Greens accuse An Bord Pleanála of a return to Celtic Tiger decision making

5th April 2013



GreenParty Dublin North Representative, Joe O'Brien has described the recentdecision by An Bord Pleanála to allow a 103 unit development in Hacketstown,Skerries as 'outrageous, old style and bizarre'.

Mr.O'Brien today stated: "I was quite shocked when I heard that An Bord Pleanálaallowed this development recently despite large number of significant andsubstantial objections and crucially their own Inspector's report, whichrecommended that permission be refused."

Thefollowing is an excerpt from the An Bord Pleanála Inspectorsreport: "it is considered that thelow density of the proposed scheme would result in an inefficient andunsustainable pattern of development on scarce, serviced and zoned lands