Alan Kelly
Ceist:392. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to positively change planning legislation in the months ahead. [14912/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 14 July 2020
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Freagraí scríofa
The Programme for Government – Our Shared Future (2020), identifies the following specific legislative reforms in the wider planning area:
- drafting a General Scheme of a new Planning and Development Bill providing for the introduction of a ‘use it or lose it’ condition for all planning applications of ten housing units or more;
- review and reform the judicial review process so that such reforms come into effect upon the establishment of the Environmental and Planning Law Court, while also adhering to our EU law obligations under the Aarhus Convention;
- progression of the development of primary legislation in relation to the Land Development Agency; and
- drafting the Marine Planning and Development Management Bill, which will introduce a new marine planning regime to replace the existing State and development consent regimes in the marine area and streamline arrangements on the basis of a single consent principle.
The progression of these legislative proposals will be considered as part of the development of the Government's legislative programme.