Bord Pleanála overrun in 20% of cases

An Bord Pleanála’s caseload has fallen by more than two thirds since the peak of the construction boom, yet it is still only dealing with 80% of the cases on time.

The planning board’s latest report for 2011 shows it dealt with 2,110 planning issues that year, compared to a peak of 6,664 in 2007.

Chairwoman Mary Kelly said that fall “enabled the compliance level with the statutory time objective of 18 weeks to rise to an overall 81% level for the year”.