Clare town centre named as entry in this year's Irish Planning Award's
THE IRISH Planning Institute has announced 48 entries including one from Clare as part of this year's Irish Planning Awards.
The Shannon Town Centre master plan has been named as an entrant for this year’s awards under the Plan Making category.
The awards are set to return for the first time since 2020, with this year’s entries including organisations from the public and private sectors.
The Irish Planning Institute (IPI) is the all-island professional membership body for spatial planners.
The IPI aims to highlight innovation and excellence in Irish planning. The awards will be presented at a ceremony in Clontarf Castle, Dublin on Thursday, September 28.
The Irish Planning Awards acknowledges a diverse range of projects and plans taking place at county and regional levels in complex and dynamic environments.
Organisations and projects from Dublin, Kildare, Limerick, Cork, Antrim, Tipperary, Meath, Clare, Louth, Galway, Offaly and Donegal were submitted for this year’s awards. The IPI was pleased to receive 48 entries across seven categories, which include.
This year’s judging panel will comprise of Mary Mac Mahon MIPI (Irish Planning Institute President), Charlotte Sheridan MIPI (RIAI President), Paul Hogan FIPI (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage), Henk van der Kamp FIPI (Secretary General of the ECTP-CEU, the umbrella organisation for spatial planning institutes in Europe and past president of the IPI), Terry Prendergast MIPI (former board member of An Bord Pleanála) and John O'Hara MIPI (former Dublin City Council Planning Officer).
Mary Mac Mahon, President of the Irish Planning Institute said: “The Irish Planning Institute is delighted to host the Irish Planning Awards for the first time since 2020. We have received 48 entries which demonstrate how active our members have been, even through Covid and I look forward to judging the innovative planning projects submitted. The awards provide an excellent opportunity to promote the contribution of planning to society and highlight the positive work being carried out across the sector and the role of planning in delivering quality and sustainable development.
The Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage will be the main sponsor of this year’s awards with additional sponsors including Wave Dynamics Acoustic Consultants and Uisce Éireann.
The individual categories of Climate Action and Biodiversity and Research and Innovation will be sponsored by FuturEnergy Ireland and the Office of the Planning Regulator respectively.