CITY COUNCIL PLANNING SYSTEM AMONG WORST IN COUNTRY

Date Published: 16-Jul-2008

Galway city council's planning system is among the worst in the country. A leading group of architects has given just over four out of ten to the city council's management of planning applications.Almost 50 Galway members of the The Royal Institute of the Associates of Ireland took part in the survey of 38 local authorities planning systems. They rated the city council's planning system among the four worst in the country, with only Clare, Kildare and Wicklow county councils rated lower. However the RIAI report gave Galway county council's planning system a much higher rating, placing it 16th best in the country.