Transcript National Planning Framework

Ireland 2040
National Planning Framework (NPF)
Department of Housing, Planning, Community
and Local Government
Joint Oireachtas Committee, 09.11.16
Introduction
The National Planning Framework
(NPF) will be the successor to the
2002 National Spatial Strategy (NSS)
and spatial aspect of Government
policy
Horizon: 2040
Concise High-level, strategic
document
Developed in parallel with 3x Regional
Spatial and Economic Strategies by the
new Regional Assemblies
NPF+RSES will be a strong basis for
more joined-up policies and therefore
more effective planning, investment
and decision-making
Opportunity & Challenges
 What should Ireland look like by 2040 bearing in mind that over the
next 20+ years we must plan for nearly 1m extra people, .5m extra
homes and over 2.2m jobs?
 Current trends unsustainable – location of employment is
concentrating yet housing dispersing, population ageing, challenges
public infrastructure and service delivery, ensuring quality of life and
international environmental quality objectives (zero-carbon by 2050)
 NPF essential to ensure sustainable development as highlighted in
Programme for Government, Action Plan for Housing, Planning Policy
Statement
 To work, NPF must be backed by wider policy alignment of
investment, planning, economic development and environmental
strategies
 NPF to have statutory backing under Planning and Development
(Amendment) Bill 2016 and must comply with EU Environmental
Directives (Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitats)
National
NPF
Regional
Spatial and Economic
Strategy
City and County
Development Plans
Local Economic and
Community Plans
Local Area Plans/
Area Based Local Development
Detailed Proposals
Strategic Objectives
Planning Policy Hierarchy, Ireland 2016
Experience & Ambition
 NSS offers invaluable learning experience previous expert advisory
group report 2014 recommended a more strategic and spatial
development focused approach and dealing with “hard choices”
 Prelim Census 2016 – growth is increasingly happening outside our
key cities and towns, tendency towards increasing vacancy within
urbans and tendency for development rather than plan-led
infrastructure provision and sprawl outside cities and towns
 NPF must be different:
 Whole of Oireachtas and rolling Government buy-in
 Harness each region’s differing potential and avoiding
‘winners’ and ‘losers’ while also not treating all regions or
settlements in the same way
 Ireland 2040/NPF must, through an evidence-base, establish a
place-making vision that people will understand as a “plan” that
they see as realistic, responsive to their needs and adaptable over
time
Key Areas of NPF Work Programme
1)
Project
Governance
2)
Communication
& Consultation
3)
Framework
Development
4)
Environmental
Assessment
Governance and Oversight
Oireachtas
Consultations
Government
Minister for Housing,
Planning, Community and
Local Government
NPF Cross Departmental
Steering Group
NPF Advisory Group
NPF Team
Working Groups
Demographic and
Econometric Group
Environmental
Group
Regional Assemblies
Group
Additional working groups may be formed as the project progresses
DHPCLG Working
Group
Communication & Consultation
Initial High-Level Engagement (July)
Local Authorities and a range of other infrastructure, economy, society and
environmental stakeholders
Pre-Draft Consultation (Jan 2017)
National campaign, supported by website
and ‘issues and options’ position paper
• Posing key questions, scenarios, options
• Local engagement and inputs
Draft NPF Consultation (Q1/Q2 2017)
To enable submissions on the Draft NPF prior
to final drafting and decision-making stages
10 Key Questions
1. What should Ireland look like in 20 years?
2. How do we ensure that every place can realise its potential?
3. Where will jobs be located and what kind of jobs will they be?
4. Where will we live and what types of housing will be needed?
5. What are the key services that people will need?
6. Where will Ireland fit in a wider (geographical) context?
7. What are the planning responses to key environmental challenges?
8. What infrastructure is required – what are the national priorities?
9. How should a National Planning Framework be implemented?
10.What will success look like?
Framework Development
Influences
Stakeholder and public ideas
Good examples from other
administrations (Scottish NPF
adopted by Scottish Parliament)
ESRI working with DHPCLG on
 Demographic and Econometric
modelling and projections
 Development and testing of
alternative scenarios
Expert environmental assessments
underway
AIRO (NUIM) spatial data/mapping
Strategic Issues and Policy Choices
Do we follow ‘Business as Usual’ or Influence a new pattern?
1:
Planning for People - Society and Quality of Life
2:
A Place-Making Strategy
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A Vision for our Capital, our Cities and Towns
Key strengths and opportunities for our Regions
A future for Rural Ireland
Ireland in an Island, European and Global Context
Realising opportunities for integrated land and marine
development
3:
Equipping Ireland for Future Development – Infrastructure,
coordination
4:
Making a virtue out of Ireland’s unique environment sustainability
5:
Implementation and Delivery – making sure NPF is driven
Environmental Assessment
Key Stages and Outputs
Stage 1:
Stage 2:
Stage 3:
Screening SEA & AA
SEA Alternatives
Final SEA Statement
Scoping workshop
SEA Env Report
SEA Scoping Report
AA Screening &/or NIS
Final NIS
Pre-draft SFRA
Draft SFRA
Management Plan
Final SFRA
Management Plan
Current Status:
Consultants (RPS) appointed to carry out the integration of environmental
considerations (SEA, AA & SFRA) into the NPF process
Project Timetable
 Finalising ‘Issues and Options’ paper and Communications Strategy
and would value JOC feedback throughout the process
 Pre-Draft Consultation – launch 10 January 2017, submissions to
end Feb
 Draft NPF for further consultation – Q2 2017
 Final draft for approval – Summer 2017
 Future update and review to align with availability of future Census
data – to commence in 2022
Contact Details
Dave Walsh, Assistant Secretary
Planning, Housing Market Policy and Land
Management Division
[email protected]
Niall Cussen, Principal Adviser (Planning)
[email protected]
Paul Hogan, NPF Project Manager/Senior Planning
Adviser
[email protected]
[email protected]