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The High Court has refused an application by a cycling advocate for leave to seek judicial review of the 2016 Galway Transport Strategy (GTS), on the basis that the application was out of time and no extension was granted. The applicant argued that the GTS was rendered illegal by the European Union's TEN-T regulations of 2024, which came into effect after the GTS's adoption. However, the court found that the GTS was not a sustainable urban mobility plan (SUMP) and therefore not currently subject to the obligations of the TEN-T regulations, which do not apply until December 2027. The court also noted that the GTS has significantly informed planning policy and action for almost a decade and that an extension of time would considerably prejudice the public and public authorities who have relied on the GTS.
judicial review, Galway Transport Strategy (GTS), certiorari, timing of application, extension of time, supervening illegality, TEN-T regulations, sustainable urban mobility plan (SUMP), public consultation, strategic environmental assessment, appropriate assessment, habitats directive, strategic flood risk assessment, public reliance, legal certainty, planning policy, transport strategy, administrative act, non-statutory document, justiciability.
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