An Bord Pleanála has turned down a planning application by Shannon Airport for refurbishment works on flood protection embankments there.
The multi-million euro works on the embankments, which protect both Shannon town and airport from a 1 in 200-year tidal flood event, were announced by Flood Protection Minister Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran late last year.
The planning authority has found that the development is not a strategic development, which would have allowed it to bypass the local authority, meaning it must now be submitted to Clare County Council for consideration.
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Shannon Airport, however, says this is standard procedure and the decision had been expected, as Airport Operations Director Niall Maloney explains:
