It has been a bruising few weeks for An Bord Pleanála and its deputy chairperson Paul Hyde. On top of a bruising few years. The effect of soaring house prices, shifting government policy and the scant availability of public or private homes to rent or buy has eroded trust and increasingly put the spotlight on the national planning body. Contentious decisions of the board have ranged from the controversial to the merely unpopular and have mostly centred around strategic housing developments (SHDs), the controversial government scheme introduced in 2016 legislation to ramp up residential stock. These have ranged from eyebrow-raising…

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