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Planning Issues.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 March 2004

Tuesday, 23 March 2004

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Michael Ring

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529 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the new guidelines on the Planning and Development Act 2000 will be issued to the county councils. [8357/04]

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I have recently published and circulated to all local authorities draft guidelines for planning authorities on sustainable rural housing and draft guidelines on strategic environmental assessment on certain plans and programmes. The guidelines will be issued in due course as ministerial guidelines under section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, having regard to the views expressed during the public consultation process.

Work is under way in my Department on the preparation of several guidelines which I propose to issue either in draft or final format during 2004. I propose to issue draft development plan and wind energy guidelines and finalised control of quarries guidelines in the summer of this year, and draft development management guidelines and finalised architectural heritage guidelines in the autumn. A review of the floorspace cap on retail warehouses, contained in the retail planning guidelines, is being completed and I expect to be able to make an announcement in that regard shortly.

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