Summary:
- The High Court quashed planning permission for a 221-bed PBSA scheme in Swords, north Dublin, after developer Aideen Whelan failed to erect a fresh site notice for the second planning application, a legal requirement to ensure public participation.
- Dublin City Council conceded the judicial review challenge brought by local resident Ian Croft, who argued he was unaware of the renewed application due to the missing site notice, which prevented him from engaging in the planning process and appealing the decision.
- Mr Justice Richard Humphreys emphasized that the ruling protects procedural rights in planning, stating that public participation is essential regardless of a development’s scale or commercial value, reinforcing the legal necessity for transparency in PBSA planning approvals.
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