High Court, in judicial review proceedings concerning changes to a large manufacturing development where the applicant challenged the permission on environmental grounds, grants leave to seek judicial review on the basis of an amended statement of grounds, which deleted any matters withdrawn or matters where leave had been refused by the court.
Judicial review - applications for leave - procedure - 'leave checklist' - Commercial Planning and Strategic Infrastructure List - applications for leave on notice to other party - previous judicial review litigation - special area of conservation (SAC) - priority habitat - Narrow-mouthed Whorl Snail Vertigo angustior - tufa - application for planning permission - manufacturing facility - industrial emissions licence application - application to amend statement of grounds - requirement for substantial grounds - discretion of court to resolve disputed questions at the stage of application for leave - alleged lack of sufficient information - lack of exclusion of doubt - lack of thresholds for screening in Irish law.