Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)

Amendment No. 30 proposes to amend section 11 by the insertion of a single reference to consulting the Minister before a planning authority prepares, amends or revokes a local area plan. Amendment No. 31 proposes amendments to section 11 to provide for consistency of the terminology used in the local area and development planning processes. Essentially, it now is proposed to delete that which already was put forward in the Bill to take the opportunity to provide comprehensively for greater consistency in the terminology used in the local area plan and development planning process.

In the light of the good observations received since the publication of the Bill and recognising that the local area plan always is subservient to the development plan but with which it must be consistent, a more significant overhauling and streamlining has been proposed for the local area plan process.