Re: Re: Irish Architects & Society

look, my opinion of AT ain’t gonna change – in my opinion they are programmed to object to anything even slightly adventurous, so moving on to the snail that is the planning process:

 
ABP’s website states:

The Board’s objective is to dispose of appeals within 18 weeks. Sometimes this is not possible and each party will be informed of the reasons why.

Well, let us review one week’s worth of cases in Dublin for the last week of February

2559: 29 weeks
2539: 38 weeks
232892: invalid
232879: invalid
232809: invalid
232790: invalid
232245: 8 weeks
232089: 10 weeks
231835: 14 weeks
231760: 15 weeks
231381: 18 weeks
231304: 19 weeks
231225: 19 weeks
231110: 21 weeks
230940: 22 weeks
230939: 22 weeks
230925: 23 weeks
230861: 24 weeks
230835: 20 weeks
230804: 24 weeks
230777: 25 weeks
230645: 26 weeks
230644: 26 weeks
230635: 26 weeks
230627: 26 weeks
230613: 27 weeks
230612: 27 weeks
230607: 28 weeks
230588: 28 weeks
230587: 28 weeks
230568: 28 weeks
230560: 28 weeks
230530: 28 weeks
230492: 28 weeks
230458: 28 weeks
230450: 29 weeks
230446: 29 weeks
230399: 29 weeks
230381: 30 weeks
230379: 30 weeks
230351: 30 weeks
230326: 30 weeks
230306: 30 weeks
230284: 31 weeks
230245: 31 weeks
230170: 31 weeks
230166: 31 weeks
230156: 31 weeks
230155: 32 weeks
230137: 32 weeks
230122: 32 weeks
230082: 32 weeks
230077: 32 weeks
229958: 33 weeks
229929: 34 weeks
229921: 34 weeks
229917: 34 weeks
229716: 35 weeks
229659: 36 weeks
229611: 36 weeks
229554: 37 weeks
229145: 41 weeks
228802: 45 weeks

Now, the fact that there are this many in one week for Dublin just sums up the quagmire that the system is wallowing in but, quite apart from this:

For this one week the average response time is 28 weeks

28 feckin weeks as opposed to 18 – or 2.5 months longer than they “try” to manage

That is nothing short of a disgrace

Sort it out or change your mandate ABP. Or better still, review the whole system