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Minister may require planning authority to identify suitable sites
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599. (1) The Minister may at any time by notice in writing require all or certain planning authorities to identify suitable sites.
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(2) Unless the Minister specifies a longer period in a requirement under subsection (1), a planning authority shall comply with the requirement—
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(a) where the planning authority considers it appropriate for a draft development scheme to be prepared for the purposes of designating a suitable site as a candidate UDZ in a development plan, within 5 months of the date of the notice, and
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(b) in any other case, within 4 months of the date of the notice.
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(3) Where, following a requirement of the Minister under this section, a planning authority cannot identify any suitable sites, it shall inform the Minister of—
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(a) the area or areas considered in order to comply with the requirement, and
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(b) the reasons why the planning authority did not consider any sites to be suitable sites.
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