Regional & Urban Planning

Commissioned by Dublin City Council and the Land Development Agency for a Part 10 Large-scale Residental Development planning application comprising over 1,000 social, affordable and cost rental housing units and supporting uses. KPMG Planning acted as lead planning consultant for Pre-Planning Consultation, Environmental Impact Assessment Report, Planning Application, and support to An Bord Pleanála's decision making process to Grant Permission. 

Commissioned by Dunnes Stores for the redevelopment of Crumlin Shopping Centre (under construction in 2026), a 16,000 sq.m. reimagining of the original Key Urban Village location, comprising a new retail anchor unit, smaller independent retail units, a food market, café, library, gym and other public facilities. KPMG Planning was responsible for all planning consultancy services, including Environmental Impact Assessment coordination and community/cultural infrastructure auditing, retail impact analytics, and more.

Commissioned by Finglas Regen Ltd. to prepare a Masterplan for the Jamestown Strategic Development Regeneration Area (SDRA). The Jamestown lands are situated immediately north of Finglas Village and are currently occupied by a range of low-density employment and industrial uses. KPMG Planning prepared an overarching planning scheme for the Jamestown area that informed Dublin City Council's pursuit of the rezoning of the overall land bank, and the subsequent Jamestown Masterplan for the area adopted as Variation 4 to the Dublin City Development Plan 2022-2028.

Commissioned by McHugh Property Holdings for a residential led LRD mixed use scheme of 170 apartments and duplex units, including a café, childcare facility and ancillary accommodation across seven urban blocks ranging from one to five storeys. KPMG Planning acted as lead planning consultant for Pre-Planning Consultation and Planning Application to Grant Permission.

Commissioned by Waterford City and County Council to assist in the preparation of a Local Area Plan (LAP) for the Ferrybank Belview area in Waterford City. KPMG Planning acted as the planning consultant providing all required analysis, research data, stakeholder and public consultation, and assessment of spatial economics, demographics, environment, heritage and transport to prepare a set of pre-draft, draft and final LAP documentation.

This strategy, which KPMG Planning prepared in collaboration with the Council and key stakeholders, is both ambitious and realistic. It provides clear guidance for how to develop tourism in the county over the next five years. This builds on our previous work delivering the innovative DLRCC Tourism Strategy and the Dún Laoghaire Spatial and Economic Study.