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
Planning Regulator
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
Planning Bill to bring ‘greater clarity, consistency and certainty’
Bill aims to respond to population increase and reduce demand for judicial review, which will still be accessible, officials say
Council plan to build homes on Galway floodplain is blocked
Councillors voted to rezone the Headford Road site for residential use during final deliberations over Galway city’s development plan
Glenveagh will build fewer houses than expected this year due to planning ‘gridlock’
Revenues at homebuilder climbed 36% last year to €649m
Planning Bill row: Greens to seek changes to proposed judicial review curbs
Green Party unhappy with parts of reform to planning process such as curbs on judicial reviews by residents’ associations
Dublin City Council defies planning regulator over build-to-rent rules
New development plan will restrict build-to-rent schemes to 40 per cent of a development
An Bord Pleanála to get interim board members in bid to overcome turmoil in planning system
Anxiety in Coalition over growing backlog of cases before planning body and recent board departures
Savills says ‘unrealistic’ National Planning Framework will entrench Dublin housing shortage
Savills Ireland researchers criticise basing report on ‘desired growth patterns is flawed because they are unlikely to come to fruition’
Development plans doomed to fail due to flawed data
Opinion: population projections on which zoning plans are based are out of date even before new five-year plans are agreed
Parts of report into An Bord Pleanála may have to be redacted, O’Brien says
Comments come as report in decisions made by planning body referred to DPP by Minister
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