Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016
Public bill · Government · Presented
Sets up an independent Planning Regulator to scrutinise local development plans, local area plans and regional strategies, publish its findings, and, where needed, trigger stronger ministerial oversight. It also puts the National Planning Framework on a legal footing, requires more planning information to be published online, supports electronic planning applications and appeals, removes a duplicate charge for water infrastructure, and lets councils use development plans to control where new licensed premises can open. It matters because it is meant to make planning decisions more open, more consistent with long-term national goals, and less vulnerable to poor practice or local abuse.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2018 and for that purpose to establish an office, to be known as the Office of the Planning Regulator, to evaluate and carry out assessments relating to planning matters and provide observations and recommendations in relation to those matters, to conduct reviews and examinations and to conduct education and training programmes and research in relation to planning matters; to provide for the organisation and staffing of that Office; to provide for a National Planning Framework; to provide for certain planning and development requirements to be taken into account by Irish Water; to make miscellaneous and consequential amendments to the Planning and Development Act 2000 and to various other Acts in so far as they relate to planning and development; to amend the Derelict Sites Act 1990; to give effect to Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework for marine spatial planning; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Last updated 31 July 2018
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- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions Seanad
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (Resumed) Dáil
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad Dáil
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) Seanad
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) Seanad
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Seanad
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage Seanad
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) Seanad
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) Seanad
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) Seanad
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage Seanad
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage Seanad
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Dáil
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) Dáil
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Order for Report Stage Dáil
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage Dáil
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) Dáil
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Referral to Select Committee Dáil
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) Dáil
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Order for Second Stage Dáil
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage Dáil