An Taisce seeks to overturn permission for cheese plant in Kilkenny

The case is aimed at overturning a seven-year planning permission granted by An Bord Pleanála last June for a continental cheese manufacturing plant and other works at Belview Science and Technology Park, Gorteens, Slieverue, Co. Kilkenny. File image.

An Taisce has taken a legal action against An Bord Pleanála and the State aimed at overturning planning permission for a continental cheese manufacturing plant in Co. Kilkenny.

The grounds of challenge include claims the environmental effects of the milk inputs for the cheese plant were not properly taken into account for the purposes of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Habitats Directives.