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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is the Deputy referring to section 22 of the Bill?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am sorry; I did not hear properly.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: We discussed this issue in the last couple of minutes with Deputy Ó Broin. First, we will be bringing clarity in terms of the prescribed documents. That will come as part of the regulation when the legislation is enacted. Second, if we were to go with this particular amendment then this would be the only prescribed list, whereas "prescribed" is going to cover a lot of other areas. On...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I cannot accept this amendment for a number of reasons. First, we are doing the prescribed documents to a regulation. Second, that is the structure. I take the point, "shall include at least", but by putting in "shall include at least information" we run the risk we are making these more important than other elements that should be included. On human health and well-being, just looking at...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: That was just an addition but the core point is we are bringing this through by way of regulation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: We believe bringing in prescribed documents by way of regulation is the more appropriate mechanism in terms of the model we are using for the national planning framework. On that basis I cannot accept the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I do.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will now address amendment No. 121, which was jointly tabled by Deputies Matthews and Ó Cathasaigh, and amendment No. 389, in the name of Deputy Matthews. These amendments seek to amend section 46 with an obligation to prepare strategy relating to creation, improvement and preservation of sustainable places and communities by providing that such a strategy would reserve land for use...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is amendment No. 389 being withdrawn as well?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 122: In page 58, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “ “functional area” means— (a) in relation to a planning authority (other than a coastal planning authority), its administrative area for the purposes of the Act of 2001, and (b) in relation to a planning authority that is a coastal planning authority, its...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 123: In page 58, to delete lines 17 to 19 and substitute the following: “ “key town” means a settlement that has been identified and designated as a key town in the National Planning Framework in accordance with paragraph (g)* of subsection (3) of section 19 (as read with subsection (5)** of that section);”

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is correct.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 124: In page 59, lines 5 to 7, to delete all words from and including “town” in line 5 down to and including “Office,” in line 7 and substitute the following: “built up area or city identified by the Central Statistics Office following a census of population of the State, .

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 125: In page 59, line 27, to delete “or range”. This amendment seeks to remove the reference to range from the definition of zoning objectives. Amendments Nos. 330 and 333 make the necessary consequential amendments throughout Part 3. The definition of "zoning objectives" relates to the zoning of lands for particular use as part of a development plan....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: On the first point, the main reason the word "range" is being removed is because it causes confusion. This is due to the fact that the word can also refer to data. The view was taken that the section in the existing Act contains the word "ranges" in the context of a mixture of uses. If we look at the original reading of the Act, section 10(2)(a) refers to areas in the development plan...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will go back to the practical import of this. If two local authorities both have development plans, under the legislation, the regional assemblies would be required to indicate where they deem the co-ordinated area plans should be. When they come back, they will indicate where these are. There may be two local authorities with different development plan conclusion dates-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: -----but one would not expect them to be five years apart. We sought to bring in a practical measure to ensure this is workable. If two local authorities are each doing a development plan and a local area plan and will now do an urban plan, the additional workload involved will be considerable. We want to be certain it is practicable to do the plans and that we give them sufficient time to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Correct.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes. The legislation is based around new development plans.