Co-operative housing view on the National Planning Framework

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[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white” css=”.vc_custom_1551863459368{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 32px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Co-operative Housing Ireland has made a submission to the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (DHPCLG) on the first stage of the development of a National Planning Framework. In the submission we propose:

A vision for Ireland in which everyone has access to adequate housing and is able to participate in the social, economic, and environmental development of the wider community
A coherent spatial policy that promotes both urban and rural environments, tackling vacancy rates in the building stock and addressing homelessness
A positive attitude to development demand and a more critical engagement with some aspects of agricultural land use
Embracing the potential of Dublin to provide more housing, jobs, and services for the benefit of the whole nation
A place-based approach to enhancing the intrinsic qualities of regional cities and promoting them as places to invest
A transformation in attitudes to inner urban areas as places to live, work, and spend leisure time
A focus on raising the standards of urban housing to make cities more attractive places for families to call home
A programme of research and development to raise standards of design for the built environment
Engaging with older people and smaller households to understand and respond to their housing aspirations
Supporting communities in rural towns to take a more active role in promoting local development
A national landscape strategy to protect and preserve the natural environment and to promote a richer range of activity in the countryside
New planning processes at the local and regional levels to promote community participation and co-operation
A long-term national housing strategy as part of the National Planning Framework that guides short-term investment choices
A review of the Part V approach to housing provision
A restructuring of provisions around Protected Structures to promote greater use of historic properties while conserving the built heritage
An investment approach at the local and national levels that aligns spending to planning objectives
Opportunities should be provided to communities to engage in finding productive uses for vacant and derelict sites and buildings
Robust governance and oversight mechanisms that engage communities in securing the delivery of the Framework’s objectives.

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