Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide in the planning regulations that front garden storage for bicycles and personal powered transporters measuring no more than 1.4m in height and 4m2 in area would be classified as exempted development and not require planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35772/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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While the Planning and Development Act 2024 (Act of 2024) was enacted in October 2024, it is in the process of being commenced and the provisions of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (Act of 2000), and associated Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (Regulations of 2001) remain in force until the relevant sections of the Act of 2024 are commenced and the corresponding sections of the Act of 2000 are repealed.A review of the current Exempted Development Regulations is ongoing and a wider public consultation on exempted development regulations is due to be undertaken shortly. Members of the public, state bodies and all other parties will be able to make submissions in writing as part of the consultation process.The Government cannot pre-empt the outcome of any consultation and therefore no decision has been made in respect of any revisions to current exempted development provisions. This includes exemptions for storage units in front garden – colloquially known as ‘bike sheds’ – for bicycles, e-scooters and other such personal mobility devices. Any update to Exempted Development Regulations will require positive resolutions by both Houses of the Oireachtas before it can be signed into law.