Planning and Development Bill 2022 | Business Post

Christmas deadline for controversial planning bill ‘ambitious’

Oireachtas Housing Committee chair Steven Matthews says radical overhaul of planning system needs more time to get it right

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Housing, planning and land issues are a historic plague in Ireland

The housing crisis can be cured with a strong dose of common sense policies, starting with reducing the high risk associated with obtaining planning permission on greenfield sites

House building sector calls on state to pause planning reform bill

Representative groups are now pushing the government to hold back amid concerns that the planning system will not be able to cope

Greens seek clarity on judicial review process under draft planning bill

Party supports proposal for free legal aid scheme for challenges on environmental grounds

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Historic planning breach amnesty is glaring omission from upcoming bill

The improvements to Ireland’s planning code proposed by the recently published draft Planning and Development Bill 2022 have been widely welcomed. However, it doesn’t yet offer a solution for historic planning breaches that often blight real estate transactions

Local councils face penalties for slow planning decisions

The government is looking at the most substantial overhaul of planning law in 20 years

Free legal aid for environmental cases in major planning overhaul

The change is primarily for covering the costs of judicial reviews, to ensure the public can still bring environmental justice challenges