If we learnt anything from the so-called Celtic Tiger era, it was that our future does not lie in our people living in one location, and commuting up to 100km away to work, juggling work and family lives and losing the battle to strike a reasonable balance. With less than 1,000 properties available for rent in Dublin and similar low levels in all our other cities, there is not just under-supply, but a gaping hole in the supply of affordable accommodation (and rental accommodation in particular) in the heart of our cities. Turning that tide means we simply have to deliver more apartments in our cities. On Tuesday 26th September the Government published our final consultation draft of the new National Planning Framework Ireland 2040–Our Plan. a lost decade, we can once again set out a vision for what our country should and could look like in the years ahead. Yes we have an immediate housing crisis to face. If we to plan, even for just a moment, we can tackle that crisis but also secure the sustainable development of our country and our communities in to 2040 and beyond. We have to think in decades if one crisis isn’t to simply roll in to another. Over the next number of weeks, the public, including your Institute and its members, will have a chance to make their views known, helping Government finalise the NPF document by the end of this year. Finalisation of the National Planning Framework will coincide with the development of a 10-year Capital Investment Plan, ensuring alignment between planning and investment. Once the Framework and its capital investment are in place, Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies will develop more detailed policies and proposals at regional level. And this work has already begun. So this time, we know it’s real, and not just a false dawn. What does the NPF say to us?
If we learnt anything from the so-called Celtic Tiger era, it was that our future does not lie in our people living in one location, and commuting up to 100km away to work, juggling work and family lives and losing the battle to strike a reasonable balance. With less than 1,000 properties available for rent in Dublin and similar low levels in all our other cities, there is not just under-supply, but a gaping hole in the supply of affordable accommodation (and rental accommodation in particular) in the heart of our cities. Turning that tide means we simply have to deliver more apartments in our cities. On Tuesday 26th September the Government published our final consultation draft of the new National Planning Framework Ireland 2040–Our Plan. a lost decade, we can once again set out a vision for what our country should and could look like in the years ahead. Yes we have an immediate housing crisis to face. If we to plan, even for just a moment, we can tackle that crisis but also secure the sustainable development of our country and our communities in to 2040 and beyond. We have to think in decades if one crisis isn’t to simply roll in to another. Over the next number of weeks, the public, including your Institute and its members, will have a chance to make their views known, helping Government finalise the NPF document by the end of this year. Finalisation of the National Planning Framework will coincide with the development of a 10-year Capital Investment Plan, ensuring alignment between planning and investment. Once the Framework and its capital investment are in place, Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies will develop more detailed policies and proposals at regional level. And this work has already begun. So this time, we know it’s real, and not just a false dawn. What does the NPF say to us?
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