An Bord Pleanala is to be restructured under sweeping new planning legislation brought to Cabinet this morning.
The third largest piece of legislation in the history of the State will introduce mandatory timelines for decisions on planning, and increase the timeframe of development plans to ten years.
There will also be a new fee for Judicial Reviews being taken against planning decisions which may be covered if the challenger wins the case.
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Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien says the move will futureproof planning legislation for up to a quarter of a century:
