Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy will tweak laws designed to fast-track significant housing projects to ensure units are commenced within 18 months of planning being granted. This will put a cap on the length of time developers can sit on their plans granted under the Strategic Housing Development scheme. Mr Murphy will tell Cabinet today that the Strategic Housing Development scheme should be extended for another two years to further help alleviate the housing crisis. He also said no construction had commenced in 47 of the 64 large housing developments which had been granted fast-track permission. The minister is expected to publish the review of the Strategic Housing Development scheme today.

Source: Irish Examiner October 30, 2019 05:37 UTC