Irish Planning Institute announces shortlist of 39 entries for the 2023 Irish Planning Awards Posted on August 2, 2023August 3, 2023 by Seán O'Leary 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: 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), 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 Category 1: Plan Making Clare County Council Shannon Town Centre Masterplan Downey Killaloe-Ballina Town Enhancement and Mobility Plan Uisce Éireann Uisce Éireann (Irish Water) National Water Resources Plan – Framework Plan Kildare County Council The Athy Local Area Plan 2021-2027 and the Development of a New Generation of Local Area Plans for Kildare KPMG Future Analytics and Fingal County Council Sustainable Swords Limerick City and County Council Young Person Participation in Land Use Planning Meath County Council Flower Hill and Abbeylands Urban Design Plan 2021 South Dublin County Council City Edge Strategic Framework (South Dublin County Council and Dublin City Council) South Dublin County Council South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028 Category 2: Employment & Enterprise County Kildare Leader Partnership CLG Barrow Blueway Economic Plan South Dublin County Council From Big Box to Green Scene Category 3: Urban Regeneration and Heritage Donegal County Council Ballyshannon Historic Towns Initiative Project Downey Portarlington Urban Regeneration Strategy 2030 Land Development Agency St. Kevin’s Cork South Dublin County Council The Street – Kick starting the Tallaght Innovation Quarter Tipperary County Council Activating Cahir’s Town Centre Regeneration Strategy Category 4: Climate Action and Biodiversity – sponsored by FuturEnergy Ireland EirGrid – The Celtic Interconnector Good Practice linking Planning, the Planner & Climate Change KPMG Future Analytics and Fingal County Council Sustainable Swords South Dublin County Council South Dublin’s Green Space Factor Uisce Éireann Uisce Éireann (Irish Water) Biodiversity Action Plan Category 5: Sustainable Communities and Placemaking Land Development Agency Colbert Quarter Spatial Framework Meath County Council Kilcloon Community Development MKO Creggs Village Plan South Dublin County Council Adamstown SDZ – Airlie Park, Tandy’s Lane Park and Adamstown District Centre Plaza South Dublin County Council Kilcarbery-Grange in South Dublin Category 6: Research and Innovation – sponsored by the Office of the Planning Regulator EMRA on behalf of the Three Regional Assemblies of Ireland Regional Development Monitor (RDM) Land Development Agency The Register of Relevant Public Lands University of Galway Promoting spatial planning through school/university project exchange South Dublin County Council ‘Instantaneous Data’ – A South Dublin Approach to Active Land Management South Dublin County Council and Dublin City Council City Edge Project (South Dublin County Council and Dublin City Council) Tom Phillips + Associates SHDs & SDZzz TU Dublin TU Dublin – DLRCoCo Covid Mobility Research Project Category 7: Workplace of the Year Brock McClure Brock McClure Planning & Development Consultants Cairn Homes Cairn Homes Planning Team Fingal County Council This is Fingal – The place to Live Work Visit and do Business Louth County Council Louth County Council Planning Workplace South Dublin County Council #Making it Work @ SDCC Planning Tom Phillips + Associates Tom Phillips + Associates Category 8: Presidents Award Downey Portarlington Urban Regeneration Strategy 2030 Limerick City and County Council Young Person Participation in Land Use Planning Quintain The Crossings, Adamstown Statkraft Ireland Moanvane Wind Farm Virtus Virtus