Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 October 2014
321. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the purchasing of land (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39141/14]
View answerIt is a matter for each planning authority, in this case Fingal County Council, or An Bord Pleanála on appeal, to determine any planning application in accordance with the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended), the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) and the planning policy framework currently in place including the appropriateness of developing lands that an applicant may have purchased. Furthermore, any person who has an interest in land and who intends to make an application may, with the agreement of the planning authority concerned, enter into consultation in order to discuss any proposed development.
Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, I am specifically precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to any particular case with which a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála is or may be concerned.
