A report published today (19th September 2023) by the Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) has found that Waterford City & County Council is providing its key planning functions effectively. This is the first time that the systems and procedures used by Waterford City & County Council’s planning department have been reviewed by the OPR. […]
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A new legal bulletin was published by the Office of the Planning Regulator today 15th September 2023. Through detailed summaries, analysis and key takeaways for practitioners and all stakeholders, the bulletin is intended as a new resource for the sector. It is hoped it will serve as a valuable tool to share key learnings from
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The Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR), the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH) and the Coastal Planning Authority Subgroup of the County and City Management Association (CCMA) delivered a Marine Spatial Planning workshop for staff of coastal planning authorities and relevant stakeholders in Ennis earlier this month. The workshop, which was held
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Planning has become more complex in recent years and, for this reason, a strategy to ensure learning and deveopment for the staff of the 31 planning authorities across the country was finalised earlier this year between the OPR, the County and City Management Association and the Local Government Management Agency: Local Authority Planning Sector Learning
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The OPR and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage recently launched a new planning leaflet on the topic of Large-scale Residential Development (LRD). This leaflet explains LRD and the procedures involved in applying for planning permission for this type of development. The LRD application process was introduced to replace the Strategic Housing Development
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The Office of the Planning Regulator, (OPR) in conjunction with the Association of Irish Local Government (AILG), held two in-person planning training events for local authority elected members earlier this month. The training provided elected members with an “Overview of Emerging Planning Legislation and Policy Guidance”. The training was delivered in Mullingar and Castlecomer on
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The Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) is actively working to promote planning as a career of choice for students, graduates and career changers. To this end, the OPR has teamed up with CareersPortal.ie, Ireland’s leading career guidance website, to create a dedicated planning profile. The CareersPortal website has 33 career sectors. The new planning profile sits
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OPR Makes Submissions on Local Area Plans Following the completion of their county development plans, many local authorities have started work on their local area plans (LAPs). LAPs provide more detailed planning policies for areas where significant development and change is anticipated. They set out objectives for the proper planning and sustainable development of a
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A new training strategy for local authority planning staff was published today 16th January which has been developed collaboratively by the Office of the Planning Regulator, the County and City Management Association (CCMA), the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Planning functions have become complex in recent
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The Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) has today, 30 December, published its Annual Overview of the Planning System 2021. The report reviews key trends and outputs over the year in the wider planning system in Ireland. It includes a comparison with patterns in previous years and is the only analysis of its kind of
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