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Challenge to planned field work by Healy Rae company
Summary
In a High Court case, environmental campaigner Peter Sweetman challenged Kerry County Council's decision to grant planning permission to Healy Rae Plant Hire Limited, a company owned by TD Danny Healy Rae, to raise a 1.8‑hectare field in Kilgarvan. Sweetman argues the council failed to obtain a waste licence, conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment or an Appropriate Assessment, and ignored the field's poor drainage, peaty soils and proximity to protected habitats. He claims the development contravenes the Kerry Development Plan and EU directives on habitat conservation. Sweetman seeks an order quashing the council's decision, declarations that the council acted outside its statutory remit, and that the state failed to transpose relevant EU directives. The court granted Sweetman permission to proceed ex‑parte, with the case scheduled for a November hearing. The council and Healy Rae Plant Hire are notice parties.
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What: Report matter: Challenge to planned field work by Healy Rae company. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- June 14th Hearing Or Sentence
- 2018-07-30 Publication
Why: The challenge against Kerry County Council's decision to grant permission to Healy Rae Plant Hire Limited to raise the field in Kilgarvan, Co Kerry, in order to improve its agricultural output, has been brought by environmental campaigner Mr Peter Sweetman. CNI source report
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