National Planning Framework
Project Ireland 2040: National Planning Framework
The original framework, replaced by the 2025 revision. Development plans adopted before 2025 were made under it.
Government of Ireland · February 2018 · 182 pages
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- National Policy Objective 73b Planning authorities will use compulsory purchase powers to facilitate the delivery of enabling infrastructure to prioritised zoned lands, to accommodate planned growth. National Policy Objective 73c Planning authorities and infrastructure delivery agencies will focus on the timely delivery of enabling infrastructure to priority zoned lands in order to deliver planned growth and development. National Policy Objective 74 Secure the alignment of the National Planning Framework and the National Development Plan through delivery of the National Strategic Outcomes. Chapter 11: Assessing Environmental Impact National Policy Objective 75 Ensure that all plans, projects and activities requiring consent arising from the National Planning Framework are subject to the relevant environmental assessment requirements including SEA, EIA and AA as appropriate. 169Project Ireland 2040 | Building Ireland’s Future | National Planning Framework
- Appendix 2 Population and Employment in Urban Settlements in the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly area, Census of Population 2016 Settlement Name Population 2016 Resident Workers Total Jobs Jobs: Resident Workers Abbeyleix 1,770 645 501 0.777 An Uaimh (Navan) 30,173 12,190 8,970 0.736 Ardee 4,928 1,819 1,706 0.938 Arklow 13,163 4,804 3,040 0.633 Ashbourne 12,679 6,144 1,963 0.319 Athboy 2,445 970 489 0.504 Athlone 21,349 8,240 13,108 1.591 Athy 9,677 3,157 2,147 0.680 Balbriggan 21,722 8,362 3,436 0.411 Ballivor 1,809 647 155 0.240 Ballymahon 1,877 717 586 0.817 Balrothery 2,017 835 148 0.177 Baltinglass 2,137 776 629 0.811 Banagher 1,760 643 520 0.809 Birr 4,370 1,579 1,524 0.965 Blessington 5,520 2,407 1,125 0.467 Bray 32,600 13,835 8,763 0.633 Ceanannas Mar (Kells) 6,135 2,306 1,543 0.669 Celbridge 20,288 9,374 2,339 0.250 Clane 7,280 3,349 1,264 0.377 Clara 3,336 1,155 525 0.455 Clogherhead 2,145 860 150 0.174 Derrinturn 1,602 554 184 0.332 Donabate 7,443 3,418 732 0.214 Drogheda 40,956 16,108 12,361 0.767 Droichead Nua (Newbridge) 22,742 9,634 6,526 0.677 Dublin city and suburbs 1,173,179 524,019 512,449 0.978 Duleek 4,219 1,692 501 0.296 Dunboyne 7,272 3,294 1,211 0.368 Dundalk 39,004 14,178 14,163 0.999 Dunleer 1,822 751 822 1.095 Dunshaughlin 4,035 1,841 998 0.542 Edenderry 7,359 2,738 1,743 0.637 Enfield 3,239 1,423 469 0.330 Enniskerry 1,889 739 241 0.326 Greystones-Delgany 18,140 7,828 2,514 0.321 Kilcock 6,093 2,827 848 0.300 Kilcoole 4,239 1,843 946 0.513 Kilcullen 3,710 1,573 907 0.577 Kildare 8,634 3,520 2,166 0.615Project Ireland 2040 | Building Ireland’s Future | National Planning Framework 170
- Settlement Name Population 2016 Resident Workers Total Jobs Jobs: Resident Workers Kill 3,348 1,541 306 0.199 Kinnegad 2,745 1,019 398 0.391 Kinsealy-Drinan 6,643 3,576 652 0.182 Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington- Donacarney 11,872 4,712 772 0.164 Leixlip 15,504 7,166 5,825 0.813 Longford 10,008 3,165 5,050 1.596 Longwood 1,581 675 102 0.151 Lusk 7,786 3,469 570 0.164 Malahide 16,550 7,212 2,259 0.313 Maynooth 14,585 6,295 5,201 0.826 Meathas Truim (Edgeworthstown) 2,072 683 502 0.735 Moate 2,763 1,151 559 0.486 Monasterevan 4,246 1,582 956 0.604 Mountmellick 4,777 1,571 915 0.582 Mountrath 1,774 586 367 0.626 Mullingar 20,928 8,001 8,633 1.079 Naas 21,393 9,806 10,999 1.122 Newcastle 3,093 1,441 310 0.215 Newtownmountkennedy 2,835 1,178 916 0.778 Portarlington 8,368 3,103 1349 0.435 Portlaoise (formerly Maryborough) 22,050 8,438 8,410 0.997 Portmarnock 9,466 4,113 946 0.230 Prosperous 2,333 884 307 0.347 Rathangan 2,611 1,060 448 0.423 Rathcoole 4,351 2,027 897 0.443 Rathdrum 1,663 565 465 0.823 Rathnew 3,370 1,243 575 0.463 Ratoath 9,533 4,260 922 0.216 Rush 9,943 4,316 1,063 0.246 Saggart 3,133 1,579 308 0.195 Sallins 5,849 2,784 418 0.150 Skerries 10,043 4,175 1,433 0.343 Stamullen 3,361 1,497 425 0.284 Swords 39,248 19,531 15,338 0.785 Termonfeckin 1,579 629 204 0.324 Trim 9,194 3,733 2,500 0.670 Tullamore 14,607 5,549 8,259 1.488 Tullyallen 1,547 675 138 0.204 Wicklow 10,584 4,247 2,637 0.621 Settlement Totals/ Average Ratio 1,892,093 822031 706746 0.86 171Project Ireland 2040 | Building Ireland’s Future | National Planning Framework
- Population and Employment in Urban Settlements in the Northern and Western Regional Assembly area, Census of Population 2016 Settlement Name Population 2016 Resident Workers Total Jobs Jobs: Resident Workers Athenry 4,445 1,891 1,450 0.767 Bailieborough 2,683 886 715 0.807 Ballaghaderreen 1,808 576 807 1.401 Ballina 10,171 3,534 4,810 1.361 Ballinasloe 6,662 2,205 3,045 1.381 Ballinrobe 2,786 1,112 1,077 0.969 Ballybofey-Stranorlar 4,852 1,530 1,878 1.227 Ballyhaunis 2,366 840 1,226 1.460 Ballyjamesduff 2,661 975 453 0.465 Ballymote 1,549 545 508 0.932 Ballyshannon 2,299 787 875 1.112 Bearna 1,998 859 388 0.452 Boyle 2,568 819 1,049 1.281 Buncrana 6,785 2,327 1,988 0.854 Bundoran 1,963 723 588 0.813 Carndonagh 2,471 791 1062 1.343 Carrickmacross 5,032 2,076 1,962 0.945 Carrick-On-Shannon 4,062 1701 2,868 1.686 Castlebar 12,068 4,710 9,045 1.920 Castleblayney 3,607 1,352 1,502 1.111 Castlerea 1,992 674 918 1.362 Cavan 10,914 3,913 5,432 1.388 Claremorris 3,687 1,558 1,411 0.906 Clifden 1,597 594 856 1.441 Clones 1,680 558 415 0.744 Collooney 1,610 671 672 1.001 Cootehill 1,853 700 902 1.289 Donegal 2,618 996 1673 1.680 Galway city and suburbs 79,934 34,085 44,376 1.302 Gort 2,994 1,212 1,127 0.930 Kingscourt 2,499 999 602 0.603 Letterkenny 19,274 7,669 11,395 1.486 Lifford 1,626 453 766 1.691 Loughrea 5,556 2,295 2,225 0.969 Maigh Cuilinn 1,704 751 398 0.530 Monaghan 7,678 3,208 3,715 1.158 Oranmore 4,990 2,591 1,134 0.438 Roscommon 5,876 2,210 3,917 1.772 Sligo 19,199 6,876 13,024 1.894 Strandhill 1,753 793 281 0.354 Tuam 8,767 3,270 3,700 1.131 Tubbercurry 1,986 692 627 0.906 Virginia 2,648 1,066 640 0.600 Westport 6,198 2,515 4,142 1.647 Settlement Totals/ Average Ratio 281,469 110,588 141,644 1.13Project I reland 2040 | Building Ireland’s Future | National Planning Framework 172
- Population and Employment in Urban Settlements in the Southern Regional Assembly area, Census of Population 2016 Settlement Name Population 2016 Resident Workers Total Jobs Jobs: Resident Workers Abbeyfeale 2,023 673 1,354 2.012 Annacotty 2,930 1,385 846 0.611 Ballina 2,632 1,126 311 0.276 Bandon 6,957 2,868 2,334 0.814 Bantry 2,722 1,005 1,748 1.739 Blarney 2,539 1,039 672 0.647 Bunclody-Carrickduff 1,984 611 646 1.057 Cahir 3,593 1,457 1,219 0.837 Callan 2,475 963 889 0.923 Carlow 24,272 8,934 7,868 0.881 Carrick-on-Suir 5,771 1,935 1,217 0.629 Carrigaline 15,770 6,901 1849 0.268 Carrigtwohill 5,080 2,345 931 0.397 Cashel 4,422 1,670 1,818 1.089 Castlebridge-Blackwater 1,840 748 190 0.254 Castlecomer-Donaguile 1,502 506 424 0.838 Castleconnell 2,107 824 246 0.299 Castleisland 2,486 938 1,351 1.440 Castlemartyr 1,600 669 303 0.453 Clonakilty 4,592 1,840 2,376 1.291 Clonmel 17,140 6,520 7,036 1.079 Cloyne 1,803 742 136 0.183 Cobh 12,800 5,098 1,432 0.281 Cork city and suburbs 208,669 87,354 102,139 1.169 Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel- Ardamine 3,591 1,154 310 0.269 Crosshaven-Churchbay 2,577 1,067 321 0.301 Dingle-Daingean UÃ Chuis 2,050 829 1,313 1.584 Dungarvan 9,227 3,365 3,267 0.971 Dunmanway 1,655 622 758 1.219 Dunmore East 1,808 716 267 0.373 Ennis 25,276 10,373 10,172 0.981 Enniscorthy 11,381 3,725 4,140 1.111 Fermoy 6,585 2,617 2,168 0.828 Fethard 1,545 526 481 0.914 Gorey 9,822 3,648 3,529 0.967 Kanturk 2,350 937 829 0.885 Kenmare 2,376 917 1,003 1.094 Kilkenny 26,512 10,952 13,738 1.254 Killarney 14,504 5,698 7,108 1.247 Killorglin 2,199 922 2,038 2.210 Kilmallock 1,668 537 722 1.345 Kilrush 2,719 802 1,198 1.494 Kinsale 5,281 2,140 1,737 0.812 Limerick city and suburbs 94,192 35,404 44,625 1.260 173Project Ireland 2040 | Building Ireland’s Future | National Planning Framework
- Settlement Name Population 2016 Resident Workers Total Jobs Jobs: Resident Workers Listowel 4,820 1,581 2,030 1.284 Macroom 3,765 1,569 1,548 0.987 Mallow 12,459 4,760 3,775 0.793 Midleton 12,496 5,194 3,871 0.745 Millstreet 1,555 682 601 0.881 Mitchelstown 3,740 1412 1,480 1.048 Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) 2,837 1,010 1,481 1.466 Nenagh 8,968 3,466 4,357 1.257 New Ross 8,040 2,915 3,125 1.072 Newcastle West 6,619 2611 2,413 0.924 Newmarket-On-Fergus 1,784 804 207 0.257 Newport 1,995 772 331 0.429 Passage West 5,843 2,504 446 0.178 Portlaw 1,742 625 148 0.237 Rathcormac 1,762 795 129 0.162 Rathdrum 1,663 565 465 0.823 Rathluirc (Charleville) 3,919 1,464 2,249 1.536 Roscrea 5,446 1,965 1,798 0.915 Rosslare 1,620 457 354 0.775 Shannon 9,729 4,132 4,484 1.085 Sixmilebridge 2,625 1,168 226 0.193 Skibbereen 2,778 1,058 1,580 1.493 Templemore 1,939 681 1,094 1.606 Thomastown 2445 928 633 0.682 Thurles 7,940 2,832 3,396 1.199 Tipperary 4,979 1,603 2,110 1.316 Tower 3,421 1,472 296 0.201 Tralee 23,691 8,378 12,517 1.494 Tramore 10,381 3,885 1,628 0.419 Tullow 4,673 1,759 1,236 0.703 Waterford city and suburbs 53,504 20,298 24,375 1.201 Wexford 20,188 7,710 11,961 1.551 Youghal 7,963 2,718 1,768 0.650 Settlement Totals/ Average Ratio 812,356 318,875 337,171 1.06Project I reland 2040 | Building Ireland’s Future | National Planning Framework 174
- Appendix 3 A Methodology for a Tiered Approach to Land Zoning The National Planning Framework sets out a two-tier approach to land zoning as follows: Tier 1: Serviced Zoned Land This zoning comprises lands that are able to connect to existing development services, i.e. road and footpath access including public lighting, foul sewer drainage, surface water drainage and water supply, for which there is service capacity available, and can therefore accommodate new development. These lands will generally be positioned within the existing built-up footprint of a settlement or contiguous to existing developed lands. The location and geographical extent of such lands shall be determined by the planning authority at a settlement scale as an integral part of the plan-making process and shall include assessment of available development services. Inclusion in Tier 1 will generally require the lands to within the footprint of or spatially sequential within the identified settlement. Tier 2: Serviceable Zoned Land This zoning comprises lands that are not currently sufficiently serviced to support new development but have potential to become fully serviced within the life of the plan i.e. the lands are currently constrained due to the need to deliver some or all development services required to support new development, i.e. road or footpath access including lighting, foul sewer drainage, surface water drainage, water supply and/or additional service capacity. These lands may be positioned within the existing built-up footprint of a settlement, or contiguous to existing developed lands or to tier 1 zoned lands, where required to fulfil the spatially sequential approach to the location of the new development within the identified settlement. The potential for delivery of the required services and/or capacity to support new development must be identified and specific details provided by the planning authority at the time of publication of both the draft and final development or area plan. This infrastructural assessment must be aligned with the approved infrastructural investment programme(s) of the relevant delivery agency(ies), for example, Irish Water, or be based on a written commitment by the relevant delivery agency to provide the identified infrastructure within a specified timescale (i.e. within the lifetime of the plan). The planning authority may also commit to the delivery of the required and identified infrastructure in its own infrastructural investment programme (i.e. Budgeted Capital Programme) in order to support certain lands for zoning. The written infrastructural assessment of the planning authority must: a) include a reasonable estimate of the full cost of delivery of the required infrastructure to the identified zoned lands; b) Set out (a) above at both the draft plan and final plan stages of the plan making process. Current development or area plans may include zoned lands that cannot be serviced during the life of a development or area plan by reference to the infrastructural assessment of the planning authority. This means that they cannot be categorised as either Tier 1 lands or Tier 2 lands per the above and therefore are not developable within the plan period. Such lands should not be zoned for development or included within a development plan core strategy for calculation purposes. Further guidance will be provided in updated Statutory Guidelines that will be issued under s.28 of the Planning & Development Act, 2000 (as amended). 175Project Ireland 2040 | Building Ireland’s Future | National Planning Framework
- Appendix 4 References 1 See section 2.3 for more detail. 2 At 12.8 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per capita in 2013, Ireland’s emissions were 45% higher than the EU average of 8.8 tonnes. Source: CSO Environmental Indicators Ireland, 2016. 3 The Government decided to review the National Spatial Strategy (NSS) in 2013 and asked an Expert Group, comprising Sean Dorgan - former CEO of the IDA, Dr. Berna Grist, former member of An Bord Pleanala and Professor of Planning at UCD and Jim Mackinnon CBE - former Chief Planner for Scotland, to offer views on how the revised Strategy might be approached. 4 IMF, 2016 and World Bank, 2016. 5 UN, 2016. 6 UN, 2016. 7 IBM’s Global Locations Trends Report, 2012-2015. 8 Economist Intelligence Unit, 2013. 9 Environmental Performance Index, 2014. 10 Mercer Index, 2017. 11 Prospects for Irish Regions and Counties: Scenarios and Implications, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), December 2017. 12 Prospects for Irish Regions and Counties: Scenarios and Implications, ESRI, December 2017. 13 The Buchanan Report, Regional Development in Ireland, 1968, used 1966 data to project to 1986 and the National Spatial Strategy, 2002, used a combination of 1996 and 2002 data to project to 2015 and 2020. 14 For comparison purposes, the population of Ireland increased by 1.2 million people between 1991 and 2016. 15 The five cities and their suburbs as defined by the CSO in the Census of Population. 16 See, for example, Design Perth, Property Council of Australia, 2016 and Analysis of Public Policies that Unintentionally Encourage and Subsidise Urban Sprawl, Victoria Transport Policy Institute/LSE Cities, 2015. 17 This means within the existing built-up footprint of all sizes of urban settlement, as defined by the CSO in line with UN criteria i.e. having a minimum of 50 occupied dwellings, with a maximum distance between any dwelling and the building closest to it of 100 metres, and where there is evidence of an urban centre (shop, school etc.). 18 On the basis of National Policy Objective 2a, this effectively targets 25% of all new homes nationally within the five cities and their suburbs as defined by the CSO in the Census of Population. 19 On the basis of National Policy Objective 2a, this effectively targets 15% of all new homes nationally. Individual or scheme homes delivered outside the CSO defined urban settlement boundary are classed as greenfield. 20 Figures generally rounded to nearest 5,000. For more detail, see targeted growth rates set out on Table 4.1 below. 21 Appendix 2 identifies population and jobs in all urban settlements in Ireland as defined by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), using data from the Census of Population 2016, and broken down by Regional Assembly area. 22 A ratio of 1.0 means that there is one job for every resident worker in a settlement and indicates a balance, although not a match, as some resident workers will be employed elsewhere and vice-versa. Ratios of more than 1.0 indicate a net in-flow of workers and of less than 1.0, a net out-flow. The extent to which the ratio is greater or less than 1.0, is also generally indicative of the extent to which a town has a wider area service and employment role, rather than as a commuter settlement. 23 The Census of Population indicates that smaller towns and villages (1,500-10,000 population) experienced less than half the national average rate of population growth between 2011 and 2016. Those with more than 5,000 people had a combined net loss of population during that time, when the national population grew by almost 4%.Project Ireland 2040 | Building Ireland’s Future | National Planning Framework 176
- 24 For comparison purposes, the rate of population growth in Dublin City and suburbs was just under three-quarters of the national average between 1996 and 2016. 25 The rate of population growth in Cork City and suburbs was just over half of the national average between 1996 and 2016. 26 The rate of population growth in both Limerick City and suburbs together with Shannon and in Waterford City and suburbs, was around two-thirds of the national average between 1996 and 2016. Of the five cities, only Galway City and suburbs experienced above average population growth during 1996-2016, just over one-quarter (26%) more than the national rate. 27 City population growth targets are at the minimum point of the range and are rounded to the nearest 1,000. 28 The standardised EU/OECD definition of a city region is the commuter catchment from which at least 15% of the relevant city area workforce is drawn. This will vary from Census to Census, but has been expanding in recent years. 29 The term ‘Gaeltacht’ is used to denote those areas in Ireland where the Irish language is, or was until the recent past, the main spoken language of a substantial number of the local population. 30 343,792 people in Census 2016. 31 1,773,408 people in Census 2016. 32 Detailed in Chapter 10. 33 For guidance, this Framework describes large towns and employment centres as towns with a population of more than 10,000 people or more than 2,500 jobs (see also Appendix 2). 34 The standardised EU/OECD definition of a city region is where 15% of the workforce is employed in the principal city area. When this is mapped, it defines a city region commuting catchment, or functional area. 35 International Dark Sky Association. 36 CSO, Census 2011 (CD523). 37 Higher Education Authority. 38 Sometimes referred to as ‘Intermediate Rent’ or ‘Mid-Market Rent’. 39 The implementation of the mitigation measures for the OREDP should be reviewed to determine status and effectiveness to inform any successor plans. 40 The British Irish Council (BIC) was established as part of The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement of 1998 (Strand Three) to promote the harmonious and mutually beneficial development of the totality of relationships among the peoples of these islands. BIC comprising the governments of the United Kingdom and Ireland, the devolved governments of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the Crown Dependency governments of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey. 41 European State of the Environment Reports, European Environment Agency (EEA) and Ireland’s Environment Reports, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 42 In 2014, the Government adopted the National Policy Position on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development. 43 The Planning System and Flood Risk Management Planning Guidelines DEHLG 2009. 44 The Natura 2000 network is a network of sites under EU Habitats and Birds Directives. 45 Source: EPA, Ireland’s Environment - An Assessment 2016. 46 Source: Natural England. 47 93% of identified bathing areas in Ireland met the minimum EU standard, achieving at least “sufficient” water quality status (EPA, 2016). In addition, 83% met the “excellent” or “good” standards. 48 As set out in national enterprise policy – Enterprise 2025. 49 There are three waste regions in Ireland- Southern, Eastern-Midlands and Connacht- Ulster regions. Photo Credits: Bord Iascaigh Mhara McAuley Place South Dublin County Council Lough Boora Parklands Shannon Group PLC Luke Meyers Photography Festival Cluain Meala’ (Tipperary County Council - Corporate Plan 2015 -2019) ‘Energy in Agriculture’ 2016 at Gurteen College, Tipperary (Tipperary Energy Agency) View of Rock of Cashel (Danny Scully C/o Tipperary County Council ) 177Project Ireland 2040 | Building Ireland’s Future | National Planning Framework
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