A Judicial Review reconsideration hearing at the Planning Court has now been confirmed for mid-January. This will be an hour meeting to determine if our claim is valid and whether we have an arguable case under planning law that the planning decision might not have been made properly, and therefore whether we can proceed to a Judicial Review.
We filed our claim for Judicial Review in April 2025. Although our claim was rejected by the Planning Court, the Court saw some merit in our claim, and we had the opportunity to apply for a reconsideration in November 2025. Our claim could have been refused by the Court on the basis that it had no merit, as EHDC’s and Durkan’s tried to argue, and then we would not have been able to apply for reconsideration.
What’s next: A Judicial Review is a consideration of whether the decision to grant planning permission was made properly. If we are granted a Judicial Review we will need residents to contribute to legal costs.