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ELECTED members of Clare Coun- ty Council who have been unhappy with the way the planning process is being applied in Clare should ad- dress their concerns to the govern- ment, who are now drawing up new planning legislation.
That was what councillors were told in an answer to a motion before the local authority from Cllr PJ Kel- ly (FF) asking for a definition of the term ‘proper planning and sustain- able development’.
In the official answer, Cllr Kelly was referred to a source book which described the term in the context of Global equity an issue “which has absolutely nothing to do with plan- ning in county Clare”.
The councillor was also told that the government is in the process of drawing up new planning legisla- tion and this was an opportunity for members to express their views.
Cllr Kelly said that as far as he can see, the term “is different things for different areas and it leads to incon- sistency and injustice in a big way. It allows the maximum discretion to planners but what it boils down to 1s that each applicant will be given a fair trial but they can be sure they’Il be shot at dawn.”
The councillor said that “people have suffered because of the interpretation of this and I would hope that when new legislation comes into being, this term will be properly defined.”