Agenda and minutes

Cathaoirleach, Councillor Paddy O'Rourke said due to the large number of proposed amendments, he sought the co-operation of the members, asking the members to be concise and adhere to speaking time as per Standing Orders.

Due to the large number of proposed amendments, he sought the co-operation of the members, asking the members to be concise and adhere to speaking time as per Standing Orders. He invited Mr Bernard Greene, Senior Planner to update the members on the process being undertaken.

Mr. Bernard Greene provided a short PowerPoint presentation to recap on the process which appears as Appendix 1 to the minutes of this meeting. He outlined that following the submission of the Chief Executive’s draft of the Leitrim County Development Plan 2023 – 2029 to the Elected Members on 26^th November 2021, a series of workshops were conducted with the Members at full Council level and at Municipal District level. The purpose of these workshops was to inform the members on the content of the proposed Draft County Development Plan across a number of development themes incorporating elements such as forecasted housing provisions, land use zoning objectives, climate action measures, settlement-specific proposals and objectives as well as environmental considerations and flood risk which have informed the process to date. 

These workshops were intended to support the members in their statutory requirement of considering the content of the submitted Draft Development Plan and to amend same within the required 8 weeks following receipt of the Chief Executive’s Draft of the Plan. Accordingly, in advance of this statutory deadline, members were requested to submit their proposed amendments to the Planning Authority by 5.30pm, Friday 14^th January 2022. This was agreed with the members at the January Council on Monday 10^th January 2022. 

A total of 15 no. submissions were received by the Planning Authority in advance of this requested deadline. No submission was received after this date.

Members were advised that in instances where proposed amendments have been recommended by the Chief Executive for inclusion in the Draft Plan for public display, these have been subject to assessment by the appointed consultants overseeing the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), Appropriate Assessment (AA) and Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) of the proposed Draft Plan to date and are integral assessments in the overall process.

Members were also advised, as they had been at the individual Municipal District workshops, of their responsibility under the Local Government Act 2001, as amended, with regard to Conflict of Interests in the context of the preparation of the draft County Development Plan. A copy of the PowerPoint presentation is attached to the minutes.

SUBMISSION NO. 1 - CLLR. SEAN MCDERMOTT

On the Proposal of Councillor Sean McDermott

             Seconded by Councillor Justin Warnock  ...  view the full minutes text for item MM.23.22