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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Not everything can be online, such as finishings, as the Deputy can appreciate, so that is the reason. It is standard wording. Is that okay?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 741: In page 272, line 25, to delete “ask” and substitute “request”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 742: In page 272, line 28, to delete “ask” and substitute “request”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 743: In page 272, line 33, to delete “ask” and substitute “request”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 744: In page 272, line 33, to delete “it may specify” and substitute “may be prescribed”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 745: In page 272, line 39, after “licence” where it firstly occurs to insert “, an industrial emissions licence, an abstraction licence”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 746: In page 272, line 39, to delete “ask” and substitute “request”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: It is to give flexibility where the developer is engaging with the planning authority.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: We do allow flexibility in terms of timelines and it is reflective of that, that there should be flexibility with the commission where the applicant is engaging positively in the process.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The thrust behind this is that it is an already permitted development and, again, it is just to give flexibility. There are other elements of flexibility in the Bill, but this is in cases where there is positive engagement around a material alteration request. It could be just material finishes on a building. It is to give that flexibility to allow applicants to try to meet the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: No, it does not.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: No. They will still be absolutely required to comply, but-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The critical wording here is "extend that period, where it considers it appropriate to do so". It may not be appropriate in all cases. It is on a case-by-case basis, where there is positive engagement and a means by which the failure to comply is where there is genuine effort to try to address the issues that-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Exactly.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes. That is exactly it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 739: In page 271, line 22, to delete "ask" and substitute "request".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 747: In page 274, line 29, after “period” to insert “, or such longer period as may be consented to under subsection (2)”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 748: In page 276, line 28, to delete “section,” and substitute “section”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 749: In page 276, lines 40 and 41, to delete “the planning authority makes one or more than one request under subsection (2) of section 138 and”. A key feature of the Bill is the introduction and clarification of timelines across the Bill to ensure that the planning system operates as efficiently as possible while also maintaining sufficient time for...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: This amendment came as a recommendation from the OPC. Its intention is to bring clarity to the section where there was unnecessary text in the section.