The Irish Wind EnergyAssociation has published a revised version of its ‘Best Practice Guidelines for the Irish Wind Energy Industry’. The […]

The Department has published Draft Local Area Plan Guidelines on which members of the public can comment until the 27th […]

The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government has published new Retail Planning Guidelines and an accompanying Retail Design Manual. The convenience retail floorspace caps remain as published in the Draft Guidelines in November 2011 in light of a general acceptance as to the need for caps, however the consultation draft was revised to more clearly state that the scale of retail provision across cities and towns must align with the settlement policies of relevant development plans and local plans. […]