Written answers
Thursday, 18 May 2017
Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
Planning Issues
Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to change the planning status of large scale peat extraction; and the public consultation he plans to undertake on proposed changes. [23699/17]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department is currently progressing draft Regulations under the European Communities Act 1972 that will establish a new regulatory regime for large-scale peat extraction. Under the new regime, the Environmental Protection Agency will be required to carry out an environmental impact assessment as part of its examination of licence applications for existing and new peat extraction of 30 hectares or more and that activity will be exempted from the requirement to obtain planning permission.
The preparation of the Regulations has been the subject of focused stakeholder input from relevant Government Departments and State bodies, industry representatives and environmental groups last October. A detailed review of the proposals is on-going in light of stakeholder input, with a view to finalising the Regulations by the end of June.
Frank O'Rourke (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether there are significant problems with section 28(2) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 which only allows for a second extension for housing developments that commenced on site before the original planning permission expired, most of which would have been before 2012. [23705/17]
Frank O'Rourke (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the advice which can be given to developers whose planning permission, and a section 42 extension, has expired and is awaiting section 28(2) commencement to apply for a second extension; if in the intervening period all construction work should cease until such a time as he decides to commence section 28 and the developer can apply for an extension; if such developers should re-apply for planning permission; and his views on whether this is acceptable. [23706/17]
Frank O'Rourke (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the specific amendments he plans to make to section 28(2) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 in the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016; and his views on whether the non-enactment of section 28(2) could have very serious consequences in delaying housing developments for which the planning permission has expired. [23707/17]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 to 148, inclusive, together.
The present position in this matter is set out in the reply to Questions Nos. 152, 153, 154, 155, 156 and 157 of 17 May 2017.
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