Single planning body needed for Dublin area

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2007 / January 17

The Government has been urged to set up an autonomous body to take over control of planning and development in the greater Dublin area. The call from Conor Hogan, president of the Society of Chartered Surveyors, comes after an independent study found that the absence of integration in housing, land use and transportation policies poses "major problems for accessibility, sustainability and quality of life". The study, commissioned by the Society of Chartered Surveyors, was carried out over an 18-month period by Dr Brendan Williams, lecturer in urban development and planning at UCD; Brian Hughes, lecturer in urban economics at DIT Bolton Street; and Patrick Shiels, urban research analyst. The report said that housing development was occurring in a dynamic but unstable manner, often caused by major problems in managing the land supply process.

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