Call for An Bord Pleanála to tackle planning delays amid housing crisis

Additional steps are needed to address the rapidly worsening delays in An Bord Pleanála, according to Fianna Fáil's housing spokesperson Darragh O’Brien.

PQ Data received by Deputy O’Brien shows the completion rate for reaching a final decision on a planning application within the 18-week statutory timeframe has fallen from 79% in 2016 to 64% in 2017 to 38% of cases currently up to the end of October 2018.