Planning and Development Act 2024
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Priority area plans | ||
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72. (1) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), where a development plan identifies part of a settlement as requiring a priority 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 a “priority area plan”) which shall— | ||
(a) include an outline of any objectives included in the development plan under subsection (4) of section 52 to guide and enable the development, renewal or regeneration of the part of the settlement to which it applies, | ||
(b) specify how the settlement-specific objectives set out in the development plan, 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 part of the settlement to which the priority area plan applies, will be implemented, and | ||
(c) include such other objectives in such detail as may be determined by the planning authority for the proper planning and sustainable development of the part of the settlement to which the priority area plan applies, including objectives relating to community facilities and amenities and standards for the design and architecture of structures and public areas. | ||
(2) A priority area plan shall— | ||
(a) be materially consistent with— | ||
(i) the settlement-specific objectives set out in the development plan which apply to the part of the settlement concerned, including any objectives under subsection (4) of section 52 applicable to a site or land within the area of the priority area plan, | ||
(ii) the zoning objectives of the development plan which apply to the part of 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. | ||
(3) A planning authority may appoint a sub-committee comprised of elected members from the part of the settlement to be the subject of a priority area plan for the purposes of liaising with the chief executive in relation to the preparation of a draft priority area plan under section 75 . | ||
(4) Where a development plan sets out settlement-specific objectives in respect of any Gaeltacht or inhabited offshore island in accordance with subparagraph (iii) or (iv) of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 52 , the planning authority shall prepare a priority area plan for one or more such Gaeltacht or inhabited offshore island. | ||
(5) In the case of a priority area plan prepared under subsection (4), a reference to “part of a settlement” in— | ||
(a) subsections (1) to (3), and | ||
(b) section 74 , 75 , 77 or 78 , | ||
shall be read as a reference to the Gaeltacht or inhabited offshore island the subject of the plan. |