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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

Superseded Replaced by National Planning Framework: First Revision. It is kept because plans made while it was in force refer to it.

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