Highfield Solar wins permission to challenge solar refusal

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Highfield Solar Limited was granted permission to challenge Bord Pleanála’s refusal of its solar farm application in the High Court on 27 March 2017. The proposed Grahormick Solar Farm is planned for a 90-hectare site near Killinick, Co Wexford.

The company is seeking to set aside the refusal and declarations that the board failed to give adequate reasons and acted beyond its powers. The case was listed to return before the court in May.