The Irish Times view on planning and floods: preparing for the worst
The precautionary principle must prevail where any credible risk exist
Office of the Planning Regulator
Flood risk: Why did regulator have to ask minister to block zoning for housing 30 times since 2019?
Cases show tensions between advisers and councillors over building on land that is at risk of flooding
Councillors tried to zone 288 flood-prone sites for development in past six years
Planning regulator intervened 93 times to stop zoning on sites in nine counties, with more interventions still under way
New legal fees model could slash State’s bill in environmental cases
Proposed fees model would mean big savings for State in environmental judicial reviews, report suggests
Who decides what the common good is in Ireland? The uncommonly privileged, that’s who
For most people, reality is a constant battle, but our masters of the universe are seldom spotted entertaining everyday hassles
Here is everything that is wrong in Ireland’s planning system in one project
Delays caused by a judicial review of the vital Greater Dublin Drainage scheme are just the latest example of dysfunctional planning
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
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
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