The Irish Times reports:
“Cheating and giving false information was “endemic” in planning during the boom time in Kerry, An Taisce has claimed. Landscaping conditions attached to planning were also regularly ignored, the heritage body has told Kerry County Council.
In a submission to the draft county development plan for 2015-2021, An Taisce claims that farm families enjoyed favouritism in planning, with less stringent conditions than others.
“An Taisce is aware of cases where the house was sold to an outsider, despite having an occupancy clause for a particular person,” Dr Catherine McMullin, An Taisce’s honorary planning officer for the region, said.
Cheating in planning was ‘endemic’ in Kerry, says An Taisce (Irish Times)
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this story made me laugh….it’s not like An Taisce are immune to gamesmanship themselves on planning issues
What do you mean? Name one instance of gamemanship by An Taisce in planning?
Precisely. I’ve had dealings with An Taisce in a professional capacity over the years and for a body afforded generous status in legislation, they don’t exactly cover themselves in glory at times.
I’ve personal experience, 6 years of it. ranging from ridiculous threats of high court to interesting personal connections into ABP….lots and lots of interference and expensive delay tactics…and a long way rural Kerry
I beat them in the end though
(you just have to accept my word on the above)
and a long way (from) rural Kerry
So what, they went out of their way to delay your dream bungalow??
ha
predictable response there PBird
a bit like An Taisce :)
Yeah, I heard of one case where a planner turned down a couple for planning on a site claiming that no planning would ever be given for the site. And then guess what…..six months later he gets the site for a snip and gets permission. Funny old world!!
The very same thing in Cork. Farmers with 3/4 children who all found it essential to build on the family farm and were allowed to (especially if strong GAA connections); no landscaping of sites even after palaces built on them, or a very basic suburban wall with featureless lawn; stupid conditions like small windows out of proportion with the facade of the house; planners taking their own dodgy decisions as valid ‘precedent’ for further dodgy decisions; plonking houses on unsuitable sites where they can be seen for miles, despite Cork Co. Co. producing a whole book on what was desirable in siting and designing a house (‘Cork Rural Design Guide: Building a New House in the Countryside’ (2003): it’s quite a good book). I’m not opposed to people living in the countryside, I live in the countryside myself, but it is a shame that so many houses built are so ugly and out of place.
This!