Minister says ‘tens of thousands’ of homes held up due to legal challenges

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Peter Burke says one in four housing developments are subject of judicial challenges

The frequency and proliferation of such objections has to be curbed, he said. A reasonable pace for the planning process needed to be ensured as it was unfair that at present the process could be halted by a judicial review before a decision was even reached.

Some planning decisions were being delayed by up to four years and were challenged “every step of the way”, said Mr Burke.The process needs to be allowed to run its course before there are objections as “tens of thousands” of homes were being held up for “very significant” periods because of objections, he added.

There was a “growing” legal industry in judicial reviews with some law companies actively advertising their services which was why a cap of €40,000 for awards was being proposed. “We need to ensure that it is not a growing industry,” the Minister said. “We want to make the process more robust.”

 

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