Challenges to wind farm admitted to fast track commercial court list

Two High Court challenges against a Bord Pleanala decision to grant planning permission for a wind farm which will have some of the highest structures in the country have been admitted to the fast track Commercial Court list.

The actions have been brought against the decision to grant permission to Coole Windfarm Ltd to develop a 13-turbine wind farm with blade tip heights of 175 metres on peatlands near the village of Coole in northwest Co. Westmeath, near the border with Co. Longford.