AI Summary of 653E. Draft map - determinations on exclusions and date.
Submissions made by site owners under section 653D must address either the exclusion of a site from a final map or a change in the date reflecting when certain criteria were satisfied. Local authorities are required to evaluate these submissions and provide written notifications of their determinations by 1 April 2023.
Authorities may seek additional information within 21 days from relevant parties, who must respond within the same timeframe. If exceptional circumstances arise, late submissions may be accepted with local authority consent. The notification must include reasons for the determination and inform the owner of their right to appeal to An Bord Pleanála within one month.
653E. Draft map - determinations on exclusions and date.
(1) Where a submission is made in accordance with section 653D by the owner of a site seeking -
(a) the exclusion of a site from a final map, on the basis that the land constituting the site does not satisfy the relevant criteria, or
(b) a change to the date specified in the map as the date on which land constituting a site first satisfied the relevant criteria,
the local authority shall -
(i) evaluate the submission,
(ii) determine whether or not -
(I) the site constitutes land satisfying the relevant criteria, or
(II) the date specified in the map as the date on which the land constituting the site first satisfied the relevant criteria should be changed,
and
(iii) not later than 1 April 2023, notify the owner concerned in writing of its determination.