Planning and Development Act 2024
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Coordinated area plans | ||
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73. (1) Where a regional spatial and economic strategy designates a settlement or part of a settlement (in which case, the term “settlement” in this section shall be taken as referring to that part) as requiring a coordinated area plan, the principal planning authority and associate planning authority shall prepare, in accordance with the procedure set out in section 76 , a plan (in this Act referred to as a “coordinated area plan”) which shall— | ||
(a) specify how the settlement-specific objectives, integrated overall strategy for the proper planning and sustainable development of the functional area of each planning authority, as set out in the development plans in accordance with section 43 , and the strategies and statements prepared under sections 44 to 51 of the development plans which apply to the settlement concerned, insofar as they are relevant to the settlement, will be implemented in respect of the settlement concerned, and | ||
(b) include such other objectives in such detail as may be determined by the principal planning authority and the associate 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) A coordinated area plan shall— | ||
(a) be materially consistent with— | ||
(i) the objectives and provisions of the regional spatial and economic strategy relating to the area of the coordinated area plan concerned, | ||
(ii) the settlement-specific objectives set out in the development plan for each planning authority in which the settlement concerned is situate which apply to the settlement concerned, | ||
(iii) the zoning objectives of the development plan for each planning authority in which the settlement concerned is situate which apply to the settlement concerned, | ||
(iv) the integrated overall strategy of the functional area of each planning authority in which the settlement concerned is situate, as set out in the development plan of each planning authority in accordance with section 43 , and | ||
(v) the strategies and statements prepared under sections 44 to 51 of the development plan for each planning authority in which the settlement concerned is situate insofar as such strategies apply to the settlement or part of the settlement concerned, | ||
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(b) take due account of any relevant transport strategy of the National Transport Authority. | ||
(3) A principal planning authority and an associate planning authority shall collectively appoint a coordinated area plan committee for the purposes of preparing a coordinated area plan. | ||
(4) A coordinated area plan committee shall comprise of 11, 13 or 15 members from the principal planning authority and the associate planning authority who shall be appointed in accordance with the regional spatial and economic strategy. | ||
(5) A coordinated area plan committee shall liaise with the chief executive of the principal planning authority in relation to the preparation of a draft coordinated area plan under section 76 . |