Waste facility in Cork's Little Island refused

The facility attracted more than 100 submissions opposing the development.

An Bórd Pleanála went against its own inspector’s recommendation to grant permission for the waste transfer and recycling facility and voted by a margin of 2:1 to refuse permission to Country Clean Recycling Unlimited for the development at Courtstown Industrial Estate.

Plans for a 95,000-tonne a year waste facility in Little Island in Cork have been shot down.

An Bórd Pleanála went against its own inspector’s recommendation to grant permission for the waste transfer and recycling facility and voted by a margin of 2:1 to refuse permission to Country Clean Recycling Unlimited for the development at Courtstown Industrial Estate.