Ministers need to stop pointing out obstacles to delivery - and start tackling them
Constant headlines about housing schemes being struck down by councils, the planning board and the courts are chipping away at public confidence
Office of the Planning Regulator
Housing land dezoned in Dundalk despite regulator’s intervention
The site, owned by Glenveagh, had been earmarked for some 500 new homes
Planning regulator Niall Cussen: We can overcome the housing crisis, ‘if we put our minds to it’
At what he admits is a critical time for the State’s planning system, the OPR chief says we now have the resources, legislation and policies to meet our infrastructural and housing challenges
Planning regulator declines council invite to discuss build-to-rent orders
Niall Cussen concerned Dublin City Council meeting could spur requests from others
Nama clashes with Fingal council over lands with space for up to 7,000 new homes
‘Bad bank’ urges local authority to abandon moves to delay developing Dunsink lands
Regulator asked to explain opposition to build-to-rent restrictions
Office of the Planning Regulator to be called to meeting of Dublin City Council
Row over planned wind farm at Cork beauty spot Gougane Barra
Local objectors dismayed by permission for ‘domineering’ turbines in area
Minister orders reversal of Dalkey/Killiney housing ban
Restrictions on build-to-rent also removed from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown development plan
Councils must avoid ‘back of fag packet’ approach to zoning, says deputy planning regulator
Rate of housing construction on zoned land is ‘shocking’, Anne Marie O’Connor says
Is there ‘an industry’ in planning objections? Level of successful appeals suggests not
Planning decisions take ages but a move to tighten rules is sparking widespread fury
Zoning for Dalkey and Killiney rejected by planning regulator
Councillors in stand-off over draft plan for zero buildings on south Dublin Dart corridor
Cork council wins challenge to Minister’s direction over planning
Judge highlights misunderstanding in Minister’s approach to issue
Most councils not planning properly for Traveller housing – report
Just four of 31 local authorities include maps of Traveller accommodation sites in development plans
Complaints to State’s planning regulator double in 2020
Niall Cussen says local authority planning departments are seriously under-resourced
Cork County Council challenging Minister over development plan change
Allowance in plan for major retail outlet in Cork metropolitan area removed
Focus on low-density development must change, climate committee hears
Policy on emissions providing ‘aspirin when patient needs triple heart bypass’
No examinations of public complaints by new planning regulator
Approvals for apartments bypass houses for first time but urban sprawl concerns remain
Development around Naas has led to ‘weak town centre’ – watchdog
Kildare County Council called on to change plans for development near motorway
Independent regulator to oversee planning system is appointed
Niall Cussen’s appointment comes on foot of a recommendation of the Mahon Tribunal
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