Spotlight on unfinished estates

New directions for physical planning of the built environment post-Mahon Report, along with the future of the country’s ghost and unfinished estates, will come under a planners’ spotlight at month’s end.

They’ll be the strong twin themes at the National Planning Conference in Kilkenny, Apr 26 and 27.

It’s being billed as one of the most important events for several years, with long-term and strategic implications, and especially given the sharp focus on the country’s planning legacy — and the lack of it.