Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 July 2020
353. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the working group comprising senior representatives from his Department and planning authorities which was established in May 2017 following the Flemish decree of the European Court of Justice in 2013 to review the new rural housing guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18707/20]
View answerThe 2005 Sustainable Rural Housing Guidelines are framed in the context of the National Spatial Strategy (NSS) 2002. Given the changes in planning policy since then, including the publication of the National Planning Framework in 2018 and other factors such as, inter alia, the work of the Working Group on foot of the “Flemish Decree” case, there is merit in reviewing aspects of the 2005 Ministerial Guidelines on Sustainable Rural Housing, which I am considering in the context of broader rural development and settlement.
