On Monday the High Court gave Protect East Meath the go ahead to challenge the grant of planning permission for a proposed development of 201 apartments at Southgate on the outskirts of Drogheda
The grounds of challenge include the following alleged issues with the decision:
- Planning application did not address the new county development plan which was adopted after the plans were submitted
- Material contravention of the development plan relating to car parking
- Serious under provision of accessible car parking
- Serious under provision of electric vehicle charging infrastructure
- Serious under provision of cycle parking which the Board failed to lawfully deal with in the decision
- Lack of capacity in the water network
- Failure to engage with traffic studies submitted by observers and failure to deal with significant environmental impacts from serious traffic congestion in Julianstown
- Failure by applicant to supply required information for environmental assessment
- Failure to assess impacts of road noise on the development
- Failure to assess compliance with EU water quality requirements
The case returns to court on 21 February for further directions.