Planners Meet in Limerick on National Development Plan
Monday, January 29, 2007
Key national and regional planning issues will be discussed when planners from around the country meet in Limerick next week.
Amongst the topics to be discussed will be:
• What are the implications of the new National Development Plan for the Mid West region?
• The Atlantic Corridor: the idea of combining the four gateway cities Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford in a network city that is large enough to compete with the Greater Dublin Area, will be discussed at the seminar.
• The seminar will specifically focus on the implications of the NDP for the Atlantic Corridor. Will it increase the likelihood of success?
• What are the implications of the NDP for the four cities that together make up the Atlantic Corridor?
The seminar will take place in the Clarion Hotel, Steamboat Quay, Limerick, on Thursday, February 1st and is open to non-members of the IPI.
It will feature a number of speakers, including Mr Niall Cussen, Senior Planning Adviser, Spatial Planning Unit, Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government; Dr Brian Callanan, Shannon Development and Project Manager, the Atlantic Gateways Initiative, and Mr Brian O’Connell, Managing Director, Wespark, Shannon, and Co-Founder, Atlantic Way.
The seminar – which will run from t 2-5pm – will look at how the new National Development Plan will impact on the National Spatial Strategy and also address implementing the Atlantic Corridor, particularly with private/public co-operation.
“The recently announced National Development Plan has significant implications for planning in Ireland and this seminar provides an occasion for an indepth look at its contents and what they mean for all of us”, said Mr Henk van der Kamp, President, Irish Planning Institute.