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High Court upholds the decision to grant planning permission for a new motorway service area, finding that a wastewater treatment plant has sufficient capacity to handle the additional load from the development. The court rejected the applicant's claim that the development would adversely affect the integrity of nearby European sites, noting that the treatment plant had been subject to recent upgrades with further improvements planned. The court also found no evidence to support the claim that the development would lead to significant adverse effects on the Lower River Shannon Special Area of Conservation or the River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries Special Protection Area.
Motorway Service Area (MSA), Clareabbey Wastewater Treatment Plant (WwTP), planning permission, High Court, Annual Environmental Reports (AERs), Irish Water, hydraulic load, organic load, Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Special Protection Area (SPA), environmental assessment, effluent treatment, stormwater overflow (SWO), population equivalent (p.e.), discharge license, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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