County Clean Recycling challenges Cork waste facility refusal

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County Clean Recycling Unlimited Company received High Court permission to challenge the refusal of its waste transfer and recycling facility application, reported on 24 October 2023. The proposed development is at Courtstown Industrial Estate, Little Island, Co Cork.

The company alleges that former An Bord Pleanála deputy chair Paul Hyde should have recused himself because of his family’s connection to the area. It seeks to have the refusal quashed.