National Planning Framework
Seanad Éireann — 2020-12-01
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Aidan Davitt (FF), Industrial and Commercial Panel

I thank the Minister of State. It was a comprehensive answer but there is a problem, which I can tell him as a fact and he can take it out and look at it. In Westmeath, the zoning happening is mainly in Athlone and Mullingar. In all the regional towns, any little projects like that which could be looked at have not been considered this year. The councillors had to use their practicality and went against better advice, which will now be sent to the regulator because they were not part of the development plan drawn up by the executive.
There is a serious problem and this will happen in counties everywhere. Is the Minister of State seeing this anywhere else?

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Sitting date: 2020-12-01