An Bord Pleanála refused leave to appeal court's quashing of Galway strategic housing development

An Bord Pleanála has been refused leave to appeal a High Court decision quashing approval for a 197-unit strategic infrastructure residential development in Bearna, Co Galway.

The board wanted to appeal on a number of points of law a decision of Mr Justice Garrett Simons’ earlier this year quashing its permission to Burkeway Homes for the development on an 18 acre site 6.5km from Galway city centre. Burkeway did not participate in the application for leave to appeal.