An Coimisiún Pleanála

An Coimisiún Pleanála formerly An Bord Pleanála is Ireland's statutory planning body

Shannon-Dublin pipeline plans lodged

The €6 billion project would run an underground pipe through four counties, crossing lands belonging to 500 separate owners

Major expansion planned at Rosslare to transform port into offshore energy hub

Planning application for €220 million development to be lodged next week

Ranelagh residents willing to enter mediation on efforts to challenge MetroLink, court told

Nineteen people living in Dartmouth Square West have filed judicial review proceedings over ACP’s grant of permission for 18.8km project

Can the infrastructure plan tackle Ireland’s packed trains and traffic gridlock?

It’s convenient for the Government that the new proposals lands just as Ranelagh residents take a judicial review against MetroLink

The life cycle of a judicial review: how legal and planning challenges have delayed a key Dublin project

Judicial reviews and delays in the planning system have stalled the Dublin drainage scheme for years – a project crucial to future housebuilding

Ranelagh’s latest MetroLink objection highlights bananas nature of hyper-minority rule

Ireland is moving from a democracy to ‘vetocracy’, where governance is paralysed because someone, somewhere holds a veto

Planning authority defends pace of decisions on offshore wind projects

An Coimisiún Pleanála chief says planning board must be careful as handling of projects will set precedent for all future offshore development

What the wind auction result can tell us about John Collison’s criticism of our ability to get things done

Any increase over the average guaranteed price paid in 2023 can be seen as some sort of ‘Irish difficulty premium’

MetroLink facing ‘inevitable delay’ following legal challenge from Ranelagh residents

Review proceedings taken by 19 individuals living next to proposed site for station in south Dublin suburb

An Coimisiún Pleanála gives go-ahead for Clonskeagh student accommodation

Case was before planning body after appeals lodged by Eglinton Residents Association and two individuals

Planning bottleneck means Ireland will fall short of offshore wind targets for 2030, says industry

Offshore wind developers before Oireachtas committee blame unreasonable demands from planning authorities for delivery challenges

Shannon Airport and air traffic control operators object to Clare wind farm

An Coimisiún Pleanála convenes oral hearing to address aviation concerns around plan which has drawn 74 objections

Housing stuck at the bottom of planning priorities

Ireland may have a crisis in finding homes for its people but when it comes down to it, they are not as important as geese

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

An Coimisiún Pleanála refuses planning permission for scheme near St Anne’s Park

‘The risk of not progressing projects is great’: What next for Uisce Éireann?

The State’s newest utility faces multiple challenges as its role in tackling the housing crisis takes centre stage

Dublin drainage project will not be operational before 2032 ‘at best’, says Uisce Éireann

Further delays to key projects will have ‘serious consequences’ for housing and economic growth

Sean Reilly-linked firm to enter mediation following High Court challenge to DART extension

Alcove Ireland Three claims planning commission’s decision to grant permission for rail plan is invalid

Extension of Luas line will add four new stops and could be completed by 2031

The new line in Dublin is expected to cost about €600 million

Sorrento Terrace home wins appeal for outdoor swimming pool, Jacuzzi and garden studio

Development at protected Dalkey home sanctioned by An Coimisiún Pleanála after rejection by local authority

Cork’s €600m bus network plan to come before Cabinet

Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien to seek Government approval in principle for BusConnects programme

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

Imagine if Ireland could lay rail tracks as quickly as it builds roads

If Luas Finglas is delivered on time, there will have been a 15-year gap since the last Luas extension

Planning refused for Baggot Street hotel

Company tied to businessman Eamon Waters had applied build 115 bedroom hotel

Galway hotel secures permission for nine-storey extension

Plans, initially rejected by city council over environmental concerns, overturned on appeal

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

Seán Guerin SC says decision-making failure over planning for Dublin drainage project ‘not the fault of judicial review’

MetroLink Dublin has been approved. How long until it arrives?

In the News podcast: Dublin line expected to begin operating in mid-2030s, providing 20-minute airport-to-city journeys

‘It’s been going on for as long as I can remember’: Swords residents on MetroLink approval

While granting of planning permission has generally been welcomed, some remain sceptical on timeline for delivery

Little doubt MetroLink would get the green light, but what will be the bottom line?

Cost of largest infrastructure project in the history of the State will be far north of €3.5bn estimate back in 2010

Two consortiums will bid to build long-awaited MetroLink

Dublin line expected to begin operating in mid-2030s, providing 20-minute airport-to-city journeys

Property giant’s plan for new apartment complex at Holy Cross Drumcondra site stalled

An Coimisiún Pleanála received one appeal against council’s decision to allow 1,131-unit scheme

Planned Dublin Metro linking city centre with airport and Swords could open in stages

Testing and starting services on railway in phases could cut multi-billion euro project’s costs

Def Leppard frontman’s neighbour rocked by high decibels emanating from Stepaside home

Plus: the other Guinness book; Roddy Doyle’s struggles to read the Booker small print; and Paul Murphy’s worries about Irish military aggression

DAA lodges High Court proceedings over €6m development payment

Judicial review sought over decision of An Coimisiún Pleanála in relation to airport car parks

An Coimisiún Pleanála approves plan to demolish Dublin’s largest synagogue to make way for 60 flats

Dublin Hebrew Congregation backs redevelopment, but opponents say area would lose historical landmark

Want to see an end to high electricity prices? This is what we need to do

Prices remain high because we are still burning so much gas. The cheapest way to end that is to deliver the onshore and offshore wind that is ready to be built

Council told Department of Transport about ‘frustrations’ at planning tensions with DAA

State-owned airport company has asked local authority to raise 32m passenger cap at Dublin

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

Ryanair calls for ‘robust response’ after Russian drones cripple European flights

Closure of Polish air space saw 40% of Irish airline’s flights delayed with O’Leary warning that ‘Russia poking the bear’ will continue

Aer Lingus applies for judicial review of night flights ruling at Dublin Airport

Airline has initiated its own proceedings following similar move by Ryanair and local residents earlier this week

‘It would be great if families move in’: Four derelict Tallaght homes to be restored for sale

Properties at St Maelruan’s Park compulsorily acquired under Derelict Sites Act

Killiney residents win planning battle in bid to halt development at Montebello House

Ruling now leaves the way open for Covelo to lodge fresh plans for increased housing on the site

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