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21 May '13 |
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Minister re powers to clamp down on poor planning decisions
Minister for Housing and Planning, Jan O’Sullivan, TD, has today (20 May, 2013) issued a clear reminder to local authorities that she will invoke her legal powers to clam - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
15 May '13 |
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Planning regulator must have investigative powers: Frank McDonald
The independent investigations were dropped by then minister of state, Labour’s Willie Penrose, in favour of an internal “review” – conducted by the department itself – into various allegations. In th - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
09 May '13 |
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Donnelly offered to lend paintings to council in return for planning permission
Art collector Marie Donnelly offered to lend 10 paintings from her family’s collection to Dún L aoghaire-Rathdown County Council for public display if she got planning permission to change the use of - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
08 May '13 |
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Government to appoint planning regulator
The Government has decided to proceed with the appointment of a planning regulator, in a move described by Minister of State for Planning Jan O’Sullivan as a “milestone” in implementing the recommenda - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
06 May '13 |
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1,000 acres of housing land to be dezoned
Just over 620 acres around Tralee and 345 acres in Killarney currently zoned as residential will soon have no planning status. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
15 Apr '13 |
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City proposes change in planning policy to protect Grafton Street’s ‘premier’ status
Apart from businesses types, the draft 2013 Scheme of Special Planning Control for Grafton Street and Environs proposes strict guidelines and restrictions on outdoor advertising, shop signage, archite - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
12 Apr '13 |
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Ikea should get ‘red carpet treatment’, hearing on Cherrywood zone told
Speaking at an oral hearing for the Cherrywood SDZ, Tom Phillips, planning consultant for Ikea, said the company was willing to make a “multimillion investment” in the area, and had been speaking to D - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
11 Apr '13 |
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IKEA asks council to rezone land for second city store
It wants An Bord Pleanala to overturn a decision by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to ban large-scale stores.
The council has drawn up a masterplan for the 264-hectare site in south Dublin, - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
09 Apr '13 |
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Land rezoned to expand pharmaceutical plant and rehab hospital in Dun Laoghaire
It had been zoned to protect and improve residential amenity, with a 1.2 hectare plot, known as the Workman’s Club lands, zoned for open space and amenity. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
26 Mar '13 |
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City council publishes fast-track planning proposals for Dublin Docklands
Proposals for a new fast-track planning scheme for Dublin’s Docklands, giving Dublin City Council the power to make decisions that could not be appealed to An Bord Pleanála, have been published. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
24 Mar '13 |
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High Court judge blames boom time ‘planning free-for-all’ for bank crisis
Colm MacEochaidh: “Many community groups, residents’ associations and NGOs pleaded for sustainable development. All too often, they were derided, even by persons in the highest offices, as Nimbys or p - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
20 Mar '13 |
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Ikea and Jackson Way seek to vary M50 Cherrywood development plans
Swedish furniture giant Ikea and controversial development company Jackson Way Properties have asked An Bord Pleanála to vary plans for a major new town and village development at the southern end of - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
13 Mar '13 |
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Cut of 30% in planning levies proposed
Residents and developers in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown will see a cut in the cost of planning levies by almost 30 per cent under a draft plan to be discussed by councillors today. The cut will see a drop - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
12 Mar '13 |
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City council blows €40m 'on failed projects'
These included proposals for a 37-storey office tower in Ballsbridge and 16-storey inner-city hospital. The report, entitled 'Planning in Dublin City, 2005-2012: A closer look at large-scale planning - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
19 Feb '13 |
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Council may dezone Nama land to force handover for road
Cork County Council could take the unprecedented step of dezoning building land owned by Nama to make it worthless and force the agency to hand it over to the local authority for road safety measures. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
13 Feb '13 |
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Hogan to abolish spatial strategy
Phil Hogan also criticised out-of-town shopping centres and asked local councils to cut development charges in town centres to encourage urban renewal. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
20 Jan '13 |
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Christy O'Connor Jnr granted extra time to build houses
The move by Galway City Council is a reversal of a decision by planning officials last October who rejected the golfer's application for a time extension. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
15 Jan '13 |
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Councillors resist ‘bullying’ over flood plain zoning
Cork County Council has, however, warned town councillors in Midleton they face being personally liable for future flood damage if they act contrary to a ministerial recommendation. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
14 Jan '13 |
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Land for 500,000 homes dezoned in planning overhaul
Housing and planning minister Jan O'Sullivan said the dezoning was needed to restore confidence in the planning system. The move to ban development on 15,000 hectares of land has wiped hundreds of mi - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
14 Jan '13 |
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Council decisions to enter a new zone of common sense
Good practice – and the system being implemented now means that homes should only be built on land close to areas of demand, with the required public services in place. - Subscribe |
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