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The Sunday Times 18.09.2016. Reproduced here with kind permission of the Sunday Times newspaper.

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Abstract

There is little evidence to show that the planning system in Ireland hinders the delivery of housing, yet it is regularly blamed for preventing developers from building. Consistent with our political tradition of “anecdote as fact”, no credible evidence is ever presented to prove these allegations that the planning system—and indeed, planners themselves—are a blockage. The elephant in the room is, of course, owners sitting on land with planning permission who won’t build, or who won’t sell if they can’t afford to build. Critics of the planning system are fewin reality, yet they are vocal and influential. Diluting the system is a sop to the development industry but challenging these landowners requires more guts.

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https://doi.org/10.21427/p2m5-tb69

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