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Clane Development Among Thousands Of Fast-Track Homes Stuck In Planning Limbo

It comes as a result of failure to decide on applications

Planning for thousands of fast-track homes remain log-jammed with An Coimisiún Pleanála despite efforts by the authority to clear the backlog in recent years.

Figures obtained by The Journal under the Freedom of Information Act show that 11 separate applications to build 3,557 units are still to be considered more than a year after a decision from the commission was due.

The same figures show that more than 6,000 homes have been stalled because of legal challenges and delays in deciding upon planning applications.

Applications for these homes were made under the Strategic Housing Development (SHD) process, which was introduced in 2017 with the aim of speeding up planning decisions.

A development known as KDA1Clane at Clane, which would see the construction of 121 houses and 212 apartments, was due a decision by 28 November 2024.

The biggest application still awaiting a decision, the 1,243-unit Barnhill Garden Villages SHD at Clonsilla in Dublin 15, was due to be decided by 4 December 2024.

Seven applications were also due to be decided by last year.

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