Insights

OVERVIEW On the 15th of January 2024, the Minister published the ‘Sustainable and Compact Settlements Guidelines for Planning Authorities’, which replace the Sustainable Residential Development in Urban Areas Guidelines for Planning Authorities 2009. The Guidelines provide for different densities to respond to settlement size, greater flexibility in residential design standards, setting national standards that support […]

OVERVIEW On the 15th of August, following the request from the Minister for Housing, the Expert Group have completed their high level review  of the NPF. The purpose of the review is to guide and inform the preparation of an ‘Issues Paper’ relating to the first revision of  the NPF. The public consultation on the […]

OVERVIEW On the 31st of August 2023 the Minister published a draft of the ‘Sustainable and Compact Settlements Guidelines for Planning  Authorities’, (‘Draft Guidelines’) which will, when adopted, replace the Sustainable Residential Development in Urban Areas  Guidelines for Planning Authorities 2009.   The Draft Guidelines seek to provide greater flexibility in support of delivering a broader […]