Town and Country Planning Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Development Plans
8. Designation and survey of planning area
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Planning Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, designate any area to be a planning area for the purposes of this Act.
Planning Authority
“Planning Authority”, in relation to this Act or any Part or provision of this Act, means the person or persons appointed under section 6(1) to be responsible for the operation of this Act or that Part or provision;
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The Planning Authority shall, in so far as he has not already done so, institute a survey of any planning area to examine the matters that may affect the development or the planning of the development, of that area, and shall in any event keep all those matters under review.
planning area
“planning area” means any area designated by the Planning Authority under section 8(1);
Notwithstanding that the Planning Authority has carried out his duty under subsection (1), the Planning Authority may, if he thinks fits, and shall, if directed to do so by the Minister, institute a fresh survey of the planning area, examining the matters that may affect the development, or the planning of the development, of that area.
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for town and country planning;
Without prejudice to the generality of subsections (2) and (3), the matters to be examined and kept under review under those subsections shall include —
the principal physical, economic, environmental, and social characteristics, including the principal land uses, of the area and, so far as they may be expected to affect that area, those of the neighbouring areas;
the size, composition, and distribution of the population, of that area, whether resident or not;
without prejudice to paragraph (a), the communications, transport system, and traffic of that area and, so far as they may be expected to affect that area, those of the neighbouring areas;
any matters not mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) that may be expected to affect any matters so mentioned;
such other matters as may be prescribed or as the Minister may in any particular case specify;
any changes already projected in any of the matters mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) and the effect that those changes are likely to have on the development, or the planning of the development, of the area.
Terms defined in s 2
land
Defined · s 2“land” includes buildings, land covered by water and any estate or interest in or right over land;
Minister
Defined · s 2“Minister” means the Minister responsible for town and country planning;
planning area
Defined · s 2“planning area” means any area designated by the Planning Authority under section 8(1);
Planning Authority
Defined · s 2“Planning Authority”, in relation to this Act or any Part or provision of this Act, means the person or persons appointed under section 6(1) to be responsible for the operation of this Act or that Part or provision;
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