The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH) in conjunction with the OPR has today, 10th March delivered a wide-ranging information seminar on the implementation of the new Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) arrangements introduced under the Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Act 2021. Large-scale Residential Developments (LRDs) will replace the Strategic Housing […]

The OPR independently assesses all statutory forward planning with a view to ensuring that the plan provides for the proper planning and sustainable development of the area concerned. We have published submissions on: Draft Dublin City Development Plan 2022 – 2028

A brand new webpage that brings together a broad range of information that clearly explains the importance of the planning system and how it works is now available on the OPR website. This new page “Introduction to Planning” brings together all of the OPR’s public awareness resources in one central, accessible location. Visit new page

The State’s independent oversight body for planning, the Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR), has published its latest review report into local authority systems and procedures in delivering their planning functions. The report considers Louth County Council’s performance in the context of 11 key operational processes in planning service delivery1. It makes recommendations on how

Ireland’s longest running environmental series, Eco Eye, kicked off its new series this week, with an investigation into the demise of Irish towns and the efforts being made to reverse their decline. The episode was broadcast on RTE One on 4 January, 2022. In this episode, presenter Duncan Stewart visits Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin and

The OPR independently assesses all statutory forward planning with a view to ensuring that the plan provides for the proper planning and sustainable development of the area concerned. We have published submissions on: Draft Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028

Variations in pre-planning application consultation services(1)  offered by local authorities have been identified in a new Case Study Paper published by the Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR). In its Case Study Paper (CSP), “Pre-Application (S247) Consultation Services, an Analysis of Practice across the Local Government Sector,” the OPR consulted with each local authority in