Received 13 June 2023
Decided 11 July 2023
Part-Granted
Request Reference FOI-0251-2023
Requester Type Journalist
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

1. Any briefings prepared for The Minister or Secretary General, in relation to allegations of residents seeking financial payments from developments to not take a judicial review/object to planning applications. 2. Any related internal correspondence within The Department related to the above briefing or topic. (I imagine the actual amount of correspondence on this would be small or in a small window, however I am leaving the timeframe a bit broader in case that window is further back than in recent weeks) 3. Any correspondence between developers’/construction firms and The Minister, residents seeking financial payments in the period developments to not take a judicial review/object to planning applications. All 3 in the period 01/01/2023 - 13/06/2023