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Planning law [2026] IEHC 300

Rural Residents Wind Aware and Environmental Group and Ors v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Ors [No. 3] (Approved)

Rural Residents Wind Aware and Environmental Group and Ors v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Ors [No. 3] (Approved) [2026] IEHC 300 (15 May 2026)

The High Court refused leave to appeal in a planning judicial review, holding the proposed questions did not properly arise, were not of exceptional public importance, and were not in the public interest.

  • Judicial review
  • Leave to appeal
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Planning permission
  • Standing
  • Reasons in administrative decisions
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Planning law [2026] IEHC 257

Rogers v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Anor (Approved)

Rogers v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Anor (Approved) [2026] IEHC 257 (28 April 2026)

High Court judicial review over a road bypass planning decision. The court rejected claims that the Commission lacked sufficient expertise and refused relief.

  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Duty of candour
  • Expertise of decision-maker
  • Appropriate assessment
  • Judicial review pleadings
  • Judicial-review
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Planning law [2026] IEHC 224

Connolly and Anor v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Ors (Approved)

Connolly and Anor v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Ors (Approved) [2026] IEHC 224 (17 April 2026)

Judicial review of a planning approval for a substation and grid connection serving a solar farm failed. The High Court found no legal error, irrationality, or failure to consider relevant matters.

  • Judicial review of planning decisions
  • Strategic infrastructure development
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Appropriate assessment
  • Development plan compliance
  • Standing and procedural requirements
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Planning law [2026] IEHC 206

McGowan and Anor v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Ors [No. 2] (Approved)

McGowan and Anor v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Ors [No. 2] (Approved) [2026] IEHC 206 (01 April 2026)

High Court refused leave to appeal in a planning judicial review over a telecoms mast, holding the proposed points did not properly arise and were not of exceptional public importance.

  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Urban development
  • Telecoms infrastructure
  • Leave to appeal
  • Directive 2011/92/eu
  • Public interest
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Planning law [2026] IEHC 207

Doyle v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Anor [No. 2] (Approved)

Doyle v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Anor [No. 2] (Approved) [2026] IEHC 207 (01 April 2026)

The High Court refused leave to appeal in a planning judicial review over a telecoms mast, finding no exceptional public importance, no proper legal point, and no basis for a CJEU reference.

  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Planning permission
  • Interpretation of eu directives
  • Site notice regulations
  • Leave to appeal criteria
  • Planning-permission
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Planning law [2026] IEHC 205

Friends of the Irish Environment CLG v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Ors (Approved)

Friends of the Irish Environment CLG v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Ors (Approved) [2026] IEHC 205 (01 April 2026)

The High Court upheld planning permission for a 600MW gas-fired power plant and battery storage project in Kerry, rejecting climate and environmental law challenges.

  • Strategic infrastructure development
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Appropriate assessment
  • Climate action
  • Sustainable development
  • Habitats directive
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Planning and environmental law [2026] IEHC 156

Doyle and Ors v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Ors [No. 3] (Approved)

Doyle and Ors v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Ors [No. 3] (Approved) [2026] IEHC 156 (13 March 2026)

High Court judicial review over planning permissions for a data centre and substation in Clare, with climate, SEA, EIA, water, and bat-fauna issues pleaded.

  • Climate action
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Planning permission
  • Strategic infrastructure
  • Eu directives
  • Biodiversity
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Planning law [2026] IEHC 135

Rural Residents Wind Aware and Environmental Group and Ors v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Ors [I] [No. 2] (Approved)

Rural Residents Wind Aware and Environmental Group and Ors v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Ors [I] [No. 2] (Approved) [2026] IEHC 135 (06 March 2026)

The High Court dismissed a judicial review challenge to a wind farm planning permission, holding any original landowner-consent defect was rectified and harmless.

  • Judicial review
  • Planning permission
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Public participation
  • Standing
  • Harmless error doctrine
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Planning law [2026] IEHC 136

Rural Residents Wind Aware and Environmental Group and Ors v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Ors [II] [No. 2] (Approved)

Rural Residents Wind Aware and Environmental Group and Ors v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Ors [II] [No. 2] (Approved) [2026] IEHC 136 (06 March 2026)

The High Court dismissed a judicial review challenge to a section 146B wind farm amendment decision, holding that public participation was not triggered and no invalidity was shown.

  • Public participation
  • Appropriate assessment
  • Material alteration
  • Conservation objectives
  • Judicial review
  • Environmental impact assessment
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Planning law [2026] IEHC 93

Protect Kenilworth Square and Anor v Dublin City Council and Ors (Approved)

Protect Kenilworth Square and Anor v Dublin City Council and Ors (Approved) [2026] IEHC 93 (18 February 2026)

The High Court upheld a section 5 declaration treating proposed sports-pitch works at St Mary’s College as exempted development and rejected the EIA challenge.

  • Exempted development
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Protected structures
  • Exempted-development
  • Environmental-impact-assessment
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