Monday, 1 December 2025

Government publishes new housing plan 300,000 homes to be delivered during lifetime of the plan

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On 18 November, the Government published its new housing plan-Delivering Homes, Building Communities: An Action Plan on Housing Supply and T...
Tuesday, 11 November 2025

Brent geese put paid to 580 new apartments near St Anne’s Park in Dublin

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 Con cerns for the fate of the Light Bellied Brent Goose has helped put paid to plans for a 580 unit apartment scheme for a site near St Ann...
Saturday, 4 October 2025

How can the distrust between public planners and private planners in Ireland be addressed?

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 This week's Autumn Irish Planning Institute conference was an interesting event. Public and private sector planners find themselves tog...

Ireland needs updated wind farm planning application assessment guidance

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  Following on from the previous article on the need for guidance assessing solar farm planning applications, it is necessary to point out -...

The growing need for guidelines for planners assessing solar farm planning applications

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 Attending the Irish Planning Institute conference this week, I found myself listening to a Minister and an official who talked about blocka...

‘Better quality’ planning decisions would mean fewer judicial reviews - Bar council chair

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  The chair of the Bar council has hit back at criticism of rising numbers of planning judicial reviews, saying “better quality” decision-ma...

Impending changes in planning laws ‘more important’ than budget negotiations - Minister

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  Changes due within weeks to the State’s planning laws to quicken the construction of large projects are “more important” than the spending...