Niall Cussen

Intent: Implementation of policy reflecting industry requirements on housing, infrastructure and commercial property

Details: PII Conference

Intent: Provide a general overview on the Irish residential construction industry and the broader housing market.

Details: General conversations with various DPOs (listed below) on the Irish residential construction industry and the broader housing market.

Intent: To highlight issues with the planning system as it pertains to renewable energy development, in the hope that this will result in a more seamless system

Details: Meeting with Niall Cussen, OPR, to discuss planning issues relating to renewable energy

Intent: Request for meeting with DPOs to present findings of ICF Report - “Essential Aggregates – An Evidence Based Assessment to inform Ireland’s Planning System”

Details: Launch of ICF Publication - “Essential Aggregates – An Evidence Based Assessment to inform Ireland’s Planning System”

Intent: Review of de-zoning proposal by the OPR as per their remit under Section 31 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, As Amended.

Details: Outline the proposed de-zoning of residential lands at Haggardstown, Dundalk co. Louth in Draft Dundalk LAP to OPR

Intent: Speeding up the planning system.::Implementation of the National Planning Framework and renewable energy targets as referenced in the NPF.

Details: Implementation of the National Planning Framework and renewable energy targets

Intent: Town Centre Balance - stop town centres hollowing out

Details: Government renovation grants, while addressing the housing crisis, are leading to the full conversion of town centre buildings—including ground floors—into residential units. This is accelerating the decline of commercial space in towns

Intent: Town Centre Balance - stop town centres hollowing out

Details: Government renovation grants, while addressing the housing crisis, are leading to the full conversion of town centre buildings—including ground floors—into residential units. This is accelerating the decline of commercial space in towns

Intent: RRDL hope to understand the roadblocks facing renewable development in Ireland and improve chances of receiving a positive planning decision on future planning applications, particularly on sites that do not currently have a favourable designation in the renewable energy strategy in their respective county development plans.

Details: Regnum Renewables Development Ltd (RRDL) are trying to understand the different ways in which a favourable planning decision can be achieved for proposed wind farm sites, that are not currently supported by the renewable energy strategy in the relevant county development plan.

Intent: We hope to understand the roadblocks facing renewable development in Ireland and improve our chances of receiving a positive planning decision on future planning applications, particularly on sites that do not currently have a favourable designation in the renewable energy strategy in their respective county development plans.

Details: Regnum Renewables are trying to understand the different ways in which a favourable planning decision can be achieved for our proposed wind farm sites, that are not currently supported by the renewable energy strategy in the relevant county development plan.