Planning and Development Act 2024
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Making available of documents by Commission | ||
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385. (1) The Commission shall, within 3 working days of the making of a decision on any matter falling to be decided by it in the performance of its functions under this Act or any other enactment, give copies of the documents and information relating to that matter— | ||
(a) where the matter relates primarily to land, to the planning authority in whose functional area the land is situated, or | ||
(b) where the matter relates primarily to a maritime site, to the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority. | ||
(2) The Commission shall publish on a website maintained by it or on its behalf copies of— | ||
(a) every decision of the Commission on an appeal, application, referral or request, and | ||
(b) every report of a person assigned under section 376 to make a report in relation to an appeal, application, referral or request. | ||
(3) The Commission shall retain all documents and information arising from the exercise of any of its functions for not less than 12 years from the date of the creation or receipt of the document or information by the Commission. | ||
(4) The Commission shall make the documents and information referred to in subsection (3), other than such documents as may be prescribed, available for inspection, at the offices of the Commission during office hours, by— | ||
(a) the owner or occupier of the land or maritime site to which the documents or information relate, or | ||
(b) a person acting on the authority of such owner or occupier. | ||
(5) Copies of the documents or information made available under subsection (4), and of extracts from such documents or information, shall be made available for purchase at the offices of the Commission, or such other place as the Commission may determine, by persons referred to in that subsection on payment to the Commission of a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making the copy. | ||
(6) Subsection (5) is without prejudice to the Freedom of Information Act 2014 , the European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations 2007 to 2014, and the European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 ( S.I. No. 309 of 2018 ). | ||
(7) In subsection (2) “application” includes a submission of a scheme for approval under section 49 of the Roads Act 1993 , an application for approval under section 51 of the Roads Act 1993 , and an application for a railway order under section 37 of the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001 . |