Angry councillors call for Bord Pleanála ‘overhaul’

Cork city councillors want the environment minister to overhaul An Bord Pleanála amid claims it has rendered the city’s development plan useless.

It follows their decision not to risk public funds mounting a legal challenge against a the board’s decision to grant planning permission for a local retail centre in the western suburbs.

The board’s decision overturned a unanimous council vote to refuse permission for the project in the Melbourne Business Park off the Model Farm Road.