Planning permission

Property Clinic: We want to build a small bungalow next to our home but I’m wondering if we should hold off

Several bereaved families had objected to ‘profoundly insulting’ proposal

Notion that you’re better off asking for forgiveness than permission has long been one of the unspoken principles of the Irish property market

Rose Murray claims she and husband sought to negotiate with council on reducing size of property but were repeatedly rebuffed

High Court refuses application from homeowners to halt demolition of property as neighbours help clear site

Excessive regulation can stifle development and become a vehicle for vested interests

Striving for perfection often causes more problems than it solves

Proposals being made to shelve, or ease, requirements for a range of minor works

Permission was given for 20,615 houses, which was the highest number since 2009

5.6-acre plot occupies high-profile location on outskirts of Ratoath

Mart Lane property has approval for mixed development of duplexes and houses

Alongside speed of delivery, the composition of supply also matters

‘Significant hurdles that make it difficult’ to deliver new beds.

Aidan Gallagher’s Bowbeck says development has been delayed by judicial review that led to €3.22m in costs, and economic factors

Planning regulator intervened 93 times to stop zoning on sites in nine counties, with more interventions still under way

The plans will necessitate the demolition of commercial and warehouse buildings and has attracted some opposition from nearby residents.

Minister for Infrastructure Jack Chambers to present rule changes in attempt to shorten approval process for critical projects

The council is positioning itself as a champion of the public interest – but what about the public interest in adequate housing, transport and energy?

Neighbouring residents contended the council had been ‘significantly flawed' in dismissing issues they had raised

Plan to slash legal fees payable in environmental cases is ‘contrary to EU law and Constitution’

Minister for Environment wants to cap State legal payments to €65,805

The seven-bed home will be replaced by 10 three-storey, detached houses

Cabra premises has been vacant since 2016 and was the site of the murder of gang leader Eamon Dunne

Merchants Quay service had permission to operate until June but has now secured permanent status

Ireland’s planning, procurement and regulatory systems need deep structural repair

DTDL lodges revised plans with Dublin City Council

Increased Garda presence sought at Four Courts after recent increase in hostile litigants attending court

Ballyboden Tidy Towns Group claims latest planning approval breaches Irish and European law

We’re all obsessed with property and property ownership, so it follows that property and planning drama will grab our interest

Bypassing the planning system is not ideal but it is a better option to what we have now

In the absence of change, critical shortages of water and power likely within a few years, notes report

Infrastructural acceleration plan also promises to streamline visa process for construction workers coming to work here

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

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

Businessman also takes aim at Irish planning regime and warns economic downturn ‘likely to be soon’

New procedures to be in place next year after legislation is rushed through Oireachtas

LDA estimates that delays from legal actions have added €30m to cost of its flagship affordable housing scheme in Dundrum

Judicial reviews to planning decisions are ballooning and worth up to €20m a year to legal sector

The new laws would identify projects of national importance and allow some planning processes to be bypassed

Dublin Civil Trust argues proposed building would transform western side of Parnell Square ‘into a street’