Turbines must be dismantled, court rules

A retired Cork engineer is entitled to orders requiring the dismantling of three wind turbines at Kilvinane, Co Cork, due to their being built in “material” deviation from planning permission, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

A stay applies on those orders, and other orders restraining operation of the turbines, pending a decision by An Bord Pleanála shortly on an application by Kilvinane Wind Farm Ltd, made in May 2014, for substituted consent for the development as constructed.

If the board grants substituted consent, the developer can apply to have the restraining and dismantling orders lifted.