Challenges to RZLT decisions have become moot, High Court told

An Bord Pleanála’s barrister said 13 cases which remained before the High Court were affected by a recent judgment dismissing a challenge by O’Flynn Construction Company

Last month, a challenge by the Michael O’Flynn firm was struck out by Mr Justice Anthony Barr as the decision to include the lands on a map of RZLT-liable lands had been 'overtaken by subsequent events'. Picture: Collins Courts

High Court challenges to the imposition of Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) on certain undeveloped lands have become moot, lawyers for An Bord Pleanála have said.

The court on Tuesday heard  that 25 judicial review actions were initiated over the planning appeals board’s endorsement of local council decisions to find that particular sites that are primed for residential development should be subject to the tax.