Planning Regulator

Locals threatened with defamation action and legal costs, housing committee told

Questions remain over Meath County Council’s will or ability to tackle to tackle TD over his 2008 application

unior minister does not address issue of residence at time of application in personal statement to Dáil

Bill could erode local authority powers, councillors’ representative body will tell Oireachtas housing committee

Between 700 and 800 planning decisions delayed due to lack of board members

Draft planning Bill includes penalties for failing to meet planning decision deadlines

Bill aims to respond to population increase and reduce demand for judicial review, which will still be accessible, officials say

Councillors voted to rezone the Headford Road site for residential use during final deliberations over Galway city’s development plan

Revenues at homebuilder climbed 36% last year to €649m

Green Party unhappy with parts of reform to planning process such as curbs on judicial reviews by residents’ associations

New development plan will restrict build-to-rent schemes to 40 per cent of a development

Anxiety in Coalition over growing backlog of cases before planning body and recent board departures

Savills Ireland researchers criticise basing report on ‘desired growth patterns is flawed because they are unlikely to come to fruition’

Opinion: population projections on which zoning plans are based are out of date even before new five-year plans are agreed