Environmental campaigner brings 'unusual application' to challenge College Green Plaza plans

A judge wants to hear from planners and the State before he decides whether an environmental campaigner can bring a High Court challenge to a refusal for the College Green Civic Plaza plan in Dublin.

Mr Justice David Barniville said he wants An Bord Pleanala, the State and Dublin City Council put on notice of John Conway's application for a judicial review of the board's October 17 last decision to refuse permission for the plan before he decides whether to grant him leave to bring proceedings.