In terms of the key changes, updated Specific Planning Policy Requirements (SPPRs) and standards are provided to provide more flexibility on apartment mix, reduction in floor area for studios and introduction of a 2 bed 3person and 3 bed 4 person typology, dual aspect ratios, floor-to-ceiling heights, stair/lift core ratios, and private amenity spaces. Further […]
On the 29th of July 2025, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage published the NPF Implementation: Housing Growth Requirements, as guidelines in accordance with Section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended). These guidelines replaced the ‘Section 28: Housing Supply Target Methodology for Development Planning (2020)’. The purpose of these […]
The Government has brought forward several important and helpful initiatives to significantly improve housing and infrastructure delivery in Ireland. The Revised National Planning Framework approved by government in April 2025, significantly increases housing delivery targets nationally from current level of c. 30,000 units per annum to 50,000 units per annum for 2025-2040, reflecting higher population […]
On the 30th of April 2025, the Houses of the Oireachtas approved the First Revision of the National Planning Framework (NPF), in accordance with Section 20C(8) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended). The First Revision of the NPF is available to view here. The Revised NPF focuses on updates to the previous […]
Introduction The Planning and Development Act 2024 introduces the concept of Urban Development Zones (UDZs) which will provide a detailed planning framework for future development through a coordinated, plan-led approach to the delivery of residential and urban development which would be of ‘significant economic, social or environmental benefit to the State, and in the common […]
OVERVIEW Following the Government’s recent announcements regarding its increased target to deliver 50,000 homes per annum in the First Draft Revision of the National Planning Framework (NPF) and the Programme for Government 2025, the pathway from current delivery patterns of c. 30,000 new homes per year to meeting such increased delivery targets is unclear. The […]
This Planning Insight provides a brief overview of new forward planning provisions in the Planning and Development Act 2024, including the National Planning Framework, National Planning Statements, Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies, Development Plans, Area Plans, and Urban Development Zones. National Planning Framework (NPF) National Planning Statements (NPS) The Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES) […]
On 18th December 2024, the Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage issued Circular Letter NRUP 03/2024 to accompany new Section 28 Guidelines entitled ‘Residential Zoned Land Tax Change in zoning of lands subject to existing economic activity’. The purpose of the Guidelines is to set out guidance in relation to proposals to amend the […]
Comparison of the Acts: 2000 & 2024 An Overview of Key Changes The current legislative provisions for extending the duration of a planning permission are outlined under Sections 42 and 43 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the “2000 Act”). The Planning and Development Act 2024 (the “2024 Act”) was signed into […]
On the 12th of September 2024, the Minister for Housing, Local Government, and Heritage published the newly titled Land (Zoning Value Sharing) Bill 2024. According to the Explanatory Memorandum which accompanied the Bill, the purpose of this bill is to (inter alia) “introduce a mechanism to ensure that a proportion of the value of certain […]
On the 10th of July 2024 the Government published a draft of the first 6-year revision of the National Planning Framework (NPF) here. It is important that the final NPF projections are not taken as being caps on housing targets in regional and local housing supply targets which should be confirmed as being the minimum […]
On the 10th July 2024, in accordance Section 20C(5)(a) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended), the Government published a draft of the first 6-year revision of the National Planning Framework (NPF) here. The Draft Revision focuses on updates to the NPF to reflect significant and sustained population growth observed since the publication […]
