Call to defer hearing on €160m incinerator refused

An Bord Pleanála has refused to defer an oral hearing into proposals to build a €160m incinerator in Cork’s lower harbour.

The planning appeals board turned down the request from Cork Harbour for a Safe Environment, (CHASE) which is leading objections against the Indaver project.

CHASE had argued that it was unfair to objectors to give them so little time to prepare their case as they were only notified of the April 19 hearing on March 31/April 1 — giving them just 12 working days.