Irish Planning Institute announces 48 entries for the 2023 Irish Planning Awards Posted on June 29, 2023August 2, 2023 by Seán O'Leary Irish Planning Awards will return for the first time since 2020 2023 entries include organisations from public and private sectors The Irish Planning Institute (IPI), the all-island professional membership body for spatial planners, is delighted to announce that it has received 48 entries for the 2023 Irish Planning Awards, which is returning for the first time since 2020. The IPI aims to highlight innovation and excellence in Irish planning. The awards will be presented at a ceremony in Clontarf Castle, Dublin on Thursday, 28th September 2023. The Irish Planning Awards acknowledges a diverse range of projects and plans taking place at county and regional levels in complex and dynamic environments. Organisations and projects from Dublin, Kildare, Limerick, Cork, Antrim, Tipperary, Meath, Clare, Louth, Galway, Offaly and Donegal were submitted for this year’s awards. The IPI was pleased to receive 48 entries across seven categories, which include: Plan Making Employment and Enterprise Urban Regeneration and Heritage Climate Action and Biodiversity Sustainable Communities and Placemaking (large scale and small scale) Research and Innovation Planning 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), Paul Hogan FIPI (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage), 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 Irish Planning Institute is delighted to host the Irish Planning Awards for the first time since 2020. We have received 48 entries which demonstrate how active our members have been, even through Covid and I look forward to judging the innovative planning projects submitted. The awards provide an excellent opportunity to 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. The shortlist for the awards will be announced in advance of the ceremony. Table of nominees across the various categories: Organisation Category Title of Entry South Dublin County Council Climate Action and Biodiversity South Dublin’s Green Space Factor EirGrid plc Climate Action and Biodiversity The Celtic Interconnector – Good Practice linking Planning, the Planner & Climate Change South Dublin County Council Climate Action and Biodiversity Tandy’s Lane Park, Adamstown Uisce Éireann Climate Action and Biodiversity Uisce Éireann (Irish Water) Biodiversity Action Plan KPMG Future Analytics Climate Action and Biodiversity Sustainable Swords Statkraft Ireland Climate Action and Biodiversity Moanvane Wind Farm County Kildare LEADER Partnership CLG Employment and Enterprise Barrow Blueway Economic Plan South Dublin County Council Employment and Enterprise From Big Box to Green Scene Limerick City and County Council Plan Making Young Person Participation in Land Use Planning South Dublin County Council Plan Making South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028 The Paul Hogarth Company Plan Making Letterkenny 2040 Regeneration Strategy Kildare County Council Plan Making The Athy Local Area Plan 2021-2027 and the Development of a New Generation of Local Area Plans for Kildare Dublin City Council Plan Making Dublin City Development Plan 2022 – 2028 Meath County Council Plan Making Flower Hill and Abbeylands Urban Design Plan 2021 DOWNEY Plan Making Killaloe-Ballina Town Enhancement and Mobility Plan Uisce Éireann Plan Making Uisce Éireann (Irish Water) National Water Resources Plan – Framework Plan KPMG Future Analytics Plan Making Sustainable Swords Clare Co. Council Plan Making Shannon Town Centre Masterplan South Dublin County Council Plan Making City Edge Strategic Framework (South Dublin County Council and Dublin City Council) Land Development Agency Plan Making Pear Tree Crossing Masterplan Fingal County Council Planning Workplace of the Year This is Fingal – The place to Live Work Visit and do Business South Dublin County Council Planning Workplace of the Year # Making it Work @ SDCC Planning Virtus Planning Workplace of the Year Virtus Louth County Council Planning Workplace of the Year Louth County Council Planning Workplace Brock McClure Planning & Development Consultants Planning Workplace of the Year Brock McClure Planning & Development Consultants Cairn Homes PLC Planning Workplace of the Year Cairn Homes Planning Team Tom Phillips and Associates Planning Workplace of the Year Tom Phillips + Associates TU Dublin Research and Innovation TU Dublin – DLRCoCo Covid Mobility Research Project South Dublin County Council Research and Innovation ‘Instantaneous Data’ – A South Dublin Approach to Active Land Management University of Galway Research and Innovation Promoting spatial planning through school/university project exchange Land Development Agency Research and Innovation The Register of Relevant Public Lands South Dublin County Council Research and Innovation City Edge Project (South Dublin County Council and Dublin City Council) Tom Phillips and Associates Research and Innovation SHDs & SDZzz: Fast-Track Planning in Ireland, and Other Oxymorons Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly Research and Innovation Regional Development Monitor (RDM) South Dublin County Council Sustainable Communities and Placemaking (small scale and large scale) Kilcarbery-Grange in South Dublin South Dublin County Council Sustainable Communities and Placemaking (small scale and large scale) Adamstown SDZ – Airlie Park, Tandy’s Lane Park and Adamstown District Centre Plaza Meath County Council Sustainable Communities and Placemaking (small scale and large scale) Kilcloon Community Development Cairn Homes PLC Sustainable Communities and Placemaking (small scale and large scale) Graydon, Newcastle MKO Ltd. Sustainable Communities and Placemaking (small scale and large scale) Creggs Village Plan KPMG Future Analytics Sustainable Communities and Placemaking (small scale and large scale) Sustainable Swords Quintain Sustainable Communities and Placemaking (small scale and large scale) The Crossings, Adamstown Land Development Agency Sustainable Communities and Placemaking (small scale and large scale) Colbert Quarter Spatial Framework Tipperary County Council Urban Regeneration and Heritage Activating Cahir’s Town Centre Regeneration Strategy South Dublin County Council Urban Regeneration and Heritage The Street – Kick starting the Tallaght Innovation Quarter DOWNEY Urban Regeneration and Heritage Portarlington Urban Regeneration Strategy 2030 Donegal County Council Urban Regeneration and Heritage Ballyshannon Historic Towns Initiative Project KPMG Future Analytics Urban Regeneration and Heritage Sustainable Swords Land Development Agency Urban Regeneration and Heritage St. Kevin’s Cork