Planning board concedes in three challenges to permission for more than 1,000 homes

It is understood the concessions in two of the cases come in response to grounds alleging a conflict of interest in the decisions on the part of the board’s former deputy chair of An Bord Pleanála, Paul Hyde

An Bord Pleanála is understood to have accepted that there would be a reasonable apprehension that objective bias may arise in both Dublin decisions.

An Bord Pleanála has conceded in three separate High Court actions challenging its permissions for the development of 748 homes in south Dublin and 333 homes in Co. Kildare.

The court heard on Monday that the planning board was consenting to orders that would overturn its approval for proposed Strategic Housing Developments (SHDs) in Killiney and Blackrock. It is understood the concessions in the two Dublin cases come in response to grounds alleging a conflict of interest in the decisions on the part of the board’s former deputy chair of An Bord Pleanála, Paul Hyde.