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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
The Irish Planning Institute (IPI) today (Tue) welcomed the emphasis in the new National Development Plan (NDP) on the delivery of the National Spatial Strategy and also the attempts to reduce the problem of “infrastructure deficit”. Read more...
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
The preferred locations for major infrastructure projects – such as roads and incinerators – should be indicated in City and County Development Plans so that the public have advance notice of where they are to go, the President of the Irish Planning Institute, Mr Henk van der Kamp, said today (Tues). Read more...
Monday, October 16, 2006
Professional planners employed by local authorities around the country are not to blame for problems which arise from developments on land rezoned against official advice, according to the President of the Irish Planning Institute (IPI), Mr Henk van der Kamp. Read more...
Sunday, October 08, 2006
The traditional Irish village is under threat because of suburban-type house styles being introduced, the country’s planners have warned. Read more...
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Local authorities should encourage better design for new houses in the country rather than the present “one size fits all” styles, according to the President of the Irish Planning Institute, Mr Henk van der Kamp. Read more...
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
The Irish Planning Institute (IPI), which represents professional planners working in the public and private sectors in Ireland, has responded to the recent “knee-jerk” media reaction to the release of planning statistics. The recent headlines in the Sunday and Irish Independent (3rd and 4th of July) referred to a recent decline in the number of planning permissions granted in 2005. Read more...
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
The IPI has expressed concern that key principles of our planning system could be undermined by the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 which is now before the Oireachtas. Read more...
Thursday, April 27, 2006
The National Spatial Strategy is in need of urgent review because of the country’s continuing population growth and the pressures of rapid economic development, the President of the Irish Planning Institute (IPI), Mr Henk van der Kamp, told the Institute’s annual conference in Sligo yesterday (Thur). Read more...
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