The Housing Minister should know that planning applications are not decided by the courts.
This is just removing legal oversight of the planning process for developers and local councils, but dressed up like it’s judges that have been the problem all along. It’s effectively streamlining the siphoning of public funds to private pockets that O’Brien has implemented and stood over since becoming minister.
OP pissed off re student accommodation specifically?
Oversight is needed.
The only reason so many planning applications ended up before the court was because the legislation arounds SHD (fast track) projects was poorly written.
I *think* (correct me pleazs) one of the issues was that who ever drafted it didn’t include an appeals process which means they only way to appeal a decision was to bring it to court.
The other issue is that the quality of the decision making (An Bord Pleanala) was seriously lacking. Some 90% planning cases brought to court were decided **against** the state. Meaning 90% of the developments brought to court were granted planning permission by way of a seriously deficient process.
And no one, at no point thought, “Hey, let’s fix up the legislation” or “Hey, let’s see what’s going on in ABP seeing as they’re not following the law”. But no one did. And now we’re being told it’s Joe Bloggs fault. Which is always the way in this country.
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The Housing Minister should know that planning applications are not decided by the courts.
This is just removing legal oversight of the planning process for developers and local councils, but dressed up like it’s judges that have been the problem all along. It’s effectively streamlining the siphoning of public funds to private pockets that O’Brien has implemented and stood over since becoming minister.
OP pissed off re student accommodation specifically?
Oversight is needed.
The only reason so many planning applications ended up before the court was because the legislation arounds SHD (fast track) projects was poorly written.
I *think* (correct me pleazs) one of the issues was that who ever drafted it didn’t include an appeals process which means they only way to appeal a decision was to bring it to court.
The other issue is that the quality of the decision making (An Bord Pleanala) was seriously lacking. Some 90% planning cases brought to court were decided **against** the state. Meaning 90% of the developments brought to court were granted planning permission by way of a seriously deficient process.
And no one, at no point thought, “Hey, let’s fix up the legislation” or “Hey, let’s see what’s going on in ABP seeing as they’re not following the law”. But no one did. And now we’re being told it’s Joe Bloggs fault. Which is always the way in this country.
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