S.I. No. 264/1982:

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT) GENERAL POLICY DIRECTIVE, 1982.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT) GENERAL POLICY DIRECTIVE, 1982.

The Minister for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 7 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1982 (No. 21 of 1982), hereby issues the following general directive:--

1. This Directive may be cited as the Local Government (Planning and Development) General Policy Directive, 1982.

2. Policy in relation to planning and development requires that the establishment of retail shopping development which would represent a large scale addition to the existing retail shopping capacity in a locality should be guided by the following considerations:--

( a ) the adequacy of existing retail shopping outlets;

( b ) the size and location of existing retail shopping outlets;

( c ) the quality and convenience of existing retail shopping outlets;

( d ) the effect on existing communities, including in particular the effect on established retail shopping outlets and on employment;

( e ) the needs of elderly, infirm or disabled persons and of other persons who may be dependent on the availability of local retail shopping outlets;

( f ) the need to counter urban decline and to promote urban renewal and to promote the utilisation of unused infrastructural facilities in urban areas.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment

this 10th day of August, 1982.

RAPHAEL P. BURKE,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This directive specifies policy considerations to which planning authorities and An Bord Pleanala must have regard in performing their functions in relation to the establishment of certain retail shopping development.