Ireland's State of the Environment Report 2024

127 Chapter 5: Land Policy/strategy/ legislation Explicit conservation target (conserves or limits a land use) Explicit expansion target (will use more land) Possible consequential impact (the target is not explicit but could result in a land use change) BUILT LAND AND TRANSPORT EU Soil Strategy a (November 2021) No net land take b by 2050 A no net land take goal requires reducing soil sealing and reusing existing abandoned land for development N/A N/A Housing for All (September 2021) Introduce a new tax to activate vacant land for residential purposes and to replace the vacant site levy Increase supply of new housing, up to an average of at least 33,000 per year to 2030 State land bank to provide more land to the Land Development Agency to bring forward up to 15,000 homes and state to fund local authorities for land acquisition N/A Ireland’s National Energy and Climate Plan 2021–2030 (June 2020) Make growth less transport intensive through better planning, remote working and modal shift Expand the network of cycling paths and park and ride facilities N/A National Sustainable Mobility Policy 2022–2025 (April 2022) Support compact growth and transport-orientated development through better integrated land use and transport planning Deliver improved active travel infrastructure, expansion of regional bus and rail services and local bus networks, and improved connectivity between different transport modes N/A National Demand Strategy (2024) Includes examination of optimal use of space and integrated land use and transport planning N/A N/A 5-year local authority climate action plans Climate Action Plan 2024 encourages local authorities to consider road space reallocation in their 5-year climate action plans N/A N/A National Cycle Network and CycleConnects N/A N/A Roll-out of walking and cycling infrastructure