An Bord Pleanála
{{Short description|Statutory Irish body responsible for planning approvals}}
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| formation = 1976
| type = Independent statutory body
| purpose = Planning
| headquarters = Marlborough Street, Dublin
| leader_title = Chairperson of the Board
| leader_name = Peter Mullan (2024)
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| name = An Bord Pleanála
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| location = Dublin, Ireland
| website = {{URL|https://www.pleanala.ie}}
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{{lang|ga|An Bord Pleanála|italics=no}} ({{IPA|ga|ənˠ ˌbˠoːɾˠd̪ˠ ˈpʲlʲanˠaːlˠə, - pʲlʲəˈn̪ˠaːlˠə}}; meaning "The Planning Board"; ABP) is an independent, statutory, quasi-judicial body that decides on appeals from planning decisions made by local authorities in Ireland. As of 2007, An Bord Pleanála directly decided major strategic infrastructural projects under the provisions of the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2006/act/27/enacted/en/html|title=Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006|date=16 July 2006|access-date=19 October 2020|website=Irish Statute Book|archive-date=16 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216220743/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2006/act/27/enacted/en/html|url-status=live}} The Board also hears applications from local authorities for projects which would have a significant environmental impact.
History
The Board was established by the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act 1976,{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1976/act/20/enacted/en/html|title=Local Government (Planning and Development) Act 1976|website=Irish Statute Book|date=5 July 1976|access-date=19 October 2020|archive-date=30 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630064116/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1976/act/20/enacted/en/html|url-status=live}} assuming responsibility for planning appeals in March 1977.{{Cite book|last=McDonald|first=Frank|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60079186|title=The destruction of Dublin|date=1985|publisher=Gill and Macmillan|isbn=0-7171-1386-8|location=Dublin|pages=199|oclc=60079186|access-date=2021-01-14|archive-date=2021-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924144503/https://www.worldcat.org/title/destruction-of-dublin/oclc/60079186|url-status=live}} Its provisions have for the most part been carried over into the Planning and Development Act 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2000/act/30/enacted/en/html|title=Planning and Development Act 2000|website=Irish Statute Book|date=28 August 2000|access-date=19 October 2020|archive-date=5 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905015116/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2000/act/30/enacted/en/html|url-status=live}}
Controversy
In April 2022 online news platform The Ditch reported that the body's deputy chairperson Paul Hyde had failed to declare his property interests to the board.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ontheditch.com/multiple-high-court-cases-defaulting-property-loans/|title=ABP deputy chair pursued for defaulting on property loans|date=6 April 2022|website=The Ditch|accessdate=26 March 2023}} Hyde resigned from his position in July 2022 before an investigation into the allegations by Remy Farrell SC was concluded.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2022/07/08/paul-hyde-resigns-from-an-bord-pleanala-following-allegations-of-conflict-of-interest/|title=Paul Hyde resigns from An Bord Pleánala following allegations of conflict of interest|website=The Irish Times|accessdate=26 March 2023}} In October 2022 it was reported that the DPP had decided to initiate a criminal prosecution against Hyde.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40979903.html|title=DPP begins criminal prosecution of former Bord Pleanála deputy chair Paul Hyde|date=10 October 2022|website=Irish Examiner|accessdate=26 March 2023}} The following month, the body's chairman Dave Walsh announced he was taking early retirement amid ongoing controversy at the board.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/an-bord-pleanala-chairperson-dave-walsh-retires-early-amid-ongoing-controversy-42115829.html|title=An Bord Pleanala chairperson Dave Walsh retires early amid ongoing controversy|website=independent|accessdate=26 March 2023}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.pleanala.ie/ An Bord Pleanála website]
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