Building a World-Class Planning Oversight Body (Strategy Statement 2019-2024)

The Office of the Planning Regulator was established to carry out 3 main functions:

• to independently assess all local authority and regional assembly forward planning including development plans, local area plans and regional spatial and economic strategies
• to review the systems and procedures that are used by planning authorities and An Bord Pleanála
• to drive research, training, education and public information programmes

This strategy statement sets out the Office of the Planning Regulator’s high-level goals, actions and milestones in delivering its duties over a six-year period.