'Superdump' at Usk , Kilcullen , Co. Kildare.

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Friday April 11, 2008 16:04

by Sharon. - Individual .

Usk residents continue their objection.

"RESIDENTS of the Usk area, just outside Kilcullen, are continuing their campaign against the siting of a so-called superdump in their area. The proposal by Greenstar was originally turned down by Kildare Co Council because it contravened the county plan but, following an An Bord Plean·la hearing, the board over-turned that decision and gave permission for the landfill project to go ahead. This was despite the fact that, after a hearing lasting four and a half days, the An Bord Pleanála inspector actually recommended against the siting of the dump at Usk...."
http://archives.tcm.ie/kildarenationalist/2006/10/12/st...1.asp

Usk 'Superdump' protest , An Bord Pleanála Offices, Dublin , Friday April 11 , 2008.

"An Bord Pleanála has agreed before the High Court that its decision granting planning permission for a landfill site in Co Kildare must be overturned.
A local residents group which challenged the permission had claimed the manner in which the board had dealt with the planning application had been "peculiar throughout". The board yesterday conceded that its permission, granted on the basis of certain conditions, should be quashed because the board had reached that decision on the basis of inadequate records.
The court heard there was no record of any meeting of the board as to how the planning conditions as finally prepared were approved...."
http://buckplanning.blogspot.com/2007/02/board-to-quash....html

More information can be found here -

http://www.courts.ie/Judgments.nsf/597645521f07ac9a8025...ument

http://archives.tcm.ie/laoisnationalist/2002/01/29/stor...4.asp

http://www.kildare-nationalist.ie/news/story/?trs=cwqlm...hauey

http://buckplanning.blogspot.com/2007/11/usk-landfill-f....html

- and by contacting Des Henry , Usk and District Residents Association , on 086-2664787.

Thanks!

Sharon.