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This briefing presents an overview of the planning policy role assigned to the five main city regions in the draft National Planning Framework Ireland 2040 Our Plan, and discusses the challenges likely to arise in implementing the objectives set for those cities.
This briefing presents an overview of the main policy objectives and implementation measures contained in the draft National Planning Framework. The objectives and measures are discussed in the light of experience in implementing the former National Spatial Strategy
With their remit for wellbeing, public health, and community development, local authorities have a central role to play in promoting age friendly communities. Such a remit is not easy at a period of austerity, yet three case studies from the UK and Ireland provide lessons as to how this might be done.
This article looks at the progress that has been made in regard to the City Deals in Scotland over the last two to three years, how the different deals compare with each other, some of the challenges that lie ahead, and what lessons Ireland can take from them.
Towns are vital to the wellbeing of millions of people across Europe, however, the voices of towns are often crowded out of the public policy arena. This briefing explores what might be done about it based on global Turnaround Towns successes.
This briefing will outline key elements garnered from the consultation process of the The Age Friendly Cities and Counties Programme, demonstrate examples of practical implementation, and present recommendations based on research conducted that can influence what Ireland will look like in 2040.
City Deals are now an established part of the local government landscape in Scotland, and in Ireland there is the beginning of a debate on the use of similar arrangements to underpin the implementation of the forthcoming National Planning Framework (NPF).
The NPF's Issues Paper, precursor of the draft NPF which will be published later in the year, is open for public consultation until mid-March. This Briefing sets the Issues Paper in context, outlines and assesses its contents, and describes where the NPF process goes from here.
The Government has just published a new national plan on rural development. Entitled 'Realising our Rural Potential: Action Plan for Rural Development', the Plan sets out some 270 actions with identified action owners across the public sector and over the three levels of government in the State.
The National Planning Framework Consultative Policy Statement will shortly be published by the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and is without doubt one of the most important policy statements any government in the history of the State has published.