Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2021-06-28
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Fintan Warfield (SF), Cultural and Educational Panel

I move amendment No. 8:
In page 5, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(6A) Notwithstanding anything in this section, or in section 11D, a planning authority shall not extend the duration of the development plan more than twice, and for no more than an accumulated period of one year.”.
This is to stop incrementally extending and thus trying to avoid triggering a strategic environmental assessment and an appropriate assessment. It is to make explicit that the absolute maximum extension is one year in total, in order to avoid introducing incoherence into the planning framework, and delaying the updates to county development plans, to accord with necessary climate action and mitigation.

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Sitting date: 2021-06-28