High Court rejects challenge to Cobh scrap metal facility

A challenge to An Bord Pleanála’s decision to grant permission for the construction of a scrap metal processing facility at the former ship building yard in Cobh has been dismissed by the High Court.

Mr Justice Seamus Noonan yesterday said he was satisfied to dismiss the challenge brought by local residents aimed at overturning the planning authority’s decision to allow a scrap metal processing facility, a waste storage facility and quayside storage be developed at Cork Dockyard, Rushbrooke Commercial Park, Cobh. The judge said there was nothing unreasonable or irrational about the planning decision.

The action was brought by members of the Cork Harbour Alliance for Responsible Development (Chard), made up people who live close to the proposed facility.