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Green light for massive battery storage plant in Kildare despite multiple objections

The development of a new 212-megawatt Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) plant costing €140 million will now go ahead, despite multiple objections. The BESS, which was originally proposed by Strategic Power Projects Limited, will be constructed at ...

05 Oct 2022 at 13:25

Ethics and legal units to be set up in Ireland’s planning appeals body

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Ireland’s planning appeal body needs ethics and legal units, report says

The Government has published its plan to reform Ireland’s planning appeals body, which includes setting up an ethics unit and an in-house legal department. After a report from the Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) into An Bord Pleanala, ...

04 Oct 2022 at 16:20

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Planning report into An Bord Pleanala allegations referred to DPP and the Garda

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has referred a planning report into “certain decisions” at An Bord Pleanala to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the Garda and the Standards in Public Office (SIPO). Mr O’Brien said he referred the ...

15 Aug 2022 at 22:18

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Housing Minister says An Bord Pleanala appointments to be halted pending reforms

Ireland’s Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien has said appointments to the planning appeals body will be “effectively” halted after he referred the findings of an independent report to Gardai and the ...

16 Aug 2022 at 16:14

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Kildare TD says he is ‘disappointed’ over delay affecting proposed €200 million Newbridge brewery

A Kildare TD had admitted that he is 'disappointed' by the delay in Diageo's proposed €200 million brewery for Newbridge. The Irish Times reported on Thursday, September 14 that a representative for the company warned that further ...

18 Sept 2023 at 14:59

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An Bord Pleanala spent more on legal costs in 2022 than ever before

The interim chairperson of An Bord Pleanala has said the planning body spent more on legal fees in 2022 than it had in any other year. Oonagh Buckley said the board spent “almost 10 million” euros on legal costs for 2022. At the ...

27 Apr 2023 at 13:59

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Planning body being ‘overwhelmed’ with surge in judicial review cases

Ireland’s planning appeals body is being “to a certain extent overwhelmed” by a surge of judicial reviews against its decisions, a Dail committee has been told. Oonagh Buckley, interim chair of An Bord Pleanala, was giving ...

09 Feb 2023 at 12:26

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BREAKING: An Bord Pleanála overturns Kildare County Council's approval for Newbridge mansion

An Bord Pleanála (ABP) has decided to overturn a decision by Kildare County Council to grant planning permission to a proposed 11,000 square foot mansion in Newbridge. The Leinster Leader previously reported back in 2022 ...

02 Mar 2024 at 19:45

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Planning body admits climate plan not considered when approving Galway ring road

Ireland’s planning appeal body has admitted it did not take the country’s climate plan into consideration before approving a major ring road for Galway. As a result, An Bord Pleanala indicated it would not oppose a ...

14 Oct 2022 at 16:19

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Minister urged to fast-track probe publication after planning official quits

The Housing minister has been urged to fast-track the publication of a report into alleged conflicts of interests in planning decisions following the resignation of An Bord Pleanala’s deputy chair. Paul Hyde has ...

09 Jul 2022 at 17:19

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Minister urged to fast-track probe publication after planning official quits

09 Jul 2022 at 22:04

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Former An Bord Pleanala deputy chair handed two-month jail sentence

A former deputy chairman of An Bord Pleanala has been sentenced to two months’ imprisonment, after pleading guilty to breaches of planning laws. Paul Hyde, of Castlefields, Baltimore, Co Cork, pleaded ...

30 Jun 2023 at 14:00

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