Windfarm construction halted pending substitute consent decision amid environmental concerns

By: Decisis

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High Court orders a halt to further development of a 90mw 19-turbine windfarm, pending a decision on the application for substitute consent, on the grounds that the project, already at an advanced stage, faced numerous material deviations from the original planning permission, which were deemed to require Environmental Impact Assessment and a Screening and Appropriate Assessment (AA).

Windfarm - Substitute Consent - Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) - Appropriate Assessment (AA) - planning permission - material deviations - County Donegal - halt to development - High Court order - planning and environmental laws - compliance - liberty to apply - variation or discharge of order.

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