Bord Pleanála overturn planning for 76% one-off houses

OVER three-quarters of the planning permissions for one-off houses granted by local authorities were overturned following objections to An Bord Pleanála, their latest annual report has revealed.

Local authorities around the country granted planning permission in 85% of all cases around the country in 2002.

But when appeals mainly by An Taisce were lodged with the planning board, 76% of the original local authority decisions were overturned.