Court grants judicial review of wind farm plan

Wind farm developments may be blown off course by a likely High Court challenge.

A group of West Clare residents became the first local opposition group to secure leave for a judicial review to overturn planning approval for a wind farm.

At the High Court, Ms Justice Marie Bake has granted members of the Coore-Shanaway Residents Group leave to seek a judicial review, on 10 points of law, to Bord Pleanála’s decision to grant planning permission for four 85m-high wind turbines in the Miltown Malbay area of Co Clare.