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Supreme Court declines to award costs to an environmental activist following an unsuccessful constitutional challenge against a provision of a planning and development statute. The provision in question allows the Minister for Housing to issue guidelines that can override local development plans, particularly concerning building heights. The Court upheld the original decision, finding no grounds to award costs to the appellant, as the case did not meet the criteria for special constitutional cases that would merit such an award.
Supreme Court, constitutional challenge, Planning and Development Act 2000, Minister for Housing, guidelines, local development plans, building heights, An Bord Pleanála, Strategic Housing Development, costs, locus standi, Article 28A, Collins v. Minister for Finance (No.2), Legal Services Regulatory Authority Act 2015, extraordinary circumstances.
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