The following is a list of recent examples where the Heritage Council has used its policy advice function to assist government in its policy formulation in a wide range of areas.
2025
Cork City Docklands (Variation 2 Cork City Development Plan Submission
Part 8 Housing Development, Lanesborough, Submission
Change of Use, Clones Submission
Residential Development, Abbeyfeale Submission
Grattan Street, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
48 O Connell Street, Clonmel application submission
Kellystown, Louth windfarm application submission
Doire an Chláir Nature Restoration application submission
Holiday Units, Caherdaniel, Kerry application submission
2024
Draft Portarlington LAP Submission
Kells Co Meath- ACA Development
Draft Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031 Submission
Draft Carrick on Shannon Joint Local Area Plan 2025-2031
St. Gobnaits Cemetery Expansion Submission
Bank of Ireland Re use Dungloe Submisssion
Draft Maynooth and Environs Joint LAP 2025-2031
Proposed Amendments to the Draft Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030
Draft Portlaoise Local Area Plan 2024 - 2030
PPC Eastmoreland Lane (Royal City of Dublin Hospital) Application Submission
Draft South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan for Offshore Renewable Energy (SC-DMAP)
Carrick on Suir LAP Issues Paper Submission
Material Alterations to the Donegal County Development Plan Submission
Kildallan, Westmeath Solar Farm Application
Boscabell, Tipperary Solar Farm Application
Brehony Bog, Tipperary Solar Farm Application
Tullow Local Area Plan
Tullamore Residential Led Mixed Use Development Application Submission
Arklow Town and Environs LAP Submission
Drogheda Joint LAP Submission
Westport House and Estate Planning Application Submission
Statement to ABP Oral Hearing on the Metrolink Railway Order Application
Muine Bheag-Royal Oak Local Area Plan 2024-2030 Issues Paper
Ballina Local Area Plan Submission
Roscommon Town Local Area Plan Submission
2023
2022
Dublin Street_Monaghan_HC Submission to An Bord Pleanála
A submission on built heritage planning policy to the department’s Planning Advisory Forum
Submission to the Minister on Local Area Plans
Ashbourne House, Glounthane Cork to ABP
Heuston South Quarter Phase 2 SHD Planning Application
Submission to ABP on a garden redevelopment in Cork adjacent to a protected structure
2021
Submission on the emerging Sligo County Development Plan 2023-2029
An SHD apartment scheme at Kilmainham, Dublin
Proposed windfarm at Kilranelagh, Co Wicklow
Proposed Celtic Interconnector Project – EirGrid and RTE (France)
Submission on the emerging Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Development Plan 2022-2028
Submission on the emerging Dublin City Development Plan 2022-2028
Phoenix Park – Transport & Mobility Options Study
Submission on the Tipperary County Development Plan 2022-2028 key issues paper
Proposed St Kevin's SHD, Cork City
2020
Heritage Council submission on proposed development in Greenore, Co Louth to Louth County Council
Heritage Council submission on proposed development in Athenry, Co Galway to Galway County Council
Heritage Council submission on Westmeath County Development Plan to Westmeath County Council
Submission on the Tipperary County Development Plan 2021-2028
Conducting Reviews Of Planning Performance – Stakeholder Consultation
2019
2017
Submission to the National Planning Framework PDF 2MB
Submission to the National Planning Framework PDF 2MB
Appendix: Seascapes and Seascapes Assessment- A Review of International Policy PDF 1MB