Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the taking in charge of housing estates process will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1428/21]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), provides for the taking in charge of housing developments by planning authorities. The legislation sets out the process to be followed when a development is considered to have been satisfactorily completed, as well as where it has not been completed to the satisfaction of the planning authority.

The Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 made some amendments to the relevant provisions to further strengthen and streamline the taking-in-charge process, including reducing the timelines within which the taking in charge process can be initiated by the developer concerned, the relevant planning authority or the majority of the owners of the houses involved.

I have no plans to make further amendments to the section 180 taking-in-charge provisions of the Act at this time.