Elaine McGoff
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Elaine McGoff
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PhD. Head of Advocacy for An Taisce. Water floats my boat. 🚲 powered. Views are my own.
I must get you to scribble on my copy at some point John!
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Our planning system is far from perfect, but cutting out the public voice will benefit the rich, to the detriment to us all, and our environment.
November 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Reposted by Elaine McGoff
there are permissions 70,000+ new homes ready to go

<2,000 appeals last year & only a small % were housing

nobody “votes” on planning applications

JR is not Planning system, it’s a legal process to see if the law was followed correctly

-JRs are a tiny %…& 1/4 are by the developers themselves
October 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Reposted by Elaine McGoff
Environmental rules become stricter when our environment is in crisis. If rivers are heavilh polluted or species are on the brink, projects face greater scrutiny. The real failure isn’t “red tape”, it’s decades of political neglect and underinvestment in environmental protection.
October 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM