Forward Planning

The Forward Planning section deals with the preparation of the planning policy documents, strategies and statutory/non-statutory land use plans for urban and rural areas across Waterford. These seek to deliver proper planning and sustainable development of the city and county, promote and facilitate the development of sustainable communities and enterprise, and ensure the protection of the natural and built heritage and amenity of the county, in a manner consistent with the vision and strategic outcomes underpinning the Waterford City and County Development Plan 2022 – 2028.

The main policy documents and spatial land use plans consist of the Development Plan and subsidiary Local Area Plans.

A socio-demographic indicator profile of Waterford City and County based on Census 2016 and interim data to 2020 was commissioned by the planning department to inform the new city and county development plan. The document was incorporated in Appendix 18 of the City and County Development Plan and can be accessed via the plan itself.