The Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 has went before Dáil Éireann.

The amended Planning and Development Bill has set out an intention to restrict the advertisement and operation of short-term letting without the necessary planning permission or planning exemption

Commenting on the Bill and discussing further concerns, Irish Planning Institute (IPI) President Mary Mac Mahon said: "There are some outstanding issues that urgently need to be addressed – such as our members' concerns about how existing Strategic Housing Development (SHD) permissions can be amended without entering the new Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) process.

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"In addition to this, there are concerns about the two-stage design process proposed and the level of detail which can be agreed post-consent while meeting environmental assessment requirements, which must be revisited in the overall planning reform package which is forthcoming.

"Finally, it is vital that we encourage, rather than reduce, public engagement and community involvement in all stages of the planning process and amendments to already complex planning law should always be evidence based. The IPI maintains that the most effective means of reducing the costs and delay often associated with Judicial Reviews on planning matters, is to establish a well-resourced court that specialises in planning matters, ideally a Planning and Environmental Court, or a division of the High Court."