An Bord Pleanála delays could invalidate applications for thousands of homes

Before Christmas, An Bord Pleanála had issued an apology as it said it was not meeting its statutory deadline in a “large number of cases”.

Planning applications for thousands of homes may be refused as ongoing delays at An Bord Pleanála could have rendered dozens of applications invalid.

In the case of three proposed developments encompassing over 1,000 new homes in Cork, applications submitted well before the city’s new development plan came into place may not proceed now due to a technicality that has been exacerbated by delays at the planning board.