Niall Cussen

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Niall Cussen is the State’s first planning regulator. People who do not co-operate with his office will be guilty of a criminal offence. Photograph: Alan Betson
Local authorities to be assessed frequently, says planning regulator

Local authorities can expect to be assessed on their planning performance every five to 10 years under a new regime from the State’s first planning re(...)

Minister for Enterprise Heather Humphreys, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy during the launch of the establishment of the Land Development Agency, at the Department of Social Protection, Dublin. File photograph: Gareth Chaney Collins
Land Development Agency should stop spending and focus on State sites

There is much about the Land Development Agency (LDA) that seems sensible, to the point it is a wonder that it didn’t exist sooner. It is difficult t(...)

Niall Cussen is currently the chief planner at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and was involved in the development of the National Planning Framework published earlier this year. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Independent regulator to oversee planning system is appointed

An independent planning regulator has been appointed by the Government. Niall Cussen will oversee the new Office of the Planning Regulator, which is(...)

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe and Minister for Housing, Planning & Local Government Eoghan Murphy at the launch of the establishment of the Land Development Agency. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Government policy making housing crisis worse, expert claims

Government policy is fuelling further land speculation and making the housing crisis worse, a leading housing expert has warned. University College D(...)

Developer Michael O’Flynn predicted a static level of housing supply in the absence of significant Government intervention. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons
‘Serious’ viability issues for property developments outside Dublin

There are “serious” viability issues for property developments outside of Dublin, a leading property developer has said. Speaking to The Irish Times,(...)

Derry: It is a ‘city in the Republic and a city in Northern Ireland, and must be planned for on those levels’.
Derry called both city and ‘city region that crosses the Border’

The consequences of Brexit must not be allowed to disrupt plans for the future of the northwest of the island, an all-Ireland planning conference in D(...)

The committee was told that with planning permission on hand for 33,000 houses in the capital the planning system was not the problem, “how we activate the delivery of homes is the issue”. Photograph: PA
Planning delays cited in €4,000 a year rise in homebuilding costs

Delays in the planning system could be adding as much as €4,000 a year to the purchase price of a new home, senior Department of Housing officials hav(...)

The planning process was not holding back the construction of houses, according to the president of the Irish Planning Institute.
Allowing Bord Pleanála to okay big builds ‘harms democracy’

Allowing applications for developments of more than 100 homes to be made directly to An Bord Pleanála will damage democracy and increase the risk of (...)