• 27 different organisations across 8 categories have been shortlisted in this year’s awards

2 August 2023: The Irish Planning Institute (IPI), the all-island professional membership body for spatial planners, has shortlisted 39 entries for this year’s Irish Planning Awards, which is returning for the first time since 2020. The awards aim to highlight innovation and excellence in Irish planning. The awards gala ceremony will take place on 28th September 2023 in Clontarf Castle Hotel.

The Irish Planning Awards acknowledges a diverse range of projects and plans taking place at national, regional and county levels in complex and dynamic environments, including: Clare, Tipperary, Kildare, Limerick, Meath, South Dublin, Fingal, Dublin City, Donegal, Laois, Cork, Galway, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, Louth and Offaly. There are seven categories, which include:

1. Plan Making
2. Employment and Enterprise
3. Urban Regeneration and Heritage
4. Climate Action and Biodiversity
5. Sustainable Communities and Placemaking (large scale and small scale)
6. Research and Innovation Planning
7. Workplace of the Year.

Additionally, there will be a President’s Award and the winner will be nominated by the Council.

This year’s judging panel will comprise of Mary Mac Mahon MIPI (Irish Planning Institute President), Charlotte Sheridan MIPI (RIAI President), Henk van der Kamp FIPI (Secretary General of the ECTP-CEU, the umbrella organisation for spatial planning institutes in Europe and past president of the IPI), Terry Prendergast MIPI (former board member of An Bord Pleanála) and John O’Hara MIPI (former Dublin  City Council Planning Officer).

Mary Mac Mahon, President of the Irish Planning Institute said: “The standard and quality of entries for this year’s awards were very high, the judging panel had a very tough task to produce a shortlist. After reviewing all the entries, we have been able to shortlist 39 impressive submissions. We look forward to the awards ceremony in September and the announcement of the winning entries per category. The awards provide an excellent opportunity to reflect and promote the contribution of planning to society and highlight the positive work being carried out across the sector and the role of planning in delivering quality and sustainable development.”

The Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage will be the main sponsor of this year’s awards with additional sponsors including Wave Dynamics Acoustic Consultants and Uisce Éireann. The individual categories of Climate Action and Biodiversity and Research and Innovation will be sponsored by FuturEnergy Ireland and the Office of the Planning Regulator respectively.

Tickets for the event are now available on www.ipi.ie.

Table of shortlisted nominees across the various categories