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- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (1 Jun 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: Article 6 and Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 sets out certain classes of development which are exempt from planning permission requirements. The exemptions are circumscribed by article 9, which places a number of general qualifications on the availability of exemptions. Under Class 3 of Schedule 2 Part 1 of the 2001 Regulations the erection of a non-agricultural...
- Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Estates: Unfinished Housing Estates (1 Jun 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: I refer to the reply to Question No. 4 of 27 May 2010, which outlines the actions underway to address the issue of unfinished housing estates.
- Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (1 Jun 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: As previously stated in the reply to Question No. 320 of 11 May 2010, I am advised that the designation of public safety zones around Dublin, Cork and Shannon Airports requires primary legislation. The mechanism by which these legislative changes can be introduced is under consideration by my Department in consultation with the Department of Transport and the Office of the Attorney General....
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (27 May 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: My Department published statutory Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Sustainable Residential Development in Urban Areas (Cities, Towns and Villages) in December 2008. The Guidelines are accompanied by an Urban Design manual which sets out practical examples and best practice. The Guidelines state that sustainable neighbourhoods should be guided by the principle of universal design,...
- Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Estates: Unfinished Housing Estates (27 May 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: Sections 34(4)(g) and 180(2)(b) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provide that a planning authority may attach a condition to a planning permission, requiring the giving of adequate security for the satisfactory completion of a development, and, if the development is not subsequently completed satisfactorily, may apply the security to that satisfactory completion. My Department's...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (27 May 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: The Government has recently announced its intention to introduce a range of controls on the availability of psychotropic products which are sold in so-called head shops, and is bringing forward specific legislation in this regard. My Department will keep under review the role the planning system might play in addressing this issue, through, for example, a more restrictive use of the change...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (25 May 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 340 and 341 together. Section 254 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides for a licensing system for the placement of various structures and appliances on, under, over or along a public road, including maps for indicating directions or places. This licensing system enables a local authority to exercise control over the placing of structures on roads...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (25 May 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: While I am not aware of any legal provisions which would compel a developer to facilitate a connection between an estate and the gas line, it would be general practice that a developer, in framing his development proposal and in his discussions with the planning authority and other key stakeholders including utility providers, would seek to make best use of the available infrastructure and...
- Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (25 May 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: As stated in reply to Question No. 320 of 11 May 2010, it is my understanding that development objectives and designations for the proposed public safety zones around the 3 state airports have already been incorporated into the development plans and, where applicable, local area plans of the relevant local authorities.
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (20 May 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: The Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 amends the current exemption in relation to forestry works by â (i) requiring planning permission for any access point of a private forest road onto a public road, and (ii) providing for the possibility of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on private forest roads. The exemptions for thinning, felling and replanting, maintenance, etc.,...
- Written Answers — National Cycle Fleet: National Cycle Fleet (19 May 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: I propose to take Questions No. 147 and No.148 together. As far as I am aware there is no reliable estimate of the number of bicycles in Ireland. My department has commissioned a pilot National Transport Survey, through the Central Statistics Office, which should, when completed, provide a reliable measure of cycling use for transport purposes.
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (18 May 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: Development which is not carried out in compliance with the terms of the planning permission for the development is unauthorised development which is an offence under the Planning and Development Act 2000. The Act provides that enforcement action may not be taken in respect of a development for which permission has been granted after seven years beginning on the expiration of the duration of...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (18 May 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: The Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, published in June 2009, provides an amendment to section 42 of the Planning and Development Acts, which currently provides that the duration of a planning permission must be extended, subject to certain conditions, where substantial works have been carried out before the expiration of the original permission. The proposed amendment provides for...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (18 May 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: Section 39 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides that a condition may be attached to a grant of planning permission for a house, specifying that the house must be occupied by persons of a particular class or description, with provision to that effect to be incorporated in an agreement under section 47 of the Act. My Department's 2005 Guidelines for Planning Authorities on...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (13 May 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: The setting of local need criteria for rural dwellings is a reserved function of the elected members of an area within the statutory development plan process. The 2005 Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Sustainable Rural Housing provide that reasonable proposals on suitable sites for persons who are part of, and contribute to, the rural community should be accommodated, subject to the...
- Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (12 May 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: Under the Urban and Village Renewal Programme 2000 - 2006, grant assistance was provided by my Department to local authorities for a range of interventions to upgrade the fabric of the built environment in cities, towns and villages. Final funding allocations under this Programme, which ended in early 2008, involved total EU and Exchequer co-financed expenditure of over â¬158 million. The...
- Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (12 May 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: I refer the reply to Question No. 279 of 27 January 2010. My Department is in contact with Clare County Council regarding the outstanding issues.
- Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (11 May 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: I am advised that the designation of public safety zones around Dublin, Cork and Shannon Airports requires primary legislation. The mechanism by which these legislative changes can be introduced is under consideration by my Department in consultation with the Department of Transport and the Office of the Attorney General. It has been the practice since 1968 to limit development in areas known...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (6 May 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: Retail strategies are prepared by all planning authorities as part of their development plans. Given the considerable changes in economic and social development since the current Retail Planning Guidelines were published in 2001 and updated in 2005, particularly in relation to population and settlement patterns, it is important that the forward planning context for future retail development...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (5 May 2010)
Ciarán Cuffe: The â¬25 million Smarter Travel allocation for 2010 comprises â¬2 million current funding for the Green Schools Travel Project and â¬23 million capital for other projects. The â¬23 million is allocated over three general categories: â¬3 million for the Smarter Travel Demonstration Projects; â¬5 million for the Smarter Travel Areas Competition; and â¬15 million for other projects. I...