‘You can’t build houses overnight’: Developers on their issues with the planning system

The planning process is faster now, but developers say there are other major hurdles that prevent them from delivering more completed housing schemes

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Four years ago, the message from property developers was clear. As Ireland came to terms with the fact that it had a housing crisis, they claimed they could get shovels in the ground if the slow, lumbering planning system was addressed.

In response, ...