The appeal is due to the failure of the local planning authority to mention among its reasons for rejecting the application from Wingleaf Ltd any consideration about the second element of the proposal, a battery unit complex at the site near Céim an Fhia. "Although the developer's application was refused, our concerns remain about several issues, the biggest being battery safety which is a very real worry." "If we do not appeal this, the developer can appeal against the refusal without making any safety case whatsoever because the planners did not raise this issue when they refused the developer's first application." The Coiste Forbartha have been mounting campaigns on a number of fronts against local windfarm developments which can be an expensive business. That decision set aside the planning permission granted by An Bórd Pleanála which is the motive for substitute consent bid.

Source: Irish Independent September 18, 2020 23:24 UTC