Lancefort Ltd v an Bord Pleanála, Ireland and Attorney General (No. 2)
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Judgment Date | 01 January 1997 |
Date | 01 January 1997 |
Court | High Court |
- Locus standi - Application for leave - Whether threshold issues -Whether legal and factual merits of ground advanced relevant to locus standi - Whether substantial grounds sufficient to give applicant locus standi - Whether company without property or economic interest can have locus standi - Rules of the Superior Courts, 1986 (S.I. No. 15), O. 84, r. 20 (4) - Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963 (No. 28), s. 82 -European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, 1989 (S.I. No. 349) - Local Government (Planning and Development) Regulations, 1994 (S.I. No. 86), art. 56 (2) - Council Directive 85/337/EEC.
Section 82(3B) of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963, as inserted by s. 19(3) of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1992, provides that :- "… An application for leave to apply for judicial review under the Order in respect of a decision … shall … be made within the period of two months commencing on the date on which the decision is given, and … be made by motion on notice … and such leave shall not be granted unless the High Court is satisfied that there are substantial grounds for contending that the decision is invalid or ought to be quashed." Order 84, r. 20(4) of the Rules of the Superior Courts, 1986, provides that :- "The court shall not grant leave unless it considers that the applicant has a sufficient interest in the matter to which the application relates." The European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, 1989 which implement...
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