Construction work can take two years to begin despite ‘fast-track’ system
Strategic housing development system ‘an affront on democracy’, committee told
‘Cultural change’ needed for communities to accept high density housing
Minister says development also needs to shift from ‘greenfield’ suburban sites to the reuse of urban land in towns and cities
Log cabin housing ‘would set a dangerous precedent’
Irish Planning Institute says housing shortage not a reason to ‘abandon good thinking’
Planners support new powers to approve taller buildings
Urban areas need to be ‘built upwards rather than outwards’, Irish Planning Institute said
‘Another cock-up’ or ‘visionary’? Politicians and industry react to the NDP
There is a clear divide between the business and industry sectors and the political sphere
New fast-track planning law dawdles into existence
Measure promises to bolster housing supply at time of acute shortages
Towns look to ‘health checks’ to keep shopping local
Pilot scheme is helping nine towns to counter out-of-town shopping
Allowing Bord Pleanála to okay big builds ‘harms democracy’
Planning body objects to Bill giving appeals board power to approve large-scale housing
Independent planning regulator must be appointed, institute says
Full minister for housing should be a priority, conference told
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