The new planning regulator will not be given powers to force local
authorities to change their rules to comply with national policy.
Instead, the Environment Minister will
ultimately decide if a city or county council is flouting the
guidelines, and will retain the power to force a council to make
changes.
The details are contained in the head of
the Planning and Development (No 2) Bill 2014 published by the
Department of the Environment.
A
key recommendation of the Mahon Tribunal, which found that corruption
affected "every level of Irish political life", the Office of the
Planning Regulator (OPR) will be established as a new and separate
office and will be obliged to inform the minister if a planning strategy
is "not consistent" with proper planning.
If the minister agrees, they will issue a
direction to the local authority, ordering them to change the plan. If
they disagree, they must state the reasons why, which will then be
published.
Read the rest of the Irish Independent's article here.
Read the rest of the Irish Independent's article here.
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