Today, 26 April, 2022 at the High Court Judge David Barniville has refused Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal against his decision to remit the Indaver Planning Application back to Bord Pleanala for further consideration. In his Judgement of March 19, 2021 Judge Barniville found in favour of CHASE on two grounds, one of which … [Read more...]
Planning quashed and Judge orders application back to October 2017
High Court Judge David Barniville today delivered his Orders following his Judgement of March 19, 2021 where he found in favour of CHASE on the grounds of objective bias by reason of then Deputy Chairman, Conall Boland’s prior involvement in the application with work done as a consultant on behalf of Indaver in 2004. Having quashed the May 2018 planning granted to Indaver, … [Read more...]
Grainstore fire looms over Harbour
For the last 20 years CHASE has shown that the Ringaskiddy site is not a suitable location for a 240,000 tonne commercial waste incinerator. This has been backed up by the 3 Inspectors who presided over the 2003, 2009 and 2016 Bord Pleanala Oral Hearings, all of whom recommended refusing permission for the application. One of the fundamental problems with the site is the … [Read more...]
Indaver to push on with EPA licence application though High Court challenge outcome is not yet delivered
Indaver has advised CHASE by letter of plans to apply to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an industrial emissions licence for their Ringaskiddy incinerator in the coming weeks, even though a decision has not yet been delivered following the CHASE High Court challenge to planning which closed on Monday 27 May 2019. (letter below) Planning permission for … [Read more...]
Bord Pleanala failure to meet court deadline kicks hearing date on by a month
The Court has today at the request of Bord Pleanala put the hearing of the Judicial Review of the Ringaskiddy Incinerator planning permission back a month. The hearing is now scheduled to begin on 19 March 2019. The Court has made some revisions to the timeline for exchange of documents in the meantime. The extension was triggered by the Board not meeting its deadline of … [Read more...]
