The latest report on the state of An Bord Pleanála has found that staff are demoralised and that there is an 'internal crisis' within the planning body
AN BORD PLEANÁLA requires a “complete reset” with significant changes to its governance needed, the Office of the Planning Regulator has recommended.
The report comes just days after the Government approved new plans to reform the planning system, alongside changes to ABP around its governance as well as its name. The report says that an organisational change is required due to the “wider and increased operational demands” that are now being placed on the planning body.
However, the decisions on planning applications would instead be overseen by a Chief Planning Commissioner. There is also a call to introduce a list of reasons why a board member can disagree with a planning inspector on a recommendation. Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has since appointed Oonagh Buckley, a former Deputy Secretary General at the Department of Justice, as interim chair of ABP.
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