Report on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022
Report by the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage (the Committee), December 2022.
The General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022 was referred to the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage (the Committee) in October 2022 so that the Committee could conduct the requisite pre-legislative scrutiny. The Committee's understanding of the purpose of the General Scheme is to restore public confidence in An Bord Pleanála and facilitate the highest standard of robust and independent planning decision-making. The Committee thus made several recommendations for the General Scheme on the basis of this understanding.
