Senior Planner (Engineer Grade I) at the Office of the Planning Regulator

The Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) is an independent oversight body that has been established by Government to oversee the functioning and policy consistency of Ireland’s planning process to ensure quality outcomes in relation to proper planning and sustainable development.
The Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, established the legal basis for the OPR and outlines its role and functions, which include the following:

• assessment of local authority development plans and local area plans, and regional assembly regional spatial and
  economic strategies to ensure consistency with relevant regional or national policies;
• reviews of the systems and procedures used by any planning authority, including An Coimisiún Pleanála, in the
  performance of their planning functions; and
• research, training, education that support the progressive development of Ireland’s planning process.

Following the recent enactment of the Planning and Development Act 2024, the OPR’s statutory functions will be further expanded upon commencement of the relevant sections of the new Act. The Senior Planner will play a key role in developing and implementing practices and procedures to support these new and expanded functions.

The OPR is now seeking applications from suitably experienced/qualified candidates to fill the post of:

Senior Planner (Engineer Grade I)

Applications should be submitted, in PDF format, via email to: [email protected]

Alternatively by post to the address below:

Office of the Planning Regulator
Park House
191-193A North Circular Road
Dublin 7
D07 EWV4

The deadline for applications is 3pm on 23/09/2025.

For more details and application procedures see https://www.opr.ie/recruitment/

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