Not only does it retain the power of the minister for housing to issue “specific planning policy requirements” to the local authorities and An Bord Pleanála – first introduced in 2015 by Labour’s Alan Kelly when he was minister – but it proposes to elevate these to National Planning Statements by any minister, to be approved by the Government and handed down like the proverbial tablets of stone.
Week after week, the board’s SHD division – headed by its former deputy chairman Paul Hyde – was issuing permissions often for high-rise, high-density apartment schemes that egregiously breached local authority development plans but were stated to be in line with national policy, including mandatory ministerial guidelines on building heights promulgated in 2018 by Coveney’s successor, Eoghan Murphy.
The multiplication of judicial reviews and the fact that so many have resulted in An Bord Pleanála’s permissions being quashed by the High Court caused outrage in the development sector. In June 2021, planning consultant and Property Industry Ireland lobbyist Tom Phillips, who was involved in promoting numerous SHD schemes, said it was beyond time for the Government to “grab the judicial review issue by the scruff of the neck”.
Excellent news. Maybe now we’ll actually be able to build something.
Wtf is this sham wearing
Flood plain building to resume.
What state developers?
Beware of dog lol
That is an impressively disingenuous explanation of how special cost protection rules work in planning cases👏
You don't have a photo of this guy without a mask?
Should have got planning permission for that contraption on his face.
Urban planning is not a profession . A bad geography degree followed by an 8k investment and bobs your uncle your an expert. The development plan or bible is out of date before publication .All propped up by inaccurate demographics.
What's the contraption covering his snout
Yet more finegael and fiannafailparty crony capitalism, because we haven't enough planning corruption already. FilthyLucre rte newstalk Independent_ie thejournal_ie
Sounds perfect
Yes give more power to the government and big companies What could go wrong? 🤔
He looks like an evil parrot, What the hell is he wearing? Covid is such a cult
It's badly needed.
Great news - let’s make Dublin & other cities in Ireland like other EU cities - high density ASAP! Leave 3/4 bedroom houses with gardens to the suburbs & commuting towns
Why has he got a basket on his face?
Bane is looking old these days.