Observations are back at the right stage, where they should be, which is at the start of the planning process when a planning application is lodged. I propose that residents associations would register with the PPN and, just as local councillors get informed of planning applications, the secretariat of the PPN would distribute notification of pre-planning meetings to those associations.
Most people will agree that we need to have consistency when implementing national planning policy, particularly in the performance of the local authorities and planning authorities with regard to their planning functions, including the determination of planning applications.
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Tellers: Tá, Deputies Thomas Pringle and Richard Boyd Barrett; Níl, Deputies Jack Chambers and Brendan Griffin.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: : "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." | Carried | 87–44 |
| Question put: | Carried | 87–48 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 53–75 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 50–72 |
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