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ARTICLE · 17 FEBRUARY 2026

RED III Planning Regulations – Half Year Review

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Just over 6 months ago, on 6 August 2025 the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage made the RED III Regulations (SI 274 of 2025) (the “RED III Regulations”) to transpose in part the Renewable Energy Directive III (“RED III”) into Irish law.

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Just over 6 months ago, on 6 August 2025 the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage made the RED III Regulations (SI 274 of 2025) (the “RED III Regulations”) to transpose in part the Renewable Energy Directive III (“RED III”) into Irish law. Among other things, the RED III Regulations aim to simplify and accelerate permitting processes for renewable energy projects.

They are complex and have already been amended twice since their publication (SI 426/2025 and SI 435/2025). The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has also already issued five planning circulars providing guidance to planning authorities in relation to the RED III Regulations1, the most recent being CEPP 1/2026  published on 16 January 2026.  Other guidance documents include An Coimisiún Pleanála’s RED III guides for planning authorities and prospective applicants, and the Department’s RED III Further Information document.

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