An Bord Pleanála will have to comply with mandatory time limits and will be renamed an Coimisiún Pleanála, under the draft Planning and Development Bill published today
Other changes will mean only named individuals can take a judicial review against a development, something that has been criticised by environmental groups.
The draft-bill will have to go through pre-legislative scrutiny before it is enacted. It is expected that it will be enacted by the middle of the year.The new body will have a Chief Planning Commissioner with a total of 14 commissioners overall. These will be full-time posts and will replace the current chairperson and board member structure.
Local Development Plans are to be extended to a ten-year cycle, with a review after five years. At present such plans run for six years.Planning legislation has not been updated since 2000 and this new bill seeks to streamline the legislation, by stripping out duplication that has built up through legislative updates and EU directives over the years.
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