Planning Regulator
Top Government adviser calls for roll-back on ‘gold-plated’ environmental law
Laws exempting key projects from national climate goals should be followed by moves to curtail environmental screening, says taskforce chief
TDs defend infrastructure report over suggestion document seeks actions already in motion
Committee on Infrastructure publishes document examining transport, energy and housing delivery
Next door’s landlord built a toilet attached to the side of our house. What can we do?
An appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanala was returned as a document was missing
Developer facing jail benefited from Minister’s planning ruling on same day as sentencing
Sligo developer Cathal O’Connor faces two years in prison for violent assault on three teenagers
Bigger extensions, dormers, subdivided homes, bike sheds: What planning changes are coming?
Proposals being made to shelve, or ease, requirements for a range of minor works
Cabinet to approve lifting of Dublin Airport’s 32m passenger cap
Minister for Infrastructure Jack Chambers to present rule changes in attempt to shorten approval process for critical projects
High Court action against legal fees cap expected
Minister for Environment wants to cap State legal payments to €65,805
Judicial reviews blocking vital infrastructure and housing to be restricted
In the absence of change, critical shortages of water and power likely within a few years, notes report
State agencies and departments to be encouraged to take risks in developing major projects
Infrastructural acceleration plan also promises to streamline visa process for construction workers coming to work here
Legal fees could be capped at €41,000 for standard judicial review cases
Move comes amid wider plans to stem legal actions that can hold up projects as part of accelerating infrastructure plan
Ranelagh’s latest MetroLink objection highlights bananas nature of hyper-minority rule
Ireland is moving from a democracy to ‘vetocracy’, where governance is paralysed because someone, somewhere holds a veto
Rotunda Hospital calls for review of planning process amid objections to new €100m critical care wing
Dublin Civil Trust argues proposed building would transform western side of Parnell Square ‘into a street’
Could we build Ardnacrusha now? Not a chance
We should not fall into the trap of thinking that everything is a disaster, but I am afraid something has gone badly wrong with the way the State is run
Irish councils lack ability to plan big cities, conference told
Current planning system ‘facilitates dereliction’, says Senator Michael McDowell
Complaint sent to regulator over An Bord Pleanála’s scrutiny of wind farm cases
Community & Environmental Protection Alliance claims HSE is precluded from reviewing developments that could affect public health
The ‘give it a lash’ attitude of developers is contributing to Dublin’s dereliction problem
Long delays, failed projects and a city centre blighted by derelict sites – maybe it’s time for more realistic planning applications
Dundrum apartments decision a symptom of broken planning system
If compact living is really the goal of national policy, then Ireland really needs to get a lot better at this. Our planning system rarely acts in the interests of renters
Planning Bill criticised as being like ‘tablets of 10 commandments descending from Mount Sinai’
Senator describes 747-page Bill as ‘telephone directory’ and a ‘massive supertanker coming to dock in a very small port’
How should Ireland’s planning system be reformed?
The Planning and Development Bill 2023, which was voted through the Dáil last week, is intended to streamline the planning process. But critics say Ireland’s planning system needs more imaginative reform
The Debate: Could industrial estates offer a solution to the housing crisis?
We need more homes and land on which to build them. Rezoning of industrial terrain may be part of the solution as long as we can avoid windfall gains for some while maximising building height
A year of change – fast and slow – in unblocking the legal logjam in planning
A new High Court division aims to improve efficiency, reduce costs and lead to the speedier resolution of challenges
Michael McDowell: Right-to-housing referendum would not lay a single brick
Enshrining the right to housing in the Constitution won’t make the executive suddenly able to solve the housing crisis - all it will do is enrich the legal profession
Developers join forces to oppose proposed 97% hike in Cherrywood council contributions
Group including Cairn Homes and Johnny Ronan’s RGRE say levy would amount to €37,820 per new home in Cherrywood area
How to reform the Irish planning system in three steps
Eight years ago, I led a review which concluded that An Bord Pleanála was working with “integrity and professionalism”. Not any more
Greystones planning decision has national implications, say home builders
Refusal based on population targets could ban new housing permissions until 2028
How haphazard development made Galway the most choked city in Ireland
German architect’s description of city as looking like ‘mouth full of broken teeth’ sparks debate about planning
Missionary nun urges Wicklow County Council to refuse plan for lands near Magheramore beach
Boutique holiday resort and surf school are being proposed
Property developers ‘intimidating’ residents’ groups over planning, committee hears
Locals threatened with defamation action and legal costs, housing committee told
Damien English’s planning error cost him his job but why has the council taken no action?
Questions remain over Meath County Council’s will or ability to tackle to tackle TD over his 2008 application
Niall Collins insists planning permission was properly granted
unior minister does not address issue of residence at time of application in personal statement to Dáil
Councillors to urge Oireachtas not to ‘diminish democracy’ in new planning Bill
Bill could erode local authority powers, councillors’ representative body will tell Oireachtas housing committee
An Bord Pleanála’s 15-person board down to six members
Between 700 and 800 planning decisions delayed due to lack of board members
An Bord Pleanála and planning regulator caution against fines for delayed decisions
Draft planning Bill includes penalties for failing to meet planning decision deadlines
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