High Court to decide if An Bord Pleanála should reconsider Cork incinerator bid

Judge noted CHASE wants permission quashed with no remittal but Indaver wants the matter remitted and the board’s reconsideration to start at a particular point in the process

Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, where the €160m incinerator had been planned. File picture:  Larry Cummins

A High Court judge will hear submissions in June before deciding whether An Bord Pleanála should reconsider an application for permission for a €160m incinerator at Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour.

Following his decision last month that the board’s permission for the incinerator was tainted by objective bias, the judge must decide between either quashing the permission simpliciter, with the effect the entire planning process has to start again, or to remit the planning application to the board for reconsideration.