The regional planning committee advises the regional council on natural resources.

Statutory and voluntary agency members will be represented on the regional planning committee.

Following from its recommendations, regional planning committees and local area networks have been established throughout the country.

Dublin-based art collections should be "decentralised", new regional planning guidelines for the south-west will recommend.

Because the wetland was not indigenous, the lake could gain consent under regional planning rules, the council said.

This group deserves the highest praise for drawing attention to the key weakness of Irish urban and regional planning.

A study on use of the site by a regional planning group is expected to be released later on Wednesday.

The draft regional planning guidelines for the West region identify the creation of a western development corridor as a strategic goal.

Condemning Fianna Fáil for undermining the National Spatial Strategy (NSS) and failing to deliver on regional planning is old hat.

THE Minister for Enterprise and Employment, Mr Bruton, said yesterday there was a need for new thinking on the whole future of regional planning.

The government wants to amend the Resource Management Act so that regional planning processes have to be taken into account when applying for a WCO.

Her expansive experience in the areas of construction, property and town and regional planning has made her one of the most powerful women in Johannesburg.

The Construction Industry Federation has criticised regional planning guidelines, saying that they underestimate future demand for housing by up to 247,000.

Eleni Theodorakis, on the other hand, retired in 2008 from her job as an administrative assistant in a regional planning service, aged 55.

An independent study revealed housing is not being developed in line with the National Spatial Strategy and Regional Planning guidelines.

Local authorities that flout Government Regional Planning Guidelines launched yesterday will not face any sanction from the Department of the Environment.