Peter Sweetman challenges Mayo wind farm permission extension

This report is a localnews.ie summary based on public court reporting and records; sources are listed below.

Peter Sweetman brought a High Court judicial review challenge against Mayo County Council’s extension of planning permission for a 12-turbine wind farm, reported on 9 July 2015. The project is at Magheramore, Bekan, Claremorris, County Mayo, near the River Moy Special Area of Conservation.

The challenge argued that the original permission and later extension were granted without the required environmental impact assessment or appropriate assessment. The council granted the extension on 29 April 2015, while the source reports no final court decision on Mr Sweetman’s challenge.