Planning and Development Act 2024
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Urban area plans | ||
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71. (1) Where a development plan identifies a settlement as requiring an urban area plan, the planning authority shall prepare, in accordance with the procedure set out in section 75 , a plan (in this Act referred to as an “urban area plan”) which shall— | ||
(a) specify how the settlement-specific objectives set out in the development plan that apply to the settlement concerned will be implemented, | ||
(b) specify how the integrated overall strategy for the proper planning and sustainable development of the functional area of the planning authority, as set out in the development plan in accordance with section 43 , and the strategies and statements of the development plan prepared under sections 44 to 51 , insofar as they are relevant to the settlement, will be implemented in respect of the settlement concerned, and | ||
(c) include such other objectives in such detail as may be determined by the planning authority to ensure the proper planning and sustainable development of the settlement to which it applies, including objectives relating to community facilities and amenities and standards for the design and architecture of structures and public areas. | ||
(2) An urban area plan shall— | ||
(a) be materially consistent with— | ||
(i) the settlement-specific objectives set out in the development plan which apply to the settlement concerned, | ||
(ii) the zoning objectives of the development plan which apply to the settlement concerned, | ||
(iii) the integrated overall strategy for the proper planning and sustainable development of the functional area of the planning authority as set out in the development plan in accordance with section 43 , and | ||
(iv) the strategies and statements prepared under sections 44 to 51 of the development plan, | ||
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(b) take due account of any relevant transport strategy of the National Transport Authority. |