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The High Court has rejected a challenge to a decision to grant "a relatively minor modification" to two previous permissions at Intel's Leixlip campus.

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RECENT DOMESTIC JUDGMENTS

High Court ruling provides welcome clarification on a number of issues

The High Court has rejected a challenge to a decision to grant "a relatively minor modification" to two previous permissions at Intel's Leixlip campus.

In refusing all reliefs (save for one declaration against an Bord Pleanála), the High Court made the following findings:

  • Matters not before the Board: The High Court has reconfirmed that legal points which were not raised in the context of the appeal cannot subsequently be raised in a subsequent judicial review challenge, subject to limited exceptions, and note that the proceedings bore "no resemblance – none whatsoever – to the applicant's notice of appeal to the board".

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