Eoin Ó Broin
Question:101. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he plans to circulate to local authorities the updated development plan guidelines. [35583/20]
View answerWednesday, 11 November 2020
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Further to finalisation of three three Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies between June 2019 and January 2020, review of City and County Development Plans has commenced in many local authorities, overseen for the first time by the Office of the Planning Regulator.
The process of alignment between plans will continue into 2021 and when complete, will be the first time that there is an integrated hierarchy of statutory spatial plans in Ireland. This is critical to ensuring that future development can be regulated by a tiered policy framework and supported by a national public capital investment programme.
My Department is currently finalising an updated version of the Development Plan Guidelines for Planning Authorities to assist with the review of development plans and it is my aim to have draft Guidelines published for public consultation by the end of the year.