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Pages
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National
18
framework and guidelines
Council documents
100
from 26 councils

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Each document is the publisher’s own PDF, read page by page; the PDF itself is not kept here, and every page links back to it. Page numbers are the PDF’s (its first page is 1), which can differ from the number printed on the page. Tables, maps and drawings do not survive as text, so always check the original before relying on a passage.

Source Government of Ireland; Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and its predecessors; the three regional assemblies; the councils · Licence each publisher's terms; PPI claims no rights in these documentsA page of a guideline or plan is not planning advice. The council’s current plan and the Department’s current guidance are the authority.

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