Planning
Planning Content
The Heritage Council is committed to working with individuals, heritage groups, local and national government, and other agencies and organisations, to ensure that the management of our national heritage.
Publications
This is the Planning publications section. Here you can find all publications, reports and presentations for this heritage area of interest.
PLANNING FEATURED PUBLICATION
Sandymount Village Design Statement
The [draft] Sandymount VDS is the second ‘pilot’ VDS project (urban ‘Pilot’) to be carried out under the Heritage Council’s new community-led Village Design Statement Programme II following the Ministerial launch of the Julianstown VDS (rural ‘Pilot’) in October 2010. As with Julianstown, the Sandymount VDS involves a robust collaborative and participative process, which seeks the active involvement of all residents and stakeholders. The draft VDS has been produced by a Steering Committee with support from Soltys Brewster Consulting and has been jointly funded by the Heritage Council and Dublin City Council.
Click here to download the Sandymount Village Design Statement [PDF 5.5MB]
Village Design Statements (VDS) in Ireland - The Way Forward?
Following the Heritage Council's announcement at its village design conference in Slane Castle in October 2008, to update and revise the National Village Design Programme, the Council has now published the findings of its consultation with key stakeholders including LEADER Groups and Tidy Towns Committees. The consultation will inform the preparation of a Draft 3 Year Action Plan 2010-2012 for the National
Village Design Programme II. The Village Design Questionnaire Analysis Report is available to download below.
Click here to download the VDS Questionnaire Analysis [PDF 8.3MB]
For further information on the National Village Design Programme II, please contact Alison Harvey, (Programme Manager) at aharvey@heritagecouncil.ie or on Tel 056 777 0777.
Enhancing Local Distinctiveness: Evaluation of Village Design Statements (VDSs) in Ireland
The remit for this study was to inform national policy on issues relating to the
conservation, enhancement and sustainable development of villages in Ireland. The stated aim was: “to examine the ways in which Village Design Statements have progressed and developed in Ireland, with particular emphasis on the involvement of the Heritage Council, Local Authorities / Local Authority Heritage Officers in VDS and the adoption of VDS as Supplementary Planning Guidance”.
Village Design Statements: The Way Forward?
The Heritage Councils Village Design Statement booklet outlines what makes a good village design statement and the benefits of producing one. The booklet also provides lessons learned from village design statements already produced in Ireland as well as lots of additional information of value.
National Evaluation of Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) in Ireland
The Heritage Council undertook a national evaluation of Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) in Ireland, including a review of current LCA practices in Europe, in 2006. The report indicated that 68% of planners, consultants and heritage officers surveyed had no formal training in undertaking Landscape Character Assessment. As a result of this study, the Heritage Council is currently designing the delivery of a Landscape Character Assessment CPD Module in partnership with the Irish Planning Institute, the Irish Landscape Institute and the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland.
The Role of the Heritage Council in the Planning Process
The statutory planning system has a major contribution to make to the conservation of the national heritage and to the evolution of a sustainable environment. It is the aim of the Heritage Council, through its role of proposing policy and priorities for the national heritage, to play its part in allowing the planning system to realise this potential.
To learn more about The Heritage Councils role in the Planning Process download The Role of the Heritage Council in the Planning Process [PDF 324KB]
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