Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 210: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make changes to section 29(1)([i]a[/i]) of the Planning and Development Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30421/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I assume the question relates to Article 29(1)(a) of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001. This article provides that any person or body, on payment of the prescribed fee, may make a submission or observation in writing to a planning authority in relation to a planning application within the period of five weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application. While I have been reviewing the 2001 planning regulations to refine and streamline aspects of the planning application process, it is not planned to amend the provision in question.