Mr Justice Richard Humphreys criticised An Bord Pleanála (ABP) in strident terms when he delivered his judgment in the Coolglass wind farm case on January 10. The judgment was a victory for wind developers, an unequivocal backing of 2021 climate legislation and also a serious, public dressing down of the national planning body. The head of the Planning and Environment section of the High Court accused the board of taking an “admit nothing, deny everything, put the onus on the applicant for everything” approach. He contended it had a “deeply skewed set of values and an unwillingness to face new…

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