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Use The An Bord Pleanala Website To Search For Projects Of The Type Selected: Eiar On Planning Report/ Essay Help, TCD, Ireland

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Roller coaster noise. Tayto Park owner confident screams from proposed new €15.5m rollercoaster won't impact residents. The screams by passengers on Tayto Park’s planned new €15.5 million rollercoaster won’t impact on nearby residents.

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Injunctions against Quarries

Illegal quarries seem to be in the news a lot lately, and it is always useful to pursue these stories, as their level of proliferation is usually directly proportional to the level of corruption in our county council system.  The reason for that is that it should be impossible to conduct illegal quarrying if a council is enforcing the planning laws. It always seems to be the case that where an…

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Injunctions against Quarries

Illegal quarries seem to be in the news a lot lately, and it is always useful to pursue these stories, as their level of proliferation is usually directly proportional to the level of corruption in our county council system.  The reason for that is that it should be impossible to conduct illegal quarrying if a council is enforcing the planning laws. It always seems to be the case that where an…

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Substandard bike parking ruins plans for €144m Dublin apartment block - The Times

Substandard bike parking ruins plans for €144m Dublin apartment block – The Times

Substandard parking for bicycles has helped to scupper plans for a €144 million, 428-unit “build-to-rent” apartment block scheme in south Dublin.An Bord Pleanala refused planning permission yesterday to Pat Crean’s Marlet Group for the project, which was to include a “landmark” 17-storey apartment block at the former Avid Technology International site at the Sandyford Industrial Estate. The…

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Podcast: The Battle for Ballyshannon

It's exactly two years since the community of Ballyshannon began their campaign against the proposal to open a sand and gravel extraction quarry at a local farm called Racefield, which had been acquired by sand and concrete products giant Kilsaran. Kildare County Council refused the company permission, but An Bord Pleanala overturned that refusal. The community is now waiting to see if their request for a Judicial Review will be granted. Produced by Brian Byrne.

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me when my environmental law exam has no continuous assessment and my left eyeball will emerge from my skull if i have to read one more thing about an bord pleanala

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Appeal lodged against Athenry Dog Park plans (Noise)

Appeal lodged against Athenry Dog Park plans (Noise)

Plans for a new dog park in Athenry have hit a speed bump as an appeal against its permission has been made to An Bord Pleanála. Galway County Council awarded planning permission for a dog park “where dogs can socialise, exercise, and play as well as provide an area where dog owners can socialise” last month.

The park is intended for a site at at Knockaunglass field on the Esker Road, which…

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Reasons, and the reasons for giving Reasons.

Reasons, and the reasons for giving Reasons.

This is a case report on the Supreme Court judgment of:

Kathleen Connelly v. An Bord Pleanala (Clare County Council and McMahon Finn Wind Acquisitions Ltd – Notice Parties)

. The Parties

Kathleen Connolly was originally the applicant. She was successful in overturning the decision of An Bord Pleanala (ABP) to reverse the refusal of planning permission by Clare County Council and grant planning…

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Substandard bike parking ruins plans for €144m Dublin apartment block - The Times

Substandard bike parking ruins plans for €144m Dublin apartment block – The Times

Substandard parking for bicycles has helped to scupper plans for a €144 million, 428-unit “build-to-rent” apartment block scheme in south Dublin.An Bord Pleanala refused planning permission yesterday to Pat Crean’s Marlet Group for the project, which was to include a “landmark” 17-storey apartment block at the former Avid Technology International site at the Sandyford Industrial Estate. The…

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An Bord Pleanala gives Coole windfarm the green light #IRL https://ift.tt/2JTX5Jp

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As readers of this blog are well aware, I have for a while now followed the longstanding dispute between the two Declans – Declan McGrath, well-known author and conservationist, and Declan Mulhearne, the Chairperson of the Comeragh Community Development Group (CCDG).

  My coverage of this local dispute has come at some personal cost, having been the subject of a number of personal and vicious attacks from one of the individuals involved in constructing the “Mahon Falls Highway”.

  The dispute between the Declans came about as a result of an illegal road constructed by the CCDG through the scenic Mahon Falls valley (Colm Mahon).

  Declan McGrath first appealed this matter to the Waterford City&County Council, who did not react for a long time (subsequently explained by the fact that they were funding the illegal development.

He thereafter appealed the matter to An Bord Pleanala (‘the ABP’).

  The ABP ruled quite clearly and unconditionally that the road is indeed illegal and that it is not an exempted development, as originally claimed to me by Declan Mulhearne.

“AND WHEREAS An Bord Pleanála has concluded that: (a) he construction of a road is development as defined in section 3(1) of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, and (b) he construction of a road is not exempted development NOW THEREFORE An Bord Pleanála, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 5 (3) (a) of the 2000 Act, hereby decides that construction of a road at Coum Mahon, Mahon Valley, County Waterford is development and is not exempted development”.

  The ABP Inspector highlighted the anomaly that public funds were used for a private development on privately owned land and commonage:

“With regard to the question of whether it is or is not exempted development, a relevant consideration is whether the works were carried out as part of the works of statutory undertaker or public body (Article 80). It appears public funding was used for the works, and the report from the planning authority does not address the issue, but it seems clear to me that it was undertaken by a private body on privately owned lands (which are not part of Coilte works), and the land is not part of the public highway, and is not part of an existing private street, road or way, and as such is not exempted under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class 13. 8.2.2. The land, while open and a mix of privately owned land and (possibly) commonage, is not a park, open space or ornamental garden, or used for athletics or sports. It is open ground used seemingly for sheep grazing, or is untended heath/bog. As such, I do not consider that it is exempt under Schedule 2 Part 1 Class 33. 8.3. As such, I do not consider that the development come within these, or any other exemption class and so is not exempted development.”

The APB Inspector was even more forthright and scathing of the antics of the CCDG and its blatant disregard for the environmental sanctity of this once beautiful and protected area:

8.4.1. Notwithstanding the issue of my assessment above of the works not being exempted development, works are not exempt if they would require an EIS or NIS. 8.4.2. The structure is in excess of 2 km, so would, under Schedule 5, Part 2, Class 10(dd) (private roads in excess of 2000 metres) require screening, and while I acknowledge some ambiguity about the nature of the structure, I would consider, having regard also to the provisions of Schedule 7 of the Regulations, that there is a reasonable likelihood that it would require an EIS, especially having regard to the likely environmental impact of the works and the cumulative impact with the hydroelectric scheme (which was granted permission in 2005 with an EIS). 8.4.3. The issue of Appropriate Assessment is much more straightforward. I would refer to Board to the document ‘Assessment of Impacts on Comeragh Mountains cSAC’ dated Dec. 2015, competed by Wetland Surveys Ireland on behalf of the Council. On the basis of my site visit, I can confirm that the survey details of the impacts are consistent with my observations. The upper levels of the works run directly through part of the designated SAC. There is no question but that the works have caused significant direct effect on heathland (Annex I habitat) within the designated SAC by way of direct excavation and coverage by spoil – the report estimates that around 0.4 ha. of Annex 1 habitat has been destroyed – I would consider this an accurate assessment. There is also visible evidence of run-off to the stream, which includes another Annex 1 habitat ‘’floating river vegetation’. As such, as there is the significant disruption/destruction of habitat identified as ‘Dry Heath’ [4030] and ‘Wet Heath’ [4010], there is a significant effect on a Natura 2000 site in view of the sites conservation objectives. An NIS would therefore have been required. As such, the works cannot be considered to be exempted development by virtue of Article 9(i)(viiB) as it would have required an NIS.

  Despite these conclusive and damning findings by the ABP, the Comeragh Community Development Group still had the audacity to recently respond to this Report by stating in a local newspaper that this monstrosity that is carved into protected land was a “woodland walk”.

Does this sound like a “woodland walk”?:

“It is around 3-5 metres in width, very unevenly surfaced, with open cross-drains. It is approximately 2,700 metres in length.”

(The ABP Inspector’s Report).

  Does this look like a “woodland walk”? (The only woodland on this road is the smashed woodland caused by the digger when digging the road).

  Shame on you CCDG. It surely must be the end of the road.

  The End of the Road – for the CCDG As readers of this blog are well aware, I have for a while now followed the longstanding dispute between the two Declans – …

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Judicial review granted into An Bord Pleanala decision on drug rehab centre - Meath Chronicle https://t.co/IsaKrzqSyX

Judicial review granted into An Bord Pleanala decision on drug rehab centre - Meath Chronicle https://t.co/IsaKrzqSyX

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Planning permission for €14m Tayto Park rollercoaster is refused

Planning permission for €14m Tayto Park rollercoaster is refused

An Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission for a €14 million steel rollercoaster for Tayto Park in Co Meath as the operation of the ride would be too noisy for nearby residents.

In a blow to expansion plans at Ireland’s largest theme park, the appeals board has refused planning permission for ‘Coaster 2021’ in response to objections by four residents.

Meath County Council gave the plan the…

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Judicial review granted into An Bord Pleanala decision on drug rehab centre - Meath Chronicle https://t.co/8a1qspXVwq

Judicial review granted into An Bord Pleanala decision on drug rehab centre - Meath Chronicle https://t.co/8a1qspXVwq

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