New structures to be introduced at rebranded An Bord Pleanála

An Bord Pleanala office on Molesworth Street, Dublin. File Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins Dublin

An Bord Pleanála is to be renamed and given new structures, while local councils are to get beefed-up powers to use compulsory purchase orders, under the most significant overhaul of the country's planning laws in 20 years.

The Cabinet will tomorrow approve the Planning and Development Bill, which will also place strict time limits for judicial reviews in a bid to avoid construction projects getting bogged down in lengthy legal proceedings.