Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 February 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Charlotte Sheridan:
I wish to come in on that. It is important that we can learn from Europe as well and the type of plans that they have prepared. We have looked at cities such as Freiburg, but we are all familiar with the Copenhagen plan, which is rooted in 1947. That gave an overall strategic vision of what that city would become and it has continued to inform it. Freiburg, for example, has its charter, which was a 20-year plan and they see that being implemented. Of course, with all those, there is the facility to see to what extent the outcomes are being achieved and that is important. We would be very happy to follow on with the mechanism they use to ensure that they have the public engagement and the elected representatives as well in that context.
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