Six members of Irish Planning Institute's ruling council resigned amid controversies
Much of the controversy at the IPI arose over internal differences about the controversial Strategic Housing Development (SHD) policy introduced by the Government in 2018 and discontinued following major problems at the end of 2021. File picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
Six of the 12-member ruling council of the Irish Planning Institute (IPI) have resigned in recent months in protest at the direction the institute is going following a series of damaging controversies, the has learned.
The IPI is the representative body for planners and has an influential role in devising and implementing planning policy for housing and all infrastructure in the country.
