Planning

A judgment handed down by the High Court yesterday in a planning dispute has attracted attention for including images of the site and the proposed development at the centre of the case. The 120-page judgment in Ballyboden Tidy Towns Group v An Bord Pleanala & Ors was authored by Mr Justice David

Legislation establishing a new planning regime for the maritime area has passed through all stages of the Oireachtas. The government has said the Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021 represents the biggest reform of marine governance since the foundation of the State, with a legal and administrative fra

The Oireachtas has approved legislation to introduce a new planning process for large-scale residential developments (LRDs) to replace the controversial fast-track strategic housing development (SHD) process. The Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 ha

New legislation will require local authorities to ensure home ownership as a tenure type is provided for and estimated in their housing strategies. A legislative amendment approved by ministers will give further legislative effect to ministerial planning guidelines issued in May under section 28 of

Legislation to introduce a new planning process for large-scale residential developments (LRDs) to replace the controversial fast-track strategic housing development (SHD) process has been approved by ministers. The Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021

The High Court granted an order of certiorari to quash planning permission for a petrol station in Belfast, ordering the applicant to pay one third of the legal costs on top of the £325,000 building costs incurred to date. The court was not swayed by the arguments of the notice party, who "has

The High Court has decided to quash a planning decision relating to an incinerator in Cork based on a finding of objective bias in the planning process before An Bord Pleanála. The court decided that an order of certiorari would be granted in the case, but refused to quash the decision simpli

The Attorney General has been appointed to oversee a comprehensive review of Irish planning legislation. Paul Gallagher SC will supervise a team of planning law experts working on a review "of unprecedented scale", the government said, which will improve the government's ability to implement major p

Temporary changes removing the requirement to hold a public event as part of pre-application community consultation on major planning applications in Northern Ireland will be extended for a further six months.

Ireland has been fined over €15 million and is continuing to accrue daily fines of €15,000 for failing to comply with a European court order linked to a wind farm development. The Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) imposed pecuniary penalties on Ireland in N

Planners and construction industry representatives will give evidence on proposals to scrap strategic housing developments to the Oireachtas housing committee later today. The joint Oireachtas committee on housing, local government and heritage resumes pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme

A new, "comprehensive and coherent" marine planning system is set to be introduced under new legislation published today. Darragh O'Brien, the minister for housing, local government and heritage, said the Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021 will represent "a giant leap forward towards meeting our ambit

Draft guidelines intended to assist planning authorities with city and county development plans have been published for public consultation. The government is inviting submissions on matters of process and methodology in the preparation of development plans until Friday 8 October 2021.

The High Court has quashed a decision by An Bord Pleanála for a safe injection site in Dublin due to a failure to consider the objections of a local primary school. The Board had provided temporary permission of three years for the facility, with a potential review of the development after th

Strategic housing developments (SHDs) are set to be scrapped and replaced following a series of judicial review challenges in a shake-up of planning law for large-scale residential developments (LSRDs). A new bill, which the government hopes to enact in the autumn, will introduce alternative streaml