We need to stop frivolous legal challenges that add thousands to cost of building homes
LDA estimates that delays from legal actions have added €30m to cost of its flagship affordable housing scheme in Dundrum
Planning permission
The Government is about to take on the judicial review industry. It needs to win
Judicial reviews to planning decisions are ballooning and worth up to €20m a year to legal sector
Emergency laws to fast-track key infrastructure projects like MetroLink being considered
The new laws would identify projects of national importance and allow some planning processes to be bypassed
Rotunda Hospital calls for review of planning process amid objections to new €100m critical care wing
Dublin Civil Trust argues proposed building would transform western side of Parnell Square ‘into a street’
The Debate: Will the new measures to boost apartment building deliver more homes?
Or will they simply turbo-charge profits for developers? A construction industry representative debates with an economist
Impending changes in planning laws ‘more important’ than budget negotiations - Minister
Jack Chambers says urgent reform need to deliver key infrastructure projects as ‘endless process’ gets in the way of delivery
Former attorney general to challenge Slane bypass planning approval in High Court
John Rogers says his lands and Unesco World Heritage Site will be affected by project
Foxrock decision shows Nimbys are not the only problem when building housing
Rejection of plan for 21 homes highlights delicate balance between unwelcome precedent and tolerance of residents
Amazon Web Services says Dublin data centre plan will not have ‘significant impact on climate’
Facility ‘will have no significant impact on climate’, company’s planning consultant says
Illegal peat harvesting is still taking place on a large scale, EPA report finds
Local authority enforcement is ‘patently inadequate’, with equipment and warehouses on some sites
‘We’ve dropped the ball’: Ireland’s housing targets will be missed because the water, electricity and roads required can’t be delivered
Badly needed scaling up of house-building is threatened by transport and utilities projects stuck in the planning pipeline. What is to be done?
Drogheda lands with full planning for 198 new homes guiding at €8m
28.52-acre site near town centre readily accessible via newly constructed Port Access Northern Cross Route
Planning objections now a legal industry as ‘people run down to Four Courts’, official claims
New 12-person taskforce is attempting to unblock barriers to key projects
Buildings designed as creches are being sold as residential homes
Government Ministers working to update planning regulations to prevent change of use of childcare facilities
Mystery objector to planned revamp of Shrewsbury Road home used for Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman film
Unnamed party opposes revamp of home used for Hollywood blockbuster
Garden rooms and attics: What are the proposed changes to regulations?
Government is looking again at making attic conversions and ‘granny flats’ exempt from planning, an idea that was floated in February
Renters forking out €2,000 per month are paying the price for water charges debacle
As the housing shortage cuts into economic competitiveness and social solidarity, the consequences of bad decisions are more apparent
Dublin homeowner at centre of insulation planning action in clear after council U-turn
Tallaght homeowner Clive Ryan says it is a 'huge relief' as 'the threat of imprisonment shook me to the core'
Public perception of planning system worsens while harsh reality of housing crisis hits homes
Delays, legal challenges, political tensions and negative media coverage are compounding the continuing crisis
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