Office of the Planning Regulator

OPR publishes first annual report

09.11.2020

Laura Edgar

Ireland | irish planning | Office of the Planning Regulator | OPR | Policy & Politics

Ireland’s Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) has published its first annual report, which identifies some ‘significant’ trends that reflect the country’s planning performance in 2019.
Ireland round-up: Dublin co-living development tower triggers concern; Fast-track Drogheda project back for consideration

23.10.2020

Roger Milne

county wicklow | Dublin | Housing | Ireland | Office of the Planning Regulator

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 17 October-23 October, 2020
Ireland’s planning regulator warns that urban sprawl is not yet under control

06.08.2020

Roger Milne

flats | Housing | Ireland | niall cussen | Office of the Planning Regulator | Policy & Politics | urban sprawl

Ireland’s planning system is failing to contain the sprawl of major urban areas, warns the Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR).
Ireland round-up: O’Brien sets out his stall on social housing; Approval for fast-track Cabinteely flats

10.07.2020

Roger Milne

An Bord Pleanala | Darragh O’Brien | Housing | Ireland | Office of the Planning Regulator

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 4 July-10 July, 2020
Study centre: The online library opening up Ireland's planning system

15.06.2020

Daniel English

Development Management & Enforcement | Ireland | Office of the Planning Regulator

By making key documents available to all, Ireland's independent planning watchdog is opening up the planning system to planners and non-planners alike, writes Daniel English
Ireland’s planning regulator launches online tool

10.06.2020

Laura Edgar

Ireland | Office of the Planning Regulator | Professional Development

The Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) has developed and launched an online resource that brings together a range of planning policy guidelines and research in one location.
Regulator cold-shoulders local employment policy for Tallaght local area plan

20.03.2020

Roger Milne

Dublin | Ireland | Office of the Planning Regulator | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood

The planning watchdog recommends that South Dublin County Council should drop a local area plan proposal that would compel developers of new building projects in Tallaght to use local construction workers.
Minister cracks the whip over Cork county development plan variation

13.03.2020

Roger Milne

Cork | Damien English | Ireland | niall cussen | Office of the Planning Regulator | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood

Ireland's housing and urban development minister Damien English has taken action on the Office of the Planning Regulator’s (OPR) recommendation that he should direct an annulment of a variation to the Cork County Development Plan.
Irish planning regulator calls for changes to Naas local plan

05.07.2019

Roger Milne

Ireland | Office of the Planning Regulator | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood

The state’s new planning regulator has urged Kildare County Council to make alterations to its draft Naas local area plan.
Ireland’s planning regulator could change attitudes to planning

31.01.2019

Aidan Culhane MRTPI

Community Engagement | Ireland | Office of the Planning Regulator | Planning and Development Act | Planning Law | Policy & Politics | Professional Development

Ireland has created an independent Office of the Planning Regulator, and it could be the catalyst in a transformation of the way members of the public and politicians understand planning , says Aidan Culhane...