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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: There is no need to include it, as I see it. It is very clear in the strategy statement.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Are those not reporting mechanisms within the functional area of the local authority? In addition, local authorities are also reporting through sectoral plans for the climate action plan. Are reports on transport patterns not already catered for within the review of the development plan for local authorities?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Under section 54(3)(c), a statement on "the progress made in implementing each of the strategies" is required. That includes the sustainable transport strategy. The provision is already included in that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: You would assume that it should.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: You would assume then that if the strategy will include objectives with regard to sustainable integrated transport systems, that would encompass all modal options, including walking, cycling, public transport and others, and in terms of the mechanism to review in the interim implementation of the report, any relevant transport strategy of the National Transport Authority, which includes modal...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I would assume they mean the same thing.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Again, I would assume that "take account of" would be the stronger of the two. The "take account of" is stronger in the sense that it must show how you propose to meet a certain action.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The wording "take account of" is stronger than "have regard to" because, as I said, you have to demonstrate how you give effect to certain requirements.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I will. Car parks, by definition, are storage. They are storage facilities.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: For cars. Most car parks we use also have cycle parking in them and now additional spaces for e-scooters. There is a changing nature to them but they are storage effectively.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes, we will take a look at that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: There could be unintended consequences. We need to be a little bit careful. I am not sure if there is necessity for this. It would probably be more appropriate in a development plan specifically.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Fair point. Back to the original point I made, local authorities can do this anyway, but the point the Deputy is making is that they may not always do that. However, they can do that as part of conditions on planning specifically.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes, they can.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I absolutely appreciate what the Deputy is saying. It should be designed that way anyway and that should be the case. However, as the Deputy said, there are probably examples in all of our constituencies where it does not take place. My view is that it is best placed in a development plan more overtly.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It could be in the departmental guidance that is issued to local authorities on the setting of development plans. That would be a more appropriate way of doing it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The development plan itself is the document that any proposers of a planning application will have to adhere to when they submit a planning application.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I do not know if it is. I do not know but I can find that out. I think the point is that it is much more specific to the actual design of a scheme. I am trying to think of the best way to-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes.