Planning An Bord Pleanála’s controversial fast-track unit ‘dissolved’ The Department of Housing has granted An Bord Pleanála permission to shut down its Strategic Housing Division
Commercial Property Cherrywood developers see potential to raise heights and build more homes with SDZ planCouncil proposes to increase housing densities from an average of 82 units per hectare to an average of more than 100 per hectare in an amendment to the Strategic Development Zone parameters
Housing Government considers plan to buy dormant housing projectsBuying developments which have planning permission but have not been commenced would release over 17,000 homes for cost rental housing
Planning ABP gives green light for 262-unit complex in Saggart despite Defence Department’s objection Concerns had been raised that new residential plan could negatively impact the nearby Casement Aerodrome
Planning sought for new Balbriggan urban quarter The Land Development Agency plans to build more than 800 affordable homes, amenities and green space overlooking the Irish Sea
Surging construction costs drive price of two-bed apartments up by 14%Construction consultancy firm warns against plans to restrict build-to-rent developments
SHD gets go-ahead at Coleville Road, Clonmel, Co TipperaryThe scheme, which was designed by Douglas Wallace Consultants and is close to the town centre, comprises 68 houses, 24 duplexes and 23 apartments
Developers lodged high numbers of SHD applications just before fast-track planning scheme expiredBetween October and December 2021, a total of 65 pre-applications were made to An Bord Pleanála, compared to 33 in the same three-month period of 2020
Fast-track homes ‘won’t work without proper staffing resources’Construction consultancy warns that local authorities will need extra workers if the new system for fast-track homes is to be effective
Plans to wind down controversial fast-track housing scheme delayed A new circular sent to local authorities has said the government cannot commit to the end date of October for the Strategic Housing Development system any longer and it will now expire in February 2022
Department overestimated fast-track housing successOf the 24,264 homes approved under the Strategic Housing Development system by the end of 2019, developers have only started to build 6,765 units, which means plans for 17,499 homes are lying idle
FG TD condemns delay in building Killiney apartmentsWork has yet to start on Park Developments’ scheme in the affluent south Dublin suburb which got fast-track planning permission in 2019
SHD site with permission for 155 apartments in DonabateA strategic housing development site of three blocks in the north Co Dublin town has a guide price in excess of €8.5 million
Fingal’s Broadmeadow Greenway to include 1,365 residential units and wildlife parkThe masterplan for the site in Corballis comprises 346 houses, 352 duplex units and 667 apartment units, as well as a 24-classroom school and three creches
Housing: The SHD planning system is set to be scrapped, but how will its replacement work?After failing to ‘get things moving again’ on building sites, the fast-track Strategic Housing Development system is ending as the old planning system with new limits will take its place
