From the Sunday Business Post :

Planning guidelines in 22 counties which favour people connected to the locality are likely to be scrapped following a complaint to the European Commission.

The commission has completed an examination of the development plans of the counties following a complaint from an Irish citizen who was refused planning permission to build a house in Wicklow.

Planning guidelines inWicklow restrict non-locals from being granted permission for one-off rural houses.

The commission is expected to announce within the coming month that many of the restrictions in the county development plans are illegal under European law.