The National Spatial Strategy: Lessons for implementing a National Planning Framework

Ó’Riordáin Sean and Egeraat Chris van
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Ó’Riordáin Sean: Chairman, Public Policy Advisors Network Chris van Egeraat Department of Geography, Maynooth University, Ireland
Egeraat Chris van: Department of Geography, Maynooth University, Ireland

Administration, 2016, vol. 64, issue 3-4, 5-21

Abstract: The Irish Government is in the process of developing a National Planning Framework (NPF). This will replace the National Spatial Strategy for Ireland 2002-2020 (NSS). The NSS is generally considered to have been unsuccessful, mainly due to a lack of implementation driven by shortcomings in governance. This paper explores these shortcomings, and suggests ways to prevent similar difficulties with the NPF. The paper concludes that the political process needs to be at the heart of the preparation and adoption of the NPF. There is the danger that the NPF will fail if the political environment remains embedded in traditional approaches to planning across the state.

Keywords: National Planning Framework; local government; National Spatial Strategy reform; institutional structures; Ireland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1515/admin-2016-0022

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