The Supreme Court must similarly act as expeditiously as possible.Ī planning permission is valid until quashed in Judicial Review proceedings. There are limited grounds of appeal to the Supreme Court. There is an obligation on the High Court to hear planning judicial review applications as expeditiously as possible consistent with the administration of justice. There is a very limited right of appeal to the Supreme Court. Special Judicial Review procedures apply to challenges of the planning application. Judicial Reviews are challenges to the legality of the decision and are not a challenge on the merits.īecause of the perceived adverse effect of planning challenges on industrial development, procedures were introduced in 1992 with a view to reducing delays in the planning process, on account of Judicial Reviews. There have been numerous High Court decisions on planning matters. See the chapter on Judicial Review in our Administrative Law section.īecause of the importance of planning permissions decisions in the context of land values, reviews of planning application have been particularly common in Ireland over the last forty years.
This is the general procedure for challenging the legality of decisions of the administration. Planning decisions of the planning authority and An Bord Pleananal are subject to Judicial Review.