Legal challenges to schemes adding €12k to house prices
Judicial reviews of housing schemes costing buyers thousands
Most major housing schemes are now being brought to judicial review and 92pc of those reviews since 2018 have successfully overturned permission granted by An Bord Pleanála. Photo: Stock image
Fearghal O'Connor
Judicial reviews of housing schemes add at least €8,000 to €12,000 to the cost of new homes, the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) has warned the Government.