April 2020

Following the Government’s decision to further extend all public participation periods in the planning system for 19 additional days, up to and including 9 May 2020, four local authorities have revised their deadlines for public consultation. The previous Government Order, which was made on 29 March 2020, had specified that the extension period was to […]

The Government agreed, at the request of Eoghan Murphy T.D., Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, to make an order, which has the effect of further extending all public participation periods in the planning system for 19 additional days, up to and including 9 May 2020. The previous Government Order, which was made on

Anne Marie O’Connor has been appointed to the position of Deputy Regulator and Director of Evaluations of Local Authority Plans at the Office of the Planning Regulator. She will be responsible for the assessment of all local authority development plans, local area plans, and variations to these, and any future reviews or amendments of regional

  Following the Government’s decision to extend public participation periods in the planning system, for a period of three weeks as a result of Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid 19) Act 2020, four local authorities have confirmed their new deadlines for public consultation. Although public meetings relating to the plans have been suspended,