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The Irish Planning Institute has called on the Government to restructure local authority planning departments around the country and to ramp up recruitment as an immediate priority if planning delays are to be averted and the current opportunities for economic growth not missed.
The call was made following the publication of a national survey of the planning profession, the first since the height of the boom, which shows that the number of planners in local authorities has decreased by a third.
The conference was officially opened by Paudie Coffey TD, Minister for Housing, Planning and Co-ordination of the Construction 2020 Strategy who said that planning is not just about process.
"Planning is about outcomes, for people, for their places. We need to keep planning clear and simple in its aims, understandable in its language and supported by the wider public, which means listening to local communities and focusing on what planning does best. Building great quality places, both urban and rural that people enjoy living in, working in and enjoying leisure time."
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