When the new guidelines were published in July, Minister for Housing James Browne said they would be key to addressing supply issues. Photograph: iStock

The Government is facing a legal challenge to new apartment planning standards.

A judicial review has been lodged by several county councillors against the standards, which increased the number of studio apartments developers could put in a project, as well as other changes aimed at bridging a “viability gap” the Government said had stymied apartment building.

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