The Irish Planning Institute (IPI), the all-island professional membership organisation for spatial planners, has welcomed the Government’s publication of the Planning and Development Bill 2023. Commenting Dr Seán O’Leary said,

“We will now engage extensively with our members with a view to providing practical recommendations for amending and improving the Bill based on their insights and expertise of the planning system, across a range of backgrounds and sectors, as it makes its way through the Oireachtas. A crucial requirement will be the need to adequately resource the planning system across all sectors at national, regional and local levels to ensure the ambition of the Bill is achieved.

“Key to the Bill’s delivery will be how it commences and progresses to ensure that the transition arrangements do not result in lost opportunities for development, in particular in relation to housing delivery and climate ambition.”