Helpline: Introduction to Retail Planning
RGDATA supports sustainable, plan led retail development, vibrant town centres, villages and communities and a diversity of shops that people can walk to.
RGDATA has been to the fore in advocating a planned approach to retail development in Ireland. You can see our planning policy here. Click here for updates on planning activities in your area.
RGDATA opposes unsustainable out of town development and our position is backed up by considerable international research. We have recently commissioned several reports on retail planning guidelines from economist Jim Power, McCabe Durney and Goodbody. You can find a comprehensive summary of the planning guidelines which you can download.
In this section you will also find a lot of practical advice such as how to make a planning applications or objections.
Click here to view Draft Retail Planning Guidelines
Click here to view RGDATA Retail Planning Guidelines Submission
Click on the image below to read our latest report, Local Heroes: A study of the economic, financial and social significance of the independent retail grocery sector.
Downloads
- RETAILPLANNINGGUIDELINESREPORT (1374.93kB PDF)
