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Submissions & Appeals

Submissions and Appeals

Submissions to the planning authority and appeals to An Coimisiún Pleanála, argued on the planning merits with evidence.

We take on submissions and appeals selectively, only where there is a genuine planning case.

We are selective about the submissions and appeals we take on. We act where there is a genuine planning case: a proposal that is poorly conceived, overbearing in scale, or that fails to respect the character and context of its setting. Where a development is sound, we will say so.

That discipline is what gives our representations weight. A submission grounded in policy, precedent and sound planning judgement carries far more influence with a planning authority or An Coimisiún Pleanála than a generic objection, and our experience as a former inspector means we know exactly what a decision-maker is looking for.

How we can help

Where a Submission or Appeal Is the Right Step

Third-Party Submissions

Observations on a planning application during the public-consultation period, setting out clear, policy-based grounds where a proposal would cause genuine harm.

Appeals to an Coimisiún Pleanála

First- and third-party appeals, preparing the grounds, the planning argument and the supporting evidence to the standard the Commission expects.

Development-Plan Submissions

Informed submissions during the preparation or review of a development plan, where zoning, objectives or policy wording matter to your interest.

Context & Impact Appraisal

An assessment of whether a scheme respects its context in scale, massing, overlooking, traffic and amenity, and whether a case stands up.

Our approach

How We Prepare a Submission

  • We assess the merits first. If there isn't a real planning case, we'll tell you, straight.
  • We argue on planning grounds, not noise: policy conflict, material contravention, context and amenity, precedent.
  • We write to the decision-maker. Knowing how inspectors weigh a case shapes how we make it.
  • We respect the system. Better-considered development is the goal, not obstruction for its own sake.
A note on what we won't do. We don't lodge speculative or vexatious objections. Our reputation, and the influence of our submissions, depends on only making cases that deserve to be made.

Concerned About a Nearby Proposal?

Send us the planning reference and we'll give you a frank view on whether there's a case worth making.

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