Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963
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PART III. Development Plans. | ||
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Obligation to make development plan and contents of plan. |
19.—(1) Every planning authority shall, within the period of three years beginning on the appointed day (or such longer period as the Minister may in any particular case allow), make a plan indicating development objectives for their area. | |
(2) A development plan shall consist of a written statement and a plan indicating the development objectives for the area in question, including objectives— | ||
(a) with respect to county boroughs, boroughs, urban districts and scheduled towns— | ||
(i) for the use solely or primarily (as may be indicated in the development plan) of particular areas for particular purposes (whether residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural or otherwise), | ||
(ii) for securing the greater convenience and safety of road users and pedestrians by the provision of parking places or road improvements or otherwise, | ||
(iii) for development and renewal of obsolete areas, | ||
(iv) for preserving, improving and extending amenities; | ||
(b) with respect to other areas— | ||
(i) for development and renewal of obsolete areas, | ||
(ii) for preserving, improving and extending amenities, | ||
(iii) for the provision of new water supplies and sewerage services and the extension of existing such supplies and services. | ||
(3) Without prejudice to the foregoing subsection and subsection (5) of this section, a development plan may indicate the objectives for any of the purposes mentioned in the Third Schedule to this Act and, with respect to areas other than county boroughs, boroughs, urban districts and scheduled towns, objectives for the use solely or primarily (as may be indicated in the development plan) of particular areas for particular purposes (whether residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural or otherwise). | ||
(4) Where a planning authority propose to include in a development plan any development objective the responsibility for the effecting of which would fall on another local authority, the planning authority shall not include that objective in the plan save after consultation with the other local authority. | ||
(5) A planning authority may make either— | ||
(a) one development plan, being a plan in relation to the whole of their area and all the subparagraphs in paragraph (a) and, where appropriate, paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of this section, or | ||
(b) two or more development plans, each plan being a plan in relation to the whole of their area and some one or more of those subparagraphs or to a part of their area and all or some one or more of those subparagraphs. | ||
(6) (a) The making of an application to the Minister for the allowance of such a longer period as is referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be a reserved function. | ||
(b) Where a planning authority have applied to the Minister for the allowance of such a longer period as is referred to in subsection (1) of this section, they shall cause notice of the application to be published in at least one newspaper circulating in their area and in the Iris Oifigiúil. | ||
(c) A notice under the foregoing paragraph— | ||
(i) shall specify the longer period applied for, and | ||
(ii) shall state that objections with respect to the application made to the Minister within a specified period of not less than one month will be taken into consideration before the grant of the application (and such objections shall be taken into consideration accordingly). | ||
(7) The making of a development plan or any variations of any such plan shall be a reserved function. | ||
(8) Regulations may make provision with respect to the making available for purchase by the public of printed copies of development plans and extracts therefrom. | ||
(9) (a) Any reference in this Act to a development plan shall be construed as a reference to a plan under subsection (1) of this section (subject to any variations thereof). | ||
(b) In this Act “the development plan” means the plan or plans under subsection (1) of this section of the relevant planning authority (subject to any variations thereof). |