Planning and Development Act 2024
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Evaluation and assessment of plans and strategies | ||
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548. (1) Without prejudice to the requirements of section 547 , in carrying out its functions under section 546 , the Office shall, when evaluating and assessing any plans or strategies or any drafts, revisions, variations or amendments of plans or strategies, consider the following: | ||
(a) all matters relevant to the making of the plan or strategy concerned under this Act; | ||
(b) the material consistency of the plan or strategy or draft, revision, variation or amendment thereof, with the National Planning Framework and National Marine Planning Framework; | ||
(c) the material consistency of the plan or strategy or draft, variation or amendment thereof, with the National Planning Polices and Measures contained in any National Planning Statement and the reasons offered by the relevant regional assembly or planning authority to justify a departure from National Planning Policy Guidance contained in any such statement; | ||
(d) the material consistency of the plan or draft, variation or amendment thereof, with any regional spatial and economic strategy; | ||
(e) the account taken by the plan or strategy or draft, variation or amendment thereof, of any relevant transport strategy published by the National Transport Authority; | ||
(f) the effective coordination of national, regional and local planning requirements by the relevant regional assembly or planning authority in the discharge of its development planning functions; | ||
(g) any other matters as may be prescribed from time to time. | ||
(2) Without prejudice to the requirements of section 547 , the Office shall, in carrying out consultations with planning authorities in accordance with section 53 , consider the following: | ||
(a) all matters relevant to the preparation, making, variation or expedited amendment of a development plan under this Act; | ||
(b) the requirement that a development plan be materially consistent with— | ||
(i) the National Planning Framework, | ||
(ii) the National Marine Planning Framework, | ||
(iii) any relevant National Planning Polices and Measures, and | ||
(iv) the regional spatial and economic strategy of the region concerned; | ||
(c) any relevant National Planning Policy Guidance; | ||
(d) any transport strategy of the National Transport Authority which relates to all or any part of the functional area of the planning authority; | ||
(e) any other matters as may be prescribed from time to time. | ||
(3) Where the Office makes any observations or recommendations to a regional assembly or a planning authority under Chapter 4 , 5 or 6 of Part 3 , it shall, at the same time, send a copy of such observations or recommendations to the Minister. |