Legislation to overhaul planning system has been published

The 700-page Planning and Development Bill was published late on Tuesday night

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien said the 'bill is momentous not only in its size but in its significance to nearly every aspect of people’s lives from infrastructure to tackling the climate transition'.

New legislation to overhaul Ireland’s planning system has been published by the Government.

The Planning and Development Bill 2022, which is the third-largest in the history of the State at over 700 pages long, aims to consolidate and revise existing planning laws into a single piece of legislation.