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High Court upholds the granting of planning permission for a windfarm amendment despite the absence of site-specific conservation objectives for a Special Protection Area (SPA), on the grounds that, on the particular facts of the case, the Planning Board could legally ascertain, without error, that the proposed development would not adversely affect the integrity of the SPA.
Appropriate Assessment (AA) - Special Protection Area (SPA) - conservation objectives - Habitats Directive - planning permission - windfarm amendment - jurisdictional prerequisite - environmental law - Natura 2000 network - public interest - ecological network - EU policy - renewable energy infrastructure - greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction - site integrity - Whooper Swan - case law - European Commission Guidance - Commission v Ireland (Case C-444/21) - Commission v Greece (Case C-849/19).
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