An Taisce officer insists group's main concern is for people

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2003 / July 17 2003: An Taisce officer insists group's main concern is for people

Ian Lumley, heritage officer of An Taisce, doesn't measure favourable outcomes of planning appeals in terms of success. Success is a word that makes Ian Lumley, Heritage Officer of An Taisce uncomfortable - particularly when it comes to An Bord Pleanála planning appeals. "We don't think in terms of success rates," he barks. "I don't know where all this talk of success rates came from. We look on it as a major failure, a failure on the part of a local authority to comply with their obligations under the planning regulations that we have to take action at all."

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