State planning agency lost 90% of legal objections to large housing projects 

An Bord Pleanála has lost almost 90% of the legal objections lodged to its decisions regarding strategic housing developments.

The State agency with responsibility for planning decisions has lost almost 90% of the legal objections lodged to its decisions regarding strategic housing developments (SHDs).

An Bord Pleanála has been subject to 33 completed judicial reviews on SHDs – applications for 100 or more homes that bypass local authorities and cannot be appealed within the planning system – since the controversial provision was launched in 2017.