Bord Pleanála falling behind its deadlines

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2005 / October 21

A record number of planning appeals has put An Bord Pleanála under such "severe strain" that it has fallen behind statutory deadlines for issuing decisions, its chairman said yesterday. John O'Connor said the intake of appeals and major road projects to the end of September was up 13 per cent on last year, and 27.5 per cent on the 2003 figure. "On present trends, the 2005 intake is set to exceed 6,000 cases, which would be an all-time record," he said at the launch of the board's annual report for 2004.

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