tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46710376514051446562024-03-13T09:29:28.991-07:00An Irish Town PlannerThis site is maintained by Brendan Buck, a qualified, experienced and Irish Planning Institute accredited town planner. If you need to consult a planner visit: https://bpsplanning.ie/, email: info@bpsplanning.ie or phone: 01-5394960 / 087-2615871.Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.comBlogger6295125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-37224822423789503892024-02-18T08:36:00.000-08:002024-02-18T08:36:31.213-08:00Turning empty offices into student blocks could be a win-win solution<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> While proposals
to convert offices into student accommodation or other forms of residential
accommodation are regularly mooted, care is required as residential
developments are subject to wholly different planning standards especially
regarding open space. The Business Post's latest article on this shows the potential but not the how.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ireland’s student accommodation sector is expected to be one of the markets to
benefit from a stabilisation in both interest rates and construction cost
inflation. Already the market is underpinned by student demand as reflected in
Higher Education Authority (HEA) estimates that 75,640 student beds would be
required by 2024. But supply is well short of that figure and according to
the latest report from Mitchell McDermott property consultants, only 1,500 to
2,000 beds are being built annually so supply will reach only 55,000 beds by
2027. One way to accelerate delivery would be conversion of office
buildings and John Dobbin of Shay Cleary Architects said that student
accommodation (PBSA) could be a more suitable conversion project than
residential apartments. Indeed, by providing PBSA more quickly this would
also help to remove thousands of students from the wider residential rental
market. Dobbin pointed out that older offices built in the 1960s, 1970s
and 1980s are particularly suited for conversion compared to more modern ones
because the older ones have narrower floor plates of 13 to 15 metres, central
corridors, suitable floor-to-ceiling heights and fewer columns.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full
article @ <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4671037651405144656/74299740629270623">The
Business Post<br />
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article uploaded
by <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4671037651405144656/74299740629270623">BPS
Planning & Development Consultants LTD</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-80058133192767366822024-02-18T08:23:00.000-08:002024-02-18T08:23:02.246-08:00Co Wexford councillors raise concerns about use of log cabins<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> The issue of 'off the peg' log cabins being imported into Ireland in kit form and erected instead of standard houses has been the subject of so many planning applications. National guidance on such buildings would be welcomed.</span></p><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-7199e23_root indo-804a7bc3_root" data-auth-intro="article" data-testid="article-intro" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); display: inline; line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;">At a recent Gorey Kilmuckridge Municipal District meeting councillors raised concerns about the use of log cabins in the county. </p><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">Cllr Mary Farrell asked if log cabins were permitted on land bought from Wexford County Council. </span><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">She spoke of a young family that she is aware of that are currently living in a mobile home in the garden of their mother’s house in Gorey. </span><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">“The County Development Plan facilitates log cabins where it complies with the standards but there is a difference between rural areas and someone in an urban setting where someone wants to put it in their back garden and they’re surrounded by their neighbours. It depends where it is and they will be assessed on a case by case basis,” said Director of Service, Elizabeth Hore in response to Cllr Farrell’s question.</span></span></div><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-7199e23_root indo-804a7bc3_root" data-auth-intro="article" data-testid="article-intro" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-7199e23_root indo-804a7bc3_root" data-auth-intro="article" data-testid="article-intro" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/gorey-news/co-wexford-councillors-raise-concerns-about-use-of-log-cabins/a889862170.html" target="_blank">The Irish Independent</a></span></span></div><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-7199e23_root indo-804a7bc3_root" data-auth-intro="article" data-testid="article-intro" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-7199e23_root indo-804a7bc3_root" data-auth-intro="article" data-testid="article-intro" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article uploaded by <a href="http://www.bpsplanning.ie" target="_blank">BPS Planning & Development Consultants LTD</a></span></span></div>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-31710732937049688872024-02-18T08:16:00.000-08:002024-02-18T08:16:59.964-08:00Derelict Limerick warehouse to be redeveloped into apartments<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="background-color: white;">A derelict warehouse in Limerick City is set to be redeveloped into 20 apartments after An Bord Pleanála approved a planning application. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Real Capital GP had been granted permission for the proposal by Limerick City and County Council. </span><span style="background-color: white;">The works involve the demolition of a warehouse on a site roughly 1km east of Limerick City, on St Anne's Road. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Some 20 apartments, 10 one-bed and 10 two-bed units, are proposed for the four-storey building. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Several third-party appeals were lodged against this decision, though, with appellants raising concerns about the new development feeling out of place with the existing architecture in the area.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/property/developmentconstruction/arid-41332273.html" target="_blank">The Irish Examiner</a></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article uploaded by <a href="http://www.bpsplanning.ie" target="_blank">BPS Planning & Development Consultants LTD</a></span></span></p>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-56870677917514506332024-02-18T08:13:00.000-08:002024-02-18T08:13:28.627-08:00Hines student accommodation leases in Dublin jump to 51 weeks, at a cost of €13,620<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Few in my years in college back in the 1990s could have afforded to pay for a de facto year long lease for student accommodation. These student units are being treated as mini apartments for the few. Planning conditions need to be tightened up on permissions and development plan policies around student accommodation planning requirements revised. Hines decision will cause all future student accommodation planning applications to be treated with suspicion by planners.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">One of the biggest private student landlords in Dublin is increasing lease lengths for the 2024-2025 academic year, meaning students will now have to sign up for a 51-week tenancy, some 10 weeks longer than the typical lease for this year. </span><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">This is despite the fact that many students living in the city during the academic year do not require accommodation over the summer months. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">The least expensive rate available for next year on Aparto’s website at the time of writing was €260 per week for a one-bed ground-floor en-suite room at its Dorset Point location in Dublin 1. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">Assuming constant prices, the longer lease means that student will be paying €13,620 for their room next year compared with €10,660 this year, a more than 27 per cent increase. The lease length, meanwhile, will have increased by 24 per cent, from 41 weeks to 51 weeks.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/01/31/hines-student-accommodation-leases-in-dublin-jump-to-51-weeks-and-3000/" target="_blank">The Irish Times</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article uploaded by <a href="http://www.bpsplanning.ie" target="_blank">BPS Planning & Development Consultants LTD</a></span></p><p><br /></p>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-59197719974283267502024-02-18T08:03:00.000-08:002024-02-18T08:05:26.241-08:00Long-delayed MetroLink can get planning permission this year, Eamon Ryan insists<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Metrolink has been a very very long time in coming. Must be one of the longest such projects to be at inception phase for so long. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has said he believes the long-awaited Dublin MetroLink will be granted planning permission this year. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">The €9.6 billion project, which will link Swords and Dublin Airport with the city centre, is due to be considered at An Bord Pleanála oral hearings from February 19th. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">Jack Chambers, the Minister of State for transport, told the Sunday Times this week that “based on delays for other transport projects, it is unclear at what point the department will receive a decision on MetroLink”. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">Speaking on Newstalk’s The Anton Savage Show, Mr Ryan said he remained confident that it would receive planning approval this year and be built by the early 2030s.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">Read the full article @ </span><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2024/02/11/long-delayed-metrolink-can-get-planning-permission-this-year-eamon-ryan-insists/" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px;" target="_blank">The Irish Times</a></p><p><span style="color: #191919; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">Article uploaded by </span><a href="http://www.bpsplanning.ie" style="font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px;" target="_blank">BPS Planning & Development Consultants LTD</a></p>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-57271668758729663072024-02-18T07:58:00.000-08:002024-02-18T07:58:34.710-08:00Hozier unlikely to obtain planning permission for new guest accommodation at Wicklow home<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Trying to obtain planning permission for development at your home can arise for any property owner not just Hozier. Call BPS to discuss if you have any such issues.</span></p><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-7199e23_root indo-804a7bc3_root" data-auth-intro="article" data-testid="article-intro" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); display: inline; line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the country’s most popular music stars, Hozier is singing the blues after Council planners have told him that planned new guest accommodation at his Co Wicklow period property falls foul of planning rules. </span></p><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); font-family: verdana; text-align: inherit;">Last year, Hozier, whose full name is Andrew Hozier Byrne, lodged plans to construct ancillary accommodation to his main Oldfort home near Newcastle, Co Wicklow comprising a two bed, two storey detached guest lodge and gym and an adjacent double and single height structure with pitched and flat roofs, for a recreation space. </span><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); font-family: verdana; text-align: inherit;">Hozier has previously secured planning permission from the Council for a basement swimming pool and modern grass roof extension for the home that he purchased for €780,000. </span><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); font-family: verdana; text-align: inherit;">However, in a letter to the multi-award winning Take Me To Church singer-songwriter requesting revised plans and new reports, the Council has told him that it is unlikely to grant planning permission for the guest lodge.</span></div><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-804a7bc3_root" data-testid="article-body" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/hozier-falls-foul-of-planning-rules-over-new-guest-accommodation-at-wicklow-period-property/a2138831657.html" target="_blank">The Irish Independent</a></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article uploaded by <a href="http://www.bpsplanning.ie" target="_blank">BPS Planning & development Consultants LTD</a></span></p></div>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-34196795960878509302024-02-18T07:49:00.000-08:002024-02-18T07:49:09.363-08:00Build first, ask later – 1000s are building without planning permission and getting away with it<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">If anyone has carried out development without planning permission and now you need retention planning permission, please give BPS a call to discuss.</span></p><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-7199e23_root indo-804a7bc3_root" data-auth-intro="article" data-testid="article-intro" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); display: inline; line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;">Thousands of people who carried out building works without planning permission have been granted retention approval by local authorities. </p><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">An</span><span class="italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); font-style: italic; text-align: inherit;"> Irish Independent</span><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;"> </span><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">investigation lays bare the culture of “build now, ask later” with an analysis of figures provided by councils and a trawl of planning applications. </span><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">Building first and asking for forgiveness later is an approach that has been adopted by at least 11,000 people since 2019.</span></span></div><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-804a7bc3_root" data-testid="article-body" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Retention permission is sought after an unauthorised development has been built. More often than not, these applications are approved, according to data seen by this newspaper<span class="italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">. </span><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">While some of the works were extremely minor, or involved a slight deviation from permission already granted, others have built huge extensions and one-off houses. </span><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">Of the 1,260 retention applications made to Dublin City Council between 2019 and 2023, only 193 were refused.</span></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/build-first-ask-later-how-thousands-are-building-without-planning-permission-and-getting-away-with-it/a2037036538.html" target="_blank">The Irish Independent </a></span></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article uploaded by <a href="http://www.bpsplanning.ie" target="_blank">BPS Planning & Development Consultants LTD</a></span></span></p></div><p><br /></p>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-34023351081565853322024-02-18T07:44:00.000-08:002024-02-18T07:44:39.600-08:00Krispy Kreme appeals Cork City Council's planning refusal for Patrick's Street store<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> This was not a health based decision. </span></p><p class="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 23px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Krispy Kreme has appealed against Cork City Council's decision to refuse permission for its location on St Patrick's Street in the city centre.</span></p><p class="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 23px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The retailer had sought retention permission from Cork City Council for a change of use from previous retail use to a cafe, as well as the retention of shopfront and signage at its branch on 42 Patrick’s Street.</span></p><div class="inline-paywall-IE-template" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529;"><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 23px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The American doughnut chain opened the Patrick Street branch last April to great fanfare, as it eyed further expansion around the country.</span></p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 23px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It took out a 10-year lease on the ground floor only of Porter’s, which closed in October 2022. However, a council inspector examined the latest planning and said that the proposed use by Krispy Kreme would be contrary to the Cork City development plan.</span></p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 23px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/property/developmentconstruction/arid-41334283.html" target="_blank">The Irish Examiner</a></span></p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 23px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article uploaded by <a href="http://www.bpsplanning.ie" target="_blank">BPS Planning & Development Consultants LTD</a></span></p></div>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-16763334465682772342024-02-18T07:41:00.000-08:002024-02-18T07:41:24.757-08:00Bohemians call for quick allocation of Dalymount funds after council grants planning permission<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/bohemians/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; letter-spacing: -0.2px; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Bohemians</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">have called on the Government to “rapidly allocate funding” for Dalymount Park as the longer a pile of rubble remains around the Jodi and Mono stands, the more expensive the project will cost. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">Planning permission has been granted by Dublin City Council (DCC), the proprietor of the iconic ground, but demolition and rebuilding an 8,034 capacity stadium in</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/phibsborough/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; letter-spacing: -0.2px; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Phibsborough</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">cannot begin until the central funds are released to cover at least 70 per cent of overall costs. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">That figure is edging ever closer to €50 million despite initial plans aiming to spend €35 million redeveloping a new home for Bohs and Shelbourne.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2024/02/13/bohemians-call-for-quick-allocation-of-dalymount-funds-after-council-grants-planning-permission/" target="_blank">The Irish Times </a></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article uploaded by <a href="http://www.bpsplanning.ie" target="_blank">BPS Planning & Development Consultants LTD</a></span></span></p>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-67424742794591186872024-02-18T07:38:00.000-08:002024-02-18T07:38:01.247-08:00Plans for 14-storey apartment block on site of 1916 Rising leader’s former home in Dublin<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">Plans for a 14-storey apartment block have been submitted for the site of 40 Herbert Park, the former home of Michael Joseph O’Rahilly, the only leader to have been killed fighting during the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/1916-rising/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; letter-spacing: -0.2px; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">1916 Rising</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">Derryroe Ltd, a company owned by the McSharry and Kennedy families, who own the Herbert Park Hotel, demolished the Ballsbridge house in controversial circumstances in September 2020, when it was under consideration for addition to the Record of Protected Structures (RPS). </span><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dublin-city-council/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; letter-spacing: -0.2px; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Dublin City Council</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">took legal action against Derryroe and construction firm Pembroke Place Developments for “unauthorised demolition” of the house. The case was settled in November 2022 when Pembroke Place Developments accepted noncompliance with planning permission and was ordered to pay €3,000 to charity to avoid a court conviction.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2024/02/12/plans-for-14-story-apartment-block-on-site-of-1916-rising-leaders-former-home-in-dublin/?" target="_blank">The Irish Times</a></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article uploaded by <a href="http://www.bpsplanning.ie" target="_blank">BPS Planning & Development Consultants LTD</a></span></span></p>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-21828330813394634622023-12-11T03:20:00.000-08:002023-12-11T03:22:29.384-08:00Despite all the negative commentary on planning - housing permissions are growing fast<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">According to the CSO, there has been an over 40% increase in number of homes granted planning permission. Many people in Ireland hold the view that planning is now </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">dysfunctional</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"> and is no longer </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">delivering</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">. This is not the case. The system is in fact overwhelmed with resourcing failing to meet growing planning application demands from a rapidly expanding </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">population</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"> which is </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">wealthier</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"> than it has ever been. More </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">statutory</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"> planners are needed and An Bord Pleanála must be better resourced.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Breakingnews.ie had this story in the past few days:</span></div><div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(26,47,87,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(218, 218, 218); box-sizing: border-box; color: #262624; margin: 1.25em 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"There was a 43 per cent increase in the number of homes granted planning permission in the third quarter of 2023, new figures from the Central Statistics Office show. The number of dwelling units granted planning permission in Q3 saw 4,859 houses and 4,803 apartments. The number of houses granted planning permission rose by more than 10 per cent when compared with Q3 2022, while apartment approvals more than doubled. Between January and September 2023, there was an overall growth of 13 per cent in the total number of dwelling units approved when compared with the same period in 2022. However, in Q3 2023 there was an annual fall of more than 25 per cent in the number of one-off houses receiving planning permission, compared with an annual decline of 36 per cent in Q2 2023. Across the four local authorities of Dublin, planning permission was granted for 3,077 apartments in Q3 2023, accounting for 64 per cent of all apartments granted planning permission in the state this quarter".</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(26,47,87,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(218, 218, 218); box-sizing: border-box; color: #262624; margin: 1.25em 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full article @ <a href="http://breakingnews.ie" target="_blank">breakingnews.ie</a></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(26,47,87,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(218, 218, 218); box-sizing: border-box; color: #262624; margin: 1.25em 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article uploaded by <a href="https://bpsplanning.ie/" target="_blank">BPS Planning & Development Consultants LTD</a></span></p></div>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-31782858501589445872023-12-11T03:12:00.000-08:002023-12-11T03:12:31.358-08:00Ireland’s ‘broken’ planning system: developer says builders exposed to excessive risk<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> This article sets out the argument that developers are placed at excessive risk by the Irish planning system as currently devised. The view of many would be that the significant departure made since 2015 from 'rules based planning' system towards a more 'suck it and see' type planning system is the problem. It would suit all parties for development plans to be much more specific as to what is allowed where, etc. The national statutory "guidance" documents aimed at de-regulating planning (no height rules, almost no density rules, no minimum car parking rules, movable open space standards, etc.) have served to make the planning process more risky. Perhaps the Department and the Office of the Planning Regulator could work together to move the planning system to a less risky system over the coming years. The red herring of judicial review is not the issue. Judicial reviews arose from the removal of a right to appeal decisions which, for the most part, significantly materially contravened development plans in which communities had, up to around 2015, trusted.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the current system, we, planning consultants, are asked what we think might be achievable on a site. Why is this something that cannot just be look up on the development plan and its maps? Why is the range so wide? Because we have created casino planning. In this environment, every planning application is forced to "take a chance". Planning consultants are forced to argue in many cases for schemes which prior to 2015 would not ever have passed pre-planning stage and local authority and An Bord Pleanála planners are required to play along. Almost every case ends up at An Bord Pleanála because of systemic problems.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is an excerpt from the article:</span></p><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-7199e23_root indo-804a7bc3_root" data-auth-intro="article" data-testid="article-intro" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); display: inline; line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"A developer whose plans for new student housing were quashed twice, after more than five years of bureaucracy and judicial reviews, says he has no confidence in the planning system. </span></p><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); font-family: verdana; text-align: inherit;">John Hickie, an investment director at Cloncaragh Investments, said the planning system is broken and questioned the operation of the judicial review process".</span></div><div class="indo-1f5814ad_positionrelative indo-a5a70c0_fadetowhite" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/irelands-broken-planning-system-developer-says-builders-exposed-to-excessive-risk/a806078923.html" target="_blank">The Irish Independent</a></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article uploaded by <a href="https://bpsplanning.ie/" target="_blank">BPS Planning & Development Consultants LTD</a></span></p></div>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-62292657679568610382023-12-11T02:50:00.000-08:002023-12-11T02:50:26.125-08:00Irish Times opinion on the planning controversy around cynical objectors <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 2.125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> The Irish Times has set out its view on the latest planning controversy around a small number of cynical objector's mis-using the planning process. The opinion notes how speed of decision making is vital and these cynical objections are slowing the process down. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: normal;">The following is an excerpt from the opinion:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 2.125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #191919;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;">"The planning system performs an important function. It should lead to pleasant and appropriate built environments. It ensures that structures are not built where they shouldn’t be and that they conform to the relevant legislation and regulation. And that someone who feels they will be detrimentally affected can make their case. </span></span><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">It is also cumbersome and lengthy. There are several reasons for this: the sheer number of proposed developments; the limited capacity of the system; structural problems at An Bord Pleanála; and finally the delays associated with taking any legal action that might ensue. </span><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">The result is the creation of opportunities for arbitrage, as outlined in a recent RTÉ PrimeTime programme and reports in its wake. These focus on allegations of</span><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2023/12/07/objector-asked-developer-for-500000-to-withdraw-planning-appeal-dail-hears/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; letter-spacing: -0.2px; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">one particularly egregious practice that capitalises on delays in the hearing of appeals by An Bord Pleanála".</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 2.125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2023/12/10/the-irish-times-view-on-the-latest-planning-controversy-speed-of-decision-making-vital/" target="_blank">The Irish Times</a><br />Article uploaded by <a href="https://bpsplanning.ie/" target="_blank">BPS Planning & Development Consultants LTD</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-71348652107832671852023-12-11T02:45:00.000-08:002023-12-11T02:45:07.041-08:00The EPA has ruled that a Wexford pig farm does not require an industrial emissions license<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For those following the Killnick pig farm case, there was a development yesterday. As many people will know, pig farms are challenging because of the odours they create which grow as the farm expands and/or intensifies. There are many watching this case.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Irish Independent noted yesterday how:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">"A High Court case taken the operator of a farm in Killnick, which was convicted under the Air Pollution Act last year, has been adjourned until February of next year. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">Following a ruling by An Bord Pleanála in April of this year that the pig farm was in breach of planning regulations, Premier Pigs Ltd, the operator of the farm, took the decision to challenge that ruling. However, after a hearing on Monday last (November 20) the case has been pushed back until February 2024".</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/wexford-district/epa-rules-that-wexford-pig-farm-does-not-require-industrial-emissions-license/a2070508517.html" target="_blank">The Irish Independent<br /></a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article uploaded by <a href="https://bpsplanning.ie/" target="_blank">BPS Planning & Development Consultants LTD</a></span></span></div>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-64666655227629466042023-12-11T02:36:00.000-08:002023-12-11T02:36:39.825-08:00Planning and Environment division of High Court opens today "to improve delivery of housing"<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> The Irish Independent takes a different approach to explaining the new<span style="background-color: white;"> Planning and Environment division of High Court with the argument made that this has been established primarily to improve delivery of housing. Those involved in planning would argue, however, that it is needed to address the increasingly complicated nature of planning and environmental law.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's an excerpt from the article.</span></span></p><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-7199e23_root indo-804a7bc3_root" data-auth-intro="article" data-testid="article-intro" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); display: inline; line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;">"A new division of the High Court dedicated to Planning and Environmental cases will be formally established today. </p><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">The new division, with three specialist judges, was approved by Cabinet last month and will enable more efficient management of cases dealing with planning and environmental matters, in particular judicial reviews. </span><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">A ceremonial first sitting will be held this morning to mark its full establishment as a High Court Division. </span><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">The division was established by the Department of Justice in partnership with the Courts Service and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. </span><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">Cases will now be heard by the three judges assigned to the new Court Division which will deal with proceedings such as strategic infrastructure and commercial planning matters and decisions involving EU and national environmental and planning legislation".</span></span></div><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-804a7bc3_root" data-testid="article-body" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/new-planning-and-environment-division-of-high-court-established-to-improve-delivery-of-housing/a125250596.html" target="_blank">The Irish Independent</a></span></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article uploaded by <a href="https://bpsplanning.ie/" target="_blank">BPS Planning & Development Consultants LTD</a></span></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary-80); font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-large-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-large-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><br /></p></div>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-21499084833487445902023-12-11T02:22:00.000-08:002023-12-11T02:22:35.598-08:00Plans lodged to build 95 new homes in Arklow<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Growing numbers of housing estate planning applications in County Wicklow. Pressures grow on existing infrastructure including the Arklow to Dublin rail line. Article this week in the Wicklow People.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">"A new plan to build 95 homes in Arklow has been lodged with Wicklow County Council’s planning department. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">The planning application from Russelstown Property Development Ltd seeks permission to construct 71 semi-detached and terrace houses with two, three and four bedrooms, together with 24 apartments in six blocks and a creche at a site on Ballyraine Upper. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">The proposed development also includes the provision of open spaces, roads, footpaths, connection to services and all associated ancillary site development works. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">The site consists of 4.12 hectares adjacent to the M11 motorway,. The site is bonded to the north by the Woodlands Park Road, which has no immediate relevance to the proposed development other than there will be a pedestrian access to the estate".</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklow/arklow-news/plans-lodged-to-build-95-new-homes-in-arklow/a198386217.html" target="_blank">The Wicklow People<br /></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">Article uploaded by <a href="https://bpsplanning.ie/" target="_blank">BPS Planning & Development Consultants LTD</a></span></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-large-size); text-align: inherit;"><br /></span></p>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-77124991194069016292023-12-11T02:18:00.000-08:002023-12-11T02:18:06.924-08:00New planning and environmental court to be operational from today<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 2.125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> A new planning and environmental court to be operational from today. If you have any questions, please contact BPS to discuss. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: normal;">The Irish Times has set out an article which explains the new court.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />"A new planning and environment court will be formally launched at a ceremony in the High Court on Monday. <span style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;">The Attorney General, Rossa Fanning; the Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee; and the president of the High Court, Mr Justice David Barniville will be among those attending the ceremony. </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;">When the establishment of the new court was approved by Cabinet a year ago, Minister McEntee said, along with reforms to planning legislation, the court would improve case processing and reduce costs, consistent with Ireland’s obligations under EU environmental law. </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;">“Planning and environmental judicial review cases are a notable feature of Ireland’s planning and statutory consenting processes,” she said. “The ability to deal with these cases efficiently and effectively is critical to the State’s delivery of housing and infrastructure, and in protecting the environment.”</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 2.125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;">Read the full article at <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2023/12/07/new-planning-and-environmental-court-to-be-operational-from-monday/" target="_blank">The Irish Times</a></span><br /><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;">Article uploaded by <a href="https://bpsplanning.ie/" target="_blank">bpsplanning.ie </a></span></span></div>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-90732572876291609002023-12-11T02:13:00.000-08:002023-12-11T02:13:33.923-08:00Dublin pedestrianisation plans to be reassessed following city riots<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 2.125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Interesting planning article from the Irish Tines regarding the need to alter plans for the city in light of the riots.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 2.125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">"The full 24/7 pedestrianisation of </span><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dublin" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Dublin</a><span style="font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">’s new civic spaces is being reconsidered by</span><span style="font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dublin-city-council/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Dublin City Council</a><span style="font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">following the recent</span><span style="font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dublin-riots" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">riots</a><span style="font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> in the city centre, it has emerged. </span><span style="font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">The council is to examine whether some traffic, possibly taxis, will be allowed into pedestrian and cycle zones at night, in areas such as the planned College Green plaza to maintain “passive surveillance” and guard against leaving large empty spaces in the centre of the city in the evening. </span><span style="font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">Concerns about the use, and potential for misuse, of new public spaces were raised with the council’s head of traffic Brendan O’Brien at a briefing for Dublin Chamber of Commerce on the proposed new Dublin City Centre Transport Plan in recent days. </span><span style="font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">Under the plan road space would be reallocated from private cars to buses, cyclists and pedestrians".</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 2.125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2023/12/11/dublins-pedestrian-plans-to-be-reassessed-following-city-riots/">The Irish Times</a><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article uploaded by <a href="http://bpsplanning.ie">bpsplanning.ie</a></span></div>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-39815970507130489022023-10-15T07:50:00.005-07:002023-10-15T07:50:55.465-07:00Challenge to proposed Dalkey nursing home must be made in respondents presence, court rules<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #262624;">A High Court judge has directed that a challenge brought by several Dalkey residents, including broadcaster Pat Kenny, against the granting of planning permission for a nursing home in the South Dublin suburb should be made on notice to the other parties involved in the action. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262624;">Mr Kenny, along with Christopher Herbert, Tom Palmer and Peter Cullen, have brought judicial review proceedings over An Bord Pleanála's decision of July 6th to grant Bartra Property Ltd permission to construct a 104-bed nursing home on lands at Ulverton Roadd and Harbour Road in Dalkey. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262624;">In their proceedings, the plaintiffs, who live near the proposed five-story development, seek various orders and declarations, including an order setting aside the board's decision which they say is flawed. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262624;">Among the grounds of their challenge is that the proposed nursing home will adversely impact on badgers living on the lands. The proceedings came before Mr Justice Liam Kennedy during Tuesday's vacation sitting of the High Court. The judge was asked, on an ex-parte basis, to grant the applicants permission to bring their challenge against the board's decision. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262624;">After considering submissions by Alan Doyle Bl, instructed by solicitor Fred Logue for the residents, the judge directed that the application for permission to bring the challenge should be heard on notice to, or in the presence of, the other parties. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262624;">As well as suing the board, the residents' action is against the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Ireland and the Attorney General.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262624;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/challenge-to-proposed-dalkey-nursing-home-must-be-made-in-respondents-presence-court-rules-1528522.html">www.breakingnews.ie</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/challenge-to-proposed-dalkey-nursing-home-must-be-made-in-respondents-presence-court-rules-1528522.html"><br /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article uploaded by <a href="https://bpsplanning.ie/" target="_blank">BPS Planning & Development
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #262624; font-family: Roboto, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-76404953616332176762023-10-15T07:47:00.004-07:002023-10-15T07:47:18.819-07:00Government defends changes to judicial reviews of planning decisions<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="background-color: white;">The Government is defending changes to how judicial reviews can be brought against planning applications, under extensive reforms of the country's planning laws. </span><span style="background-color: white;">The Planning and Development Bill, brought forward by Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien, received Cabinet approval on Tuesday after taking over two years to draft. </span><span style="background-color: white;">The bill itself, the third-largest in the history of the State at 691 pages, will reform how Ireland’s planning system operates, with reforms at An Bord Pleanála, changes to local development plans, and restrictions on judicial reviews all contained within. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Mr O’Brien described the bill as a “very significant change that will last the next 20, 25 years”. </span><span style="background-color: white;">The bill will change the manner in which judicial reviews can be brought by members of the public against planning decisions. </span><span style="background-color: white;">In particular, it will introduce restraints on residents' associations bringing forward judicial reviews, unless they have a constitution and vote two-thirds in favour of taking a case to court. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Any applicants for judicial reviews, barring environmental NGOs, will also need to have “exhausted any available appeal procedures” before they can take a court case against a planning decision.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41239828.html" target="_blank">Irish Examiner </a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41239828.html" target="_blank"><br /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article uploaded by <a href="https://bpsplanning.ie/" target="_blank">BPS Planning & Development
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"></span><p></p>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-33441174342493623982023-10-15T07:43:00.006-07:002023-10-15T07:43:38.258-07:00IHREC calls for changes to planning bill<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has called for changes to a proposed bill on planning in relation to accommodation for the Travelling community. In a statement, the commission said that the State “continues to fail” in the provision of accommodation to the Traveller community, describing the current system as “incoherent and inadequate”. In <a href="https://www.ihrec.ie/documents/submission-on-the-planning-and-development-bill-2022" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank" title="a submission">a submission</a> on the <a href="https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/c6f60-draft-planning-and-development-bill-2022/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank" title="Planning and Development Bill 2022"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Planning and Development Bill 2022</em></a>, the human-rights body calls for an amendment to put Traveller-specific accommodation in an exceptional category. It points out that the vast majority of Traveller-specific accommodation is currently delivered through part 8 of the <a href="https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2001/si/600/made/en/print#part8" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank" title="Planning and Development Regulations 2001"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Planning and Development Regulations 2001</em></a>, “ostensibly to assist public debate and scrutiny”. “However, this often gives rise to significant challenges in terms of providing Traveller-specific accommodation, often due to local opposition and the consequent politicisation of the process,” the commission says. Its proposed amendment would mean that <a href="https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/2023/march/six-years-since-state-recognised-traveller-ethnicity/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank" title="Traveller">Traveller</a> accommodation would not be exempted from the need to be approved by An Coimisiùn Pleanála and could, therefore, be removed from the part 8 process.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/2023/october/ihrec-calls-for-changes-to-planning-bill" target="_blank">www.lawsociety.ie</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/2023/october/ihrec-calls-for-changes-to-planning-bill" target="_blank"><br /></a>Article uploaded by <a href="https://bpsplanning.ie/" target="_blank">BPS Planning & Development
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><span style="color: #0b0039; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"></span><p></p>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-49352171258270248112023-10-15T07:40:00.000-07:002023-10-15T07:40:12.747-07:00Planning bill makes changes on JR process<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">T<span style="color: #0b0039;">he Government has approved a new bill to reform the planning system that is being described as the third-largest bill in the State’s history. </span><span style="color: #0b0039;">The Department of Housing said that the proposed legislation would bring “greater clarity, certainty and consistency” to how planning decisions were made, and would make the system more coherent and user-</span>friendly. The Government says that it will take “a number of weeks” to prepare the <a href="http://ssets.gov.ie/272229/740bd8c3-982f-4fad-9dbb-f2a8676a0067.pdf#page=null" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;" target="" title="Planning and Development Bill 2023"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Planning and Development Bill 2023</em></a> for publication, due to its size. It contains a number of changes from <a href="https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/c6f60-draft-planning-and-development-bill-2022/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank" title="the draft bill">the draft bill</a> that was published earlier this year. These include more detail on statutory mandatory timelines for all consent processes – including <a href="https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/2022/october/robust-conflicts-of-interest-system-for-abp/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank" title="An Bord Pleanála">An Bord Pleanála</a> (ABP) de<span style="color: #0b0039;">cisions. </span><span style="color: #0b0039;">The key time periods will range from 18 weeks for appeals of decisions of planning authorities to 48 weeks for strategic infrastructure developments. </span><span style="color: #0b0039;">These will be introduced on a phased basis. </span><span style="color: #0b0039;">The headline period for planning authorities to make decisions will remain at eight weeks, with an additional four weeks allowed for applications that require an environmental assessment.</span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/2023/october/government-backs-planning-reform-bill">www.lawsociety.ie</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article uploaded by <a href="https://bpsplanning.ie/" target="_blank">BPS Planning & Development
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Le Monde Journal", serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></p>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-73220057076486055332023-10-15T07:32:00.005-07:002023-10-15T07:32:31.538-07:00Number of homes granted planning permission drops by 23pc in second quarter<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">The number of homes granted planning permission dropped by 23pc in the second quarter of 2023, new statistics show. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">However, officials cautioned that planning permission figures can fluctuate significantly between quarters and this is not necessarily indicative of a longer trend. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">Figures published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show permission was granted for 8,723 properties in the second quarter of 2023, compared with 11,374 during the same period in 2022. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">The number of houses granted planning permission fell by 18pc on an annual basis to 3,702 housing units, while apartment approvals were down by 27pc to 5,021 units. Despite the drop, apartments still accounted for the majority of new planning permissions. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;">This was almost entirely centred on Dublin, where the four local authorities in the capital granted permission for 3,351 apartments in the second quarter of the year. Permission was granted for 424 new houses in the capital over the same period.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); text-align: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/number-of-homes-granted-planning-permission-drops-by-23pc-in-second-quarter/a425066904.html" target="_blank">The Irish Independent<br /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article uploaded by <a href="https://bpsplanning.ie/" target="_blank">BPS Planning & Development
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--color-primary-80); font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-large-size); text-align: inherit;"></span><p></p>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671037651405144656.post-74675857564428113452023-10-15T07:28:00.005-07:002023-10-15T07:28:46.033-07:00Landmark planning legislation may not be passed by Oireachtas until 2024<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">The chair of the Oireachtas housing committee has indicated he is reserving judgment on landmark planning legislation approved by the Cabinet, warning against any potential “watering down” of citizen’s rights in the final version. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">The planning and development bill has not yet been published, with Green Party TD Steven Matthews saying on Tuesday that the “devil is in the detail”. Mr Matthews’ committee conducted extensive pre-legislative scrutiny on the draft bill earlier this year, making 153 recommendations in its final report. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">While he indicated that an outline of the bill published by the Government suggested many of the recommendations had been adopted, he added: “The devil’s in the detail – there’s a difference between the guide and what’s written down in the legislation.” </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">The final bill is expected in the next two weeks, with focus likely to come on whether access to judicial review has been curtailed, a key bone of contention for some backbench greens and environmental groups.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the full article @ <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2023/10/03/landmark-planning-legislation-may-not-be-passed-by-oireachtas-until-2024/" target="_blank">The Irish Times</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Article uploaded by <a href="https://bpsplanning.ie/">BPS Planning & Development Consultants </a></span></p>Brendan Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372014190376042874noreply@blogger.com0