An Taisce calls for investigation into Liberty Hall planning refusal

An Taisce has called for an independent regulator to be appointed to investigate the planning function of Dublin City Council.

An Taisce calls for investigation  into Liberty Hall planning refusal

Charles Stanley-Smith, communications officer and former chair of the National Trust, said An Bord Pleanála’s refusal for a 22-storey building to replace Siptu’s iconic Liberty Hall headquarters was on the same grounds as that of the Mater site proposal for the national children’s hospital earlier this year.

“This decision again raises the wider question as to why Dublin City Council is found to have once again breached its own development plan and national policy and the lack of an independent investigation thereof,” he said.

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