Appeal of hangar refusal dismissed

WESTON Aerodrome’s appeal against An Bord Pleanála’s rejection of its application to turn former farmyard buildings on its lands into aircraft hangars was been dismissed.

Yesterday, the President of the High Court, Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, dismissed Weston’s appeal on grounds the board had taken all relevant matters into account before making its decision to refuse to grant permission for the hangars.

The privately licensed aerodrome, located between Lucan and Leixlip, got planning permission from Kildare County Council in 2005 for the change of use of farmyard buildings into 2,000 sq m of hangars.