The Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) is pleased to present the ninth edition of the ‘Learning from Litigation’ bulletin. This bulletin was prepared to highlight and disseminate key learnings from the continually evolving planning and environmental case law. It provides information on important precedents, court decisions and emerging trends with an overview of noteworthy planning cases. In this edition a new ‘Appeal Watch’ section has been added which features a judgment of the Court of Appeal in respect of a case that was included in issue 7 of the bulletin.
The case selection for this edition of the bulletin was made following recommendations received from the Planning Law Bulletin Steering Group. This Group consists of nominees from the Law Society of Ireland’s Environmental and Planning Law Committee, An Coimisiún Pleanála, the OPR legal services provider Fieldfisher LLP, the County and City Management Association and the OPR. It was agreed by the Group that the new Appeal Watch section will include details of any additional learnings from judgments of the Superior Courts in respect of cases dealt with in previous editions of the bulletin. In this way readers can track the progress and final conclusion of cases through the courts and the learnings from the judgments.
The OPR intends that the bulletin will be published on a quarterly basis.