European Union (Planning and Development) (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2025 CEPP 1/2025
- From: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Published on: 26 August 2025
This circular notifies planning authorities, the Commission and other key stakeholders of the transposition of certain articles of the Renewable Energy Directive III (The Directive)1 into the planning code. The Directive is broad ranging and includes provisions that aim to speed up the permit granting process for renewable energy projects by providing mandatory permit granting timelines for various types of renewable energy projects, as well as provisions concerned with environmental protection Directives and how they are applied to certain renewable energy projects.
The European Union (Planning and Development) (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 274 of 2025) have given effect to articles 15e(5), 16, 16b, 16c(2), 16c(3), 16d, 16e and 16f of the Directive, by making amendments to the Planning and Development Act 2000 and the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025. Those amendments are discussed in detail at Appendix 1.
