm Noonan: It is a recommendation.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Let us look at section 75(8)(c), which states in respect of the OPR that: [It] shall make a recommendation to the Minister that a draft direction under section 76 should be issued, which recommendation shall be accompanied by— (i) proposed terms for the draft direction, having regard to paragraphs (a) and (b)...

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

Malcolm Noonan: The Minister then considers the recommendation.

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

Malcolm Noonan: That is correct.

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

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 567: In page 179, to delete lines 9 and 10 and substitute the following: “(v) where the planning authority (and where the subject matter of the draft direction is a coordinated area plan, the principal planning authority or the associate planning authority) is a coastal planning authority, the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, (vi) the Commission, (vii)...