Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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601. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if landowners who are subject to a historic land sterilisation order have a right to have the order partially lifted by means of a review of that order, in view of the fact that the agricultural land in question is protected under designated zoning in a county development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8196/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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I understand that the Question relates to a form of condition which is sometimes attached to a planning permission - also known as a “sterilisationagreement” - under section 47 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, between a planning authority and a person with a legal interest in land for the purpose of restricting or regulating the further development or use of land, permanently or for a specific period. The decision as to whether to grant a planning application, with or without conditions, is a matter for the relevant planning authority or An Bord Pleanála as appropriate and I have no role in relation to the matter. Any decision to remove an inurement clause attached to a grant of permission is similarly a matter for the relevant planning authority.