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- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: That is correct. Any changes will require regulations and will be independent of the Bill.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: I thank Deputy Matthews. I will now address amendments Nos. 774, 1145 to 1148, inclusive, 1151 and 1152. Amendment No. 774 seeks to amend section 159(4) which provides that, where the planning authority declares an application invalid for reasons such as not having all the correct documentation or not being a standard development, that is, a development that is decided, in the first...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: That is correct.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: I will now move to amendment No. 1145, which seeks to provide that all planning fees, including the fee for making a submission, should be commensurate with the complexity of administration and professional planning services provided by the planning authority staff. I cannot accept this amendment as there are a number of factors that would be contrary to this proposal. Currently, there are...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: I thank the Deputy. I accept the point he has raised and have addressed it previously with Deputy Ó Broin. In May 2023, the Department engaged with the Office of the Planning Regulator and the local authority sector through a steering group established to review the fees payable to planning authorities in respect of planning applications. The steering group met on several occasions...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: I thank the Deputy. On the question about public participation, the expert steering group focused its attention on the levels of fees associated with applications and submissions. That was certainly the focus of the revised exercise that was put in place. Submissions, I am sure, will be considered to be at an appropriate level in terms of public participation. The final report has been...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: Yes. Amendments Nos. 1146 to 1148, inclusive, and 1151 propose to amend sections 504 and 505, which relate to development contribution schemes and supplementary development contribution schemes applied by a planning authority in respect of its functional area. Section 504(10)(a) provides that an authority may require the payment of a special contribution where specific exceptional costs not...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: The fees reflect the administrative burden in dealing with these submissions and the cost associated with that.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: We must consider that for any submission that is part of the review or consideration process for an application seeking permission, there is a cost associated with it.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: There was no deliberating in relation to waiving any fees in this regard. It is a process-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: We must understand that applications have to be processed. They do move around between technical teams and they have administrative duties. There is a cost associated with that. The fees are associated with that for any of applicants and for those who submit any submissions. That is the assessment process in place.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: Yes.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: We will look at that and respond to the committee on it.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: Regarding the fees to the board, it is not cost recovery. Any of the submissions that go to the board are appeals. They are a lot more complex. They involve oral hearings, submissions and a lot of technical analysis. That is the reason fees are set higher than at local authority level. That is really the nature of that.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: This is where additional information has been requested on an application and no information has been provided. Therefore-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: Yes, six months.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: Not necessarily. There could be additional requests for information.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: Yes, that is correct.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: These are existing provisions.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: Effectively, no.