Planning and Development Act 2024
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Procedure for review of National Planning Framework | ||
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23. (1) Before carrying out a review under section 22 , the Minister shall publish a notice of the Government’s intention to do so. | ||
(2) The Minister shall make provision for public consultation in the review of the National Planning Framework, including arrangements for consulting— | ||
(a) members of the Oireachtas, | ||
(b) regional assemblies, | ||
(c) local authorities, | ||
(d) the Commission, | ||
(e) the Office of the Planning Regulator, | ||
(f) the Environmental Protection Agency, | ||
(g) the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, | ||
(h) members of the public, | ||
(i) any Department or body in Northern Ireland having responsibility for regional development (where that Department or body agrees to such consultation), and | ||
(j) such other persons or public bodies as the Minister considers appropriate. | ||
(3) The revised or new National Planning Framework shall be subject to a screening assessment and if necessary a strategic environmental assessment or an appropriate assessment, or both, as the case may be, in accordance with the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive (and Strategic Environmental Assessment Regulations) and the Habitats Directive (and Part 6 ). | ||
(4) In carrying out a review under section 22 , the Government shall have regard to any observations made on foot of the consultations under subsection (2), including any resolution or report of the Oireachtas or any committee of the Oireachtas, in respect of the matters to be included in the National Planning Framework. | ||
(5) Where after the Government has completed a review under section 22 and approved a revised or new National Planning Framework, the Government shall, as soon as practicable, publish on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage— | ||
(a) the revised or new National Planning Framework, as the case may be, and | ||
(b) a summary of any observations made on foot of the consultations under subsection (2). | ||
(6) The Minister shall, within 10 days of publication under paragraph (a) of subsection (5), lay a copy of the revised or new National Planning Framework so published before each House of the Oireachtas. | ||
(7) A revised or new National Planning Framework shall take effect 4 weeks after the date of publication under paragraph (a) of subsection (5). | ||
(8) A failure to comply with subsections (2) and (3) of section 22 and subsection (6) within the time period specified therein shall not of itself invalidate the National Planning Framework. |