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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: 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.

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

Malcolm Noonan: Yes, we can, but I mean-----

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

Malcolm Noonan: Again, in section 84 there are conditions that may be attached to permission granted, for example, “conditions can be attached requiring the carrying out of works (including the provision of facilities)...” It could be there but we will come back, if that is okay.

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

Malcolm Noonan: I know what the Deputy is trying to achieve.

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

Malcolm Noonan: We will.

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

Malcolm Noonan: It has to align with transport policy. I will give a commitment to look at it.

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

Malcolm Noonan: As we are looking at the wording around car parking and storage, “parking provision” includes and encompasses all types of parking. That would include-----

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

Malcolm Noonan: I appreciate that. This process is about a Deputy arguing the case if he or she puts forward an amendment.

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

Malcolm Noonan: That is the case. What we are trying to achieve is consensus, in as far as we can. The overarching objective is to improve the legislation. That is the Deputy's role, and it is really appreciated. When I say we will come back to him, we will. We will give due consideration to the proposed amendments. Although we may not be able to take the exact wording of the amendment, there may be a...

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: Yes, it does.