The 12 apartment blocks, ranging in height from two to 18 storeys, was to be built on the site of the former Holy Cross seminary, on Clonliffe Road

An Bord Pleanála conceded last month in response to a ground alleging a conflict of interest in the decision of the part of the former deputy chair of An Bord Pleanála, Paul Hyde

Oonagh Buckley was previously the director general of the Workplace Relations Commission

The High Court was told the planning board is consenting to orders that would overturn its approval for proposed Strategic Housing Developments (SHDs) in Killiney and Blackrock

It comes after the Minister for Housing referred the findings of an independent report to gardaí and the DPP

The report examined the disclosure of conflicts of interest by An Bord Pleanála's former deputy chairperson Paul Hyde

Paul Hyde, the deputy chair of An Bord Pleanála, has resigned

Paul Hyde has tendered his resignation, pre-empting the outcome of inquiries into decisions he made with the planning board