Proposed Variation No.1 to the Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029

Pursuant to Section 58 of the Planning and Development Act 2024 (as amended), notice is hereby given that Leitrim County Council, proposing Variation No. 1 of the Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029. This proposed Variation arises from the publication of the National Planning Framework (NPF) First Revision and the National Planning Framework Implementation: Housing Growth Requirements Guidelines for Planning Authorities issued under Section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended). The proposed Variation also responds to other recent changes in national planning policy including the publication of the following Section 28 Guidelines:

• Planning Design Standards for Apartments, Guidelines for Planning Authorities, July 2025
• Sustainable Residential Development and Compact Settlement Guidelines, 2024

The proposed Variation includes amendments to the Written Statement (Volume I), Settlement Plans (Volume II) and the Book of Maps (Volume III) of the Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029.

The proposed Variation is accompanied by:

• a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Environmental Report (of the likely significant effects on the environment of implementing the proposed Variation) and associated Screening for SEA Determination, prepared in accordance SEA Directive (2001/42/EC) and pursuant to the European Union (Land Use Planning – SEA) Regulations 2025;
• a Screening for Appropriate Assessment (AA) Report, prepared in accordance with the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and Planning and Development Act 2024 (as amended), which concluded that the proposed Variation, individually or in combination with other plans or projects, is not likely to have a significant effect on a European site. Therefore, Stage 2 AA was determined as not been required; and
• a Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) prepared in accordance with ‘The Planning System and Flood Risk Management Guidelines (2009)’

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